Children and food safety, seed saving, GMO labeling

What is seed saving and is it legal? The first segment this month will answer that question. The second segment is a discussion concerning the heated exchanges that took place in August and September 2014 between The New Yorker and Vandana Shiva.

News: Starbucks is against VT GMO Labeling Law. Interviews with Schilling Brew Company and Green Mountain Harvest Hydroponics

Interviews with Green Mountain Girls Farm CSA, Vermont Law School first year student whose family in Missouri owns a Thai restaurant, and with South Royalton School's lunch program coordinator.

In this episode, we review the global, national, and local (VERMONT) food and agricultural news. An interview with Theo Fetter of Seven Bees Farm located in North Tunbridge, VT introduces us to permaculture agricultural practices. Laurie Ristino fills us in on the USDA grant given the the Vermont Law School's Center for Agriculture and Food Systems. And, students debate the idea of food choice being a fundamental right!

Food Autonomy In what ways do you control your food, and in what ways does it control you?

Dairy

Giving Thanks- Thanksgiving.The federal government shut down effects on food and agriculture! We discuss this and other breaking news to open the show. Then, we get out in the field to speak with some people who make thanksgiving possible. Including, gleaning volunteers at Willing Hands, the Royalton Senior Center and local turkey farmers at Adams Family Farm. Then, we thank Abigail Carroll for looking back on the history of thanksgiving and giving us a cornucopia of questions to chew on this season.

Migrant Justice is the theme of this episode. Emily Lyons and Emily Laine bring you the headlines, then, Barry Estabrook discusses the recent successes of tomato pickers in Florida. We return to Vermont to hear from Katia Chavez, who tells us about migrant workers access to healthcare in Lamoille Valley.