Focus
Interviews on global affairs and daily life
Monday thru Friday, 10 am to noon on WILL-AM 580
Interview Archives: Agriculture
Wednesday May 30, 2012, 10:06 AM
The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change
Roger Thurow, Journalist; Senior Fellow, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Agriculture • Hunger • Africa • Kenya
Monday May 07, 2012, 10:06 AM
A Family Farm: Life on an Illinois Dairy Farm
Robert L. Switzer, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
Over the past hundred years the United States lost two-thirds of its family-operated farms. We’ll bring you the story of one such farm as we talk with Robert Switzer, author of "A Family Farm." The book tells the story of life on a Northern Illinois dairy farm beginning in 1916, the time of the author’s grandparents. The story ends when the farm is sold in 1991. The author says millions of these stories, often sad ones, could be told, but they are rapidly being lost.
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Categories: Agriculture • Biography • Family
Wednesday July 06, 2011, 11:06 AM
The Global Food System and Climate Pressures
Stephen P. Long, Ph.D., D.Sc., the Gutgsell University Endowed Professor in Plant Biology and Crop Sciences; and Resident Scientist for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
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Bonus video: Stephen Long says improved lines of crops that can tolerate population increases and climate change are needed to feed the world’s food supply.
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Categories: Agriculture • Environment • Climate Change • Land Use • Food • Science
Wednesday February 23, 2011, 11:06 AM
Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It
Anna Lappé, Writer; Public Speaker; Founding Principal of the Small Planet Institute
Host: David Inge
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Focus: Diet for a Hot Planet from Illinois Public Media on Vimeo.
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Categories: Agriculture • Animals • Consumer issues • Ecology • Food
Tuesday January 04, 2011, 10:06 AM
Current Issues in Food Safety
Caroline Smith DeWaal, J.D., Director of Food Safety, Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI); Founder of Safe Food International
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Agriculture • Food • Government • Public Policy
Wednesday September 22, 2010, 11:06 AM
In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa's Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World
Judith Carney, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles
Host: Carol Spindel
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Categories: Agriculture • Food • Slavery • Africa
Monday February 01, 2010, 11:06 AM
The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession
Adam Leith Gollner, Writer
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Agriculture • Behavior • Ecology • Exploration • Fair Trade • Health • History • Horticulture • Science
Friday October 23, 2009, 11:06 AM
Restoring Global Fish Populations
Ray Hilborn, Ph.D., Professor of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, University of Washington
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Agriculture • Environment • Food • Natural Resources • Science • Oceans
Wednesday July 15, 2009, 10:06 AM
Insect Control
Philip L. Nixon, Ph.D., Extension Entomologist, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Agriculture • Insects • Science
Thursday May 07, 2009, 10:06 AM
Beardstown, Illinois: the Multiculturalization of a Rural Town
Faranak Miraftab, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Agriculture • Assimilation • Labor/worker issues • Race/Ethnicity • Urban Planning • Work
