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Special Audio Feature, April 3, 2008, Bill C-517
A special Podcast and Internet-only feature on Deconstructing Dinner. On February 29, 2008, Bloc Quebecois Member of Parliament Gilles Andre Perron tabled Bill C-517 in the House o...
Backyard Chickens I (Farming in the City III)
Many forms of urban agriculture have existed for thousands of years. As practical and environmentally responsible as growing food within a city can be, the art of gardening has see...
Water, The Blood of the Earth / Monsanto Pays Percy Schmeiser
It is an honour to coincidentally feature two of Canada's finest on this broadcast. Both are recipients of The Right Livelihood Award (the "Alternative Nobel"). Water, The Blood of...
The Local Grain Revolution I / Deconstructing Dinner in Our Schools II
The Local Grain Revolution I For most Canadians wishing to adopt a more local diet, the overwhelming rise in demand in just the past year has left a large question mark hovering ov...
So, You Want to Be a Farmer?
When taking a closer look at the demographics of the Canadian workforce and dividing it up among trades, farmers represent the oldest demographic in the country at a median age of ...
Nature as Our Guide
Our most recent Part I of the multi-part series "A Primer on Pesticide Propaganda" has assisted in inspiring the collection of individuals lending their voices to this show. Of gre...
A Primer on Pesticide Propaganda I
This series has long been in the works since Host Jon Steinman attended the CropLife Canada conference back in September 2007. Since the recent streak of municipal pesticide bans w...
Future of Food in the Kootenays III / Conscientious Cooks V
Future of Food III In November 2007, Deconstructing Dinner attended one of the first regional food security conferences ever held in Canada. With a population of less than 10,000 p...
The Birth of a Farmers' Market
In October 2007, Host Jon Steinman paid a visit to the community of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. With a population of 80,000, it came as a surprise to discover that the city does n...
GE-Free Zones: A Community Response to Genetically Engineered Food
The patenting of our food supply through biotechnology could be suggested as one of the greatest systems of control ever devised. As the executive branches of North American govern...
The Colonization of the Canadian Farmer II: Canadian Media and Creating GE-Free Zones
This broadcast explores the english print media coverage in Canada throughout 2007 on the controversies surrounding genetically engineered foods. Why has Canada become such a willi...
The Colonization of the Canadian Farmer: Saskatchewan Organic Farmers vs. Monsanto/Bayer
If you were told, that organic farmers are giving up growing organic crops, would you be concerned? Organic standards prohibit the presence of genetically engineered organisms with...
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