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Corporations: For better or worse

February 8, 2017
| New court decision against Monsanto building in California. Also a new breakthrough in flexible, printable solar cells could help bring cheap renewable energy to 1.3 billion people.
Length: 55:09 minutes (50.5 MB)
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radio book lounge

'Belongings: The Fight for Land and Food'

November 8, 2016
| An interview with author Sally Miller about the link between land ownership, conflict and food insecurity.
Length: 13:49 minutes (14.42 MB)
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Big Farming

September 30, 2016
| A look at the corporate march across the farmlands of Canada and the rest of the world.
Length: 29:15 minutes (28.75 MB)
Canola
China's concerns about Canadian canola are legitimate, and we're going to have to deal with them sooner or later
By
David J. Climenhaga
| September 8, 2016

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According to the Globe and Mail, or at least one of the five apparently like-minded individuals interviewed recently by the newspaper's "national food reporter," the Chinese government's concerns about the quality of Canadian canola seed is "simply a political trade issue that the Chinese have chosen to push forward. It's not based on science."

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Will growing our fuels drive us to a cleaner future?
By
David Suzuki
| July 26, 2016

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The shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy is occurring mainly at the power plant level. But what about transportation? Can we significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions by switching to cleaner fuels? Or is this just an attempt to keep 20th century technology chugging along while trading one set of environmental problems for another?

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Redeye
Redeye

Site C opponents raise a paddle against dam project

July 18, 2016
| On July 9, thousands of people grabbed a paddle to oppose B.C. Hydro's Site C dam. The dam will flood thousands of hectares of prime agricultural land, much of it within Treaty 8 territory.
Length: 19:01 minutes (17.42 MB)
Photo: Ars Electronica/flickr
Dark earth could herald a bright future for agriculture and climate
By
David Suzuki
| July 5, 2016

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Feeding more than seven billion people with minimal environmental and climate impacts is no small feat. That parts of the world are plagued by obesity while starvation is rampant elsewhere shows part of the problem revolves around distribution and social equity. But agricultural methods pose some of the biggest challenges.

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food security

Women lead the fight against corporate agriculture around the world

Seed Sovereignty, Food Security: Women in the Vanguard of the Fight against GMOs and Corporate Agriculture

by Edited by Vandana Shiva
(North Atlantic Books,
2016;
$35.00)

The following is a Truthout interview with Vandana Shiva. Copyright, Truthout.org. Reprinted with permission.

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Feeding humanity in a warming world
By
David Suzuki
| May 24, 2016

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It Ain't Alberta Beef
Where's the beef? Alberta's cattle industry is only getting what it ordered from Earls
By
David J. Climenhaga
| April 29, 2016

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As pretty well everyone in Alberta must know by now, the province's beef industry is in a full-blown swivet over the decision by a Canadian restaurant chain to purchase its "certified humane" beef in the United States.

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