Earth Eats: Real Food, Green Living
Julie Rooney is a vegetarian, musician, and artist who primarily works in video and new media. Currently she is the director of Low Road Gallery, a non-profit contemporary art gallery located in Greencastle, Indiana.
Food from small farms not only tastes good, it helps boost the economy.
President Obama outlined a plan to limit farm subsidies so that farmers who make over $250,000 will not receive them, but the plan met resistance.
$500 million will be taken from the WIC program, which provides at-risk mothers and babies with nutritional meals.
Snack and sugared drink companies like PepsiCo are rethinking how they present themselves and how their products are made.
A string of new investigations of dangerous food products suggests that China's food safety reform has not been effective enough.
Food deserts are areas where 20% of the population lives in poverty and 33% have difficulty accessing a grocery store.
If they follow the FTC's guidelines, food companies will have to make healthier food if they want to continue advertising to children.
A proposed California tax of one penny per one ounce of a sweetened drink could raise $1.7 billion for the state's education and anti-obesity programs.
Although kids find flavored milks tasty, school systems are banning them from the lunchroom because they contain as much added sugar as soda.
Three towns in Maine have passed ordinances that say local food sales can be independent of federal regulation.
Opponents of new online advertisements and games geared to children say that food companies have too much influence over them.
The EU is discussing legislation that would allow individuals countries the ability to decide whether or not to farm GM crops.
Some parents are angered by one Chicago school's attempt to promote healthful eating.
Farmers struggle to balance rising rates of soil erosion with the need to produce more crops.
As schools increase their attack on childhood obesity, one school shows how a group of parents are working to ensure their kids have access to healthy food.
How much does an organic label influence how healthy we think a product is?
A new documentary claims our brains are predisposed to be addicted to sweet and salty foods. Naturally, food companies use this info to sell us more junk.
One of America's largest meat producing states could make it illegal to take pictures, videos, and unapproved recordings on farms.
China just arrested 14 involved with feeding illegal chemicals to pigs.
New, stricter standards placed on the chicken and turkey industries are predicted to prevent 25,000 cases of foodborne illness a year.
Annie Corrigan is the producer of Earth Eats, and an announcer and producer at WFIU Public Radio. Learn more »
Daniel Orr is a professional chef, restaurateur, blogger, and author of a number of cookbooks. Learn more »
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