Deconstructing Dinner

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June 25, 2009 "Lessons From Cuba / Employing Insect Farmers" (encore)

June 18, 2009 "Deconstructing Dinner in our Schools III (Ryerson University) / Backyard Chickens VII"

June 11, 2009 "Sailing Vegetables in Puget Sound / The Local Grain Revolution VIII (Sourdough Waffles)"

June 4, 2009 "Pigshit! - Industrial Hog Farming in Quebec"

May 28, 2009 "Packaged Foods Exposed III (Kraft Foods)" (encore)

May 21, 2009 "Soil Matters CSA II / Marion Nestle" (encore)

May 14, 2009 "Genetically Engineered Crops - A "Spectacular Failure"? w/ Dr. E. Ann. Clark"

May 7, 2009 "Deconstructing Dinner at the Dairy Farmers of Canada / Rally for Farms, Farmers & Food Security"

April 30, 2009 "A Primer on Pesticide Propaganda II"

April 23, 2009 "Water, The Blood of the Earth / Monsanto Pays Percy Schmeiser" (encore)

April 16, 2009 "Mountain Valley Farm II (Kootenay Alpine Cheese)"

April 9, 2009 "University of Guelph Organic Agriculture Axed... Almost / Mountain Valley Farm I"

April 2, 2009 "Hosting a Community Dialogue on Local Food Systems II / Backyard Chickens VII"

March 26, 2009 "Hosting a Community Dialogue on Local Food Systems I"

March 19, 2009 "A Crisis in Awareness & Participation - Michael Ableman"

March 12, 2009 "Canadian Beef Consolidated Further / Backyard Chickens V (Farming in the City VII)"

March 5, 2009 "The Local Grain Revolution VII - Sailing Grain"

February 26, 2009 "So, You Want to be a Farmer?" (encore)

February 19, 2009 "Biofuels: Food, Future and Fuel"

February 12, 2009 "Palagummi Sainath - The Age of Inequality"

February 5, 2009 "Frances Moore Lappé - Ending Hunger, Feeding Hope"

January 29, 2009 "The Birth of a Farmers' Market" (encore)

January 22, 2009 "Norway, British Columbia III (Farming Atlantic Salmon in the Pacific)"

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The Deconstructing Dinner Dilemma

Why does my tomato look so perfect, and how much fuel was required for it to travel here from Mexico? What about the truck my tomato hitched a ride on? How much energy was required to build that truck, and wait a minute, how much energy was required to make that fuel? I know a guy down the street who grows tomatoes. Why doesn't the grocery store around the corner sell his tomatoes? What about the road my tomato travelled on. How many workers are required per year to maintain that road? And how much fuel do they use to get to the highway that they're paid to maintain? Didn't I buy this tomato like a month ago? Why does it still look so perfect? And why did that girl at the checkout counter assume I needed a plastic bag for my tomato? She even gave me a puzzled look when I told her I didn't need one! Did I mention the guy down the street grows tomatoes?

Everyone's telling me to "go organic". What's the difference between organic and non-organic? And why is it that the organic produce at the grocery store is always wrapped in more packaging and stamped with more labels than the non-organic produce? Isn't 'organic' supposed to represent a more ecologically friendly alternative? Why does the same company make both a fair-trade coffee and an unfair-trade coffee? How does that company justify selling an unfairly traded product? Was the truck that was transporting the coffee using organic fuel? If not, is the coffee still organic? Whew!

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