Earth Eats: Real Food, Green Living
Megan Meyer was in the company of foodies for most of her formative years. She spent all of her teens working at her town's natural food co-op in South Dakota, and later when she moved to Minneapolis, worked as a produce maven for the nation's longest running collectively-managed food co-op. In 2006, she had the distinct pleasure (and pain) of participating the vendanges, or grape harvest, in the Beaujolais terroire of France, where she developed her compulsion to snip off grape clusters wherever they may hang. In the spring of 2008, Megan interned on NPR's Science Desk in Washington, D.C., where she aided in the coverage of science, health and food policy stories. She joined Indiana Public Media in June, 2009.
After a dramatic season of campaigning and lobbying, three major green measures fell flat when California's legislative session came to an end Tuesday night.
A study was published this week supporting a few of the health and environmental benefits of organically-grown produce that foodies have been arguing for years.
The FDA filed some gruesome sanitation reports this week of the farms found to be sources of the recent spike in salmonella-related illnesses.
One company's answer to crowded salmon farms and overfishing problems is to supplement the U.S. salmon supply by engineering a species of salmon.
This week, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awarded Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution an Emmy for Outstanding Reality Program.
Recent expansion of the egg recall to include half a billion eggs sparks criticism of the current state of the U.S. egg industry.
Author Janet Poppendieck joined us to discuss school lunch policy reform and history, and how society is impacted by the federal school lunch program.
Author Janet Poppendieck joined us to discuss school lunch policy reform and history, and how society is impacted by the federal school lunch program.
An Iowa egg producer announced its voluntary recall of 288 million eggs from eight states due to a spike in reported Salmonella outbreaks.
The Senate Health panel released a new bipartisan version of a food safety bill this week, which seeks to give the FDA more authority in food safety matters.
An unprecedented number of genetically engineered canola crops have successfully escaped into the wild.
The largest repository for European fruits and berries in the world is scheduled to be demolished to make way for a housing development.
The truth about farmer’s market success, as many things in life, it’s perhaps much more complicated than a single factor like walking access.
On Thursday, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Child Kids Act passed by unanimous consent in the Senate.
Fisherman along the Gulf Coast are skeptical that the Food and Drug Administration's testing is thorough enough to deem seafood safe.
Scientists have found that certain crops easily absorb pharmaceuticals and personal care products, or PPCPs.
There may still be hope for the Improving Nutrition for America’s Children Act to have an impact on students starting school in the fall.
Funding has been shifted from anti-tobacco programs to give more financial support to fighting obesity.
The House and Senate of Massachusetts passed a bill last week banning the sale of junk food in public schools.
Food service giant Sodexo settled with the state of New York over complaints that it had been overcharging public schools for five years.
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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