C2C: April 4, 2011
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Crop To Cuisine: April 4, 2011Length: 29:55Crop To Cuisine is serving baked goods with A World of Cake - From Egypt to the U.S., cake is thousands of years old, and every bit as delicious today as it ever was.We hear from Carol O'meara's Gardening After Five on a spring time garden's royalty.And, headlines in food and farming from around the world explores health, Japan and Libya.
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C2C: March 21, 2011
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Crop To Cuisine: March 21, 2011Length: 28:44Crop To Cuisine kicks off a series on baking with bread. We speak with baking enthusiast and author, William Alexander, about his recent book, 52 Loaves.Plus, headlines in food and farming from around the world.
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C2C: March 7, 2011
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Crop To Cuisine: March 7, 2011Length: 28:48This week, Crop To Cuisine invites veteran fisherman and star of Discovery Channel's Swords: Life on the Line, Linda Greenlaw.We look at the situation on the ground from the Libyan-Tunisian border. And, Carol O'Mears joins us for Gardening After Five.All of that, headlines in food and farming, and more.
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C2C Feb 7,2011
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Crop To CuisineFebruary 7th, 2011Length: 29:01Crop To Cuisine discusses food in Egypt, as the standoff between protesters and government continues. The World Food Programme's Abeer Etefa joins us over the phone from Cairo. We hear from Carol O'Meara on feeding the birds this season. And we turn food advertising on its head.All of that, headlines in food and farming from around the world, and more.
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Gardening After Five: Happy Houseplants
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January 17, 2011
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C2C: January 17, 2011
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Crop To Cuisine: January 17, 2011Length: 25:29This week the nation honors a leader in civil rights, and heeds the lessons of equality. On Crop To Cuisine we apply this lens to the food system and those in need of recognition.Carol O'Meara shares the secrets of a happy family of indoor plants. And headlines in food and farming from around the globe.
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Sound Bites: January 3,2011
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NATION / FARMING...
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C2C: January 1, 2011
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Crop To Cuisine starts off 2011 with a harsh look at life with too little food, and life for those who can’t get enoughPlus, headlines in food and farming from around the globe. Its 2011 and time for Crop To Cuisine.
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C2C Nov 15th, 2010
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This week on Crop To Cuisine.
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C2C: November 1st, 2010
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Headlines in Food & Farming from around The World
HEALTH
Despite education campaigns and government programs, a new study finds obesity rates increased in 28 states last year. The report entitled “F as in Fat” is published every year by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
WORLD
The nation of Kygyzstan is beginning to show signs of normalcy. This according to staff members of The World Food Programme distributing rations last week to more than 6,000 people in the central market area of Osh. The market was described as open and crowded, with signs that life is beginning to return to normal.
However, AID operations are remaining cautious, expecting a true recovery to require far more financial support and longterm resources.
Sound Bites: Jonathan Veitch (UNICEF's representative in Kyrgyzstan)
FOOD SAFETY
New York Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to adopt stricter enforcement policies against airline caterers.
In the past six months, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspectors have cited numerous catering facilities that prepare airline food for suspected health and sanitation violations. Among those in violation are the world's biggest airline caterers, LSG Sky Chefs, Gate Gourmet, and another large caterer, Flying Food Group.
FARMING
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack continues pushing for the Eight billion dollars needed to provide schools with healthy and nutritious meals.
Last week, the Secretary testified before the House Education and Labor Committee in the spirit of proposing budgetary solutions, and conveying the sense of urgency and necessity behind the program.
Sound Bites: Tom Vilsack (US Sec. of Agriculture)
POLICY / NATION
The National Research Council recently published a new report on the status of farming in the U.S. Entitled, Toward Sustainable Agriculture Systems in the 21st Century, the report concluded that policies and programs should enable are more “holistic perspective to farming”.
Julia Kornegay served as chair of the committee, and speaks with Dov Hirsch to explain what a holistic approach to farming might look like.
Interview: Julia Kornegay (Professor and Head of the Department of Horticultural Sciences at North Carolina State University / Chair of the Committee on 21st Century Systems Agriculture for the National Research Council)