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www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/072408.htm The Livestock Lost series examines the farming and business of meat, dairy and egg production. It will explore the known and unknown dangers of meat production and what people can do to source alternatives to what many would refer to as a cultural staple of the North American diet. Part II - Local Meat? Not in My Backyard? On Part II, we continue where Part I left off and begin taking a much more on-the-ground look at how one community has begun responding to these regulation changes and to the increasing demand for safer and more responsibly produced local food. As many areas throughout BC scramble to meet the new slaughterhouse regulations, an important and critical lesson is being learned of what happens when communities begin to take a more serious approach to localize their food system. Situated in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia is the narrow Slocan Valley; home to many small-scale farmers raising livestock. The region is one of many in the Province that is now without a licensed slaughterhouse. Any sale of local meat in the area is now deemed as criminal according to regulations put in place in October 2007. As a response, a co-operative abattoir (slaughterhouse) group was formed to ensure that meat can continue to legally be processed in the region. Three proposed locations later, the group continues to run up against opposition from meat eaters and vegetarians alike. Guests/Voices Kenyon McGee, Spokesperson, Slocan Valley Abattoir Co-operative (Winlaw, BC) - Kenyon is a lawyer with Kenyon McGee Law Corporation and has been involved with the abattoir co-operative since it was first formed in 2007. He has lived in the area for 30 years and has had experience raising and butchering livestock. Corky Evans, MLA Nelson-Creston / NDP Opposition Critic for Agriculture and Lands, New Democratic Party of British Columbia (Winlaw, BC) - Corky Evans was elected as the MLA for Nelson Creston in 1991, and was re-elected in 1996. He was once again elected to represent his constituents on May 17, 2005. Corky has ten years experience as an MLA, during which time he served in many cabinet portfolios, including Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries. He now serves as Opposition Critic for Agriculture and Lands. Abra Brynne, MIES Help Desk, British Columbia Food Processors Association (BCFPA) (Nelson, BC) - Abra has been hired part-time to work with the BCFPA's Meat Industry Enhancement Strategy (MIES). Her role is to work with producers in the southern part of the Province and assist them in the transition to the new inspection regulations put in place in October 2007.

Barack Obama addresses a crowd of over 200,000 people in Tiergarten, Berlin. http://www.infowars.com/?p=3559 Berlin's city center took on the atmosphere of a rock concert as more than 200,000 people jammed the German capital's Tiergarten park to hear U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama, reports Bloomberg.http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087 Spectators chanted 'yes we can,' Obama's catchphrase, as the 46-year-old senator stressed the shared 'burdens of global citizenship' that bind the U.S. and Europe. Beer and sausage vendors lining the park provided refreshments. I now understand a little more clearly how Germans were suckered by Hitler. Somebody needs to tell the Germans — hell, somebody needs to tell the Americans — that Obama is a sock puppet for David Rockefeller, the Trilateral Commission, the CFR, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Lehman Brothers, and the whole rotten and predatory financial class. DEATH to the New World Order! National Sovereignty will prevail !!! tags: Gordon Brown Blair George Bush NWO New World Order globalization globalisation freemason illuminati mason Speech Agenda Totalitarian Tyranny Elite Alex Jones Britain British Prime Minister Conspiracy Secret Societies Bilderburger Zionist Zionism iraq iran Save Earth Union Ron Paul Socialist Collectivist Communist Fascist Fascism Communism Socialism Constitutional Republic Internationalist Altruism

www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/071708.htm The Packaged Foods Exposed series takes a look at the largest food manufacturers in the world. What products fall under their banners; how has their influence shaped economic policy, society and culture; how have they affected the environments they operate in; and what relationships do they foster within the countries they are located? This series places corporations in a critical light, hoping to provide a more balanced image to the advertising and PR campaigns launched by some of the most influential food corporations on the planet. In this fourth episode of the Packaged Foods Exposed series, we take a look at one of the largest consumer products companies in the world - Unilever. With such a significant influence on agriculture, food and health here in Canada and abroad, this focus on the company will be spread out over a two-part series. Part II On Part II of the Unilever series we explore the historical and current health impacts of margarine and how Unilever has responded to such health concerns. Unilever has a long history of impacting life in the oceans. Most recently, they have been accused of having a significant contribution on the depletion of cod stocks in the Baltic Sea - stocks that are on the brink of collapse. Unilever also controls roughly 25% of the Canadian ice cream market. This broadcast will look into some similar tactics the company has used in the world of margarine that are quietly being applied to many of the company's ice cream products. The question is raised - are Unilever's ice creams really ice cream? We will learn of a misleading web site the company maintains that seemingly violates Canadian laws, and we will learn of a controversial ingredient entering into Unilever's ice cream products around the world, an ingredient that replicates the DNA found in a fish, and one that is created through genetic modification! Guests Oliver Knowles - Oceans Campaigner, Greenpeace (London, UK) - The over-exploitation and mismanagement of fisheries has already led to some spectacular fisheries collapses. The cod fishery off Newfoundland, Canada collapsed in 1992, leading to the loss of some 40,000 jobs in the industry. The cod stocks in the North Sea and Baltic Sea are now heading the same way and are close to complete collapse. Greenpeace has been at the forefront of addressing this serious concern. Geoff Ross-Smith - Owner, Kootenay Kreamery (Nelson, BC) - Geoff began selling Unilever's Breyers ice cream at a stand in Ainsworth, BC until the quality of the product declined rapidly. Geoff chose to then launch a small independent ice cream company - now selling his products to 10 stores in the area. Therese Beaulieu - Assistant Director, Communication and Policy, Dairy Farmers of Canada (Ottawa, ON) - A national policy, lobbying and promotional organization representing Canadaïs 16,000 dairy farms. DFC strives to create favourable conditions for the Canadian dairy industry, today and in the future. It works to maintain policies that foster the viability of Canadian dairy producers and promote dairy products and their health benefits. Joe Cummins - Professor Emeritus of Genetics, University of Western Ontario (London, ON) - Joe is one of the earliest critics of genetic engineering. He obtained BS Horticulture, Washington State University 1955 and PhD Cellular Biology, University of Wisconsin 1962. Taught genetics at Rutgers and the University of Washington, Seattle before joining the University of Western Ontario in 1972. Joe sits on the board of the UK-based Independent Science Panel and is involved with The Institute of Science in Society.

40 million Americans move every year. Many times people relocate for a job, or a relationship. Economist Richard Florida has moved 17 times since college. He says finding the right place to live is the most important decision a person can make, more than choosing a career or a partner. So why do people give more thought to buying a car? Richard Florida is the author of The Rise of the Creative Class. His latest book is Who's Your City?: How the Creative Economy is Making Where You Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life. He spoke at Town Hall in Seattle on June 3, 2008. Town Hall Center for Civic Life and University Book Store sponsored the event.

www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner.071008.htm Co-operatives: Alternatives to Industrial Food IV (Community Farms Program) It's been a topic of discussion throughtout many broadcasts of Deconstructing Dinner: While there is clearly a widespread interest in supporting more localized food systems, the bigger picture of how such systems can be physically, economically and politically sustained is a far more complicated and serious matter. So long as our food and farming continues to be built upon the same market-based systems of economics that govern all else, the preservation and access to farmland in close proximity to urban centres will only become increasingly harder to maintain. In most parts of the country agricultural land has become next to worthless for the production of food and we now watch cities sprawl into the fertile soil. So what's the solution? One solution is a project currently being expanded upon by The Land Conservancy of British Columbia (TLC) and Vancouver-based FarmFolk/CityFolk. The program is called The Community Farms Program; first mentioned on Deconstructing Dinner on April 19, 2007. While specific to British Columbia, ths is a model that could be applied anywhere in North America. 'Community farms' represent a more holistic model of food production than the more conventional approaches. They produce additional outputs to food and fibre, such as: ecological services, bioenergy, landscape preservation, employment, cultural heritage, food quality and safety, and animal welfare. A farm that becomes a part of the Community Farms Program is collectively owned in public trust, long-term leases are assigned for local food production, and farmers are housed on the land. Agricultural activities are small-scale and intensive, and are carried out by a group of people working collaboratively or cooperatively. This segment uses recordings compiled by Deconstructing Dinner at the 2008 conference of the Certified Organic Associations of BC (COABC) held in Saanich. Cross-Canada Trike Tour III On May 7, 2008, Darrick Hahn and Sinisa Grgic departed Victoria from the 0-Mile mark of the Trans-Canada Highway and embarked on a cross-Canada journey to raise awareness of Deconstructing Dinner. The pair are travelling by recumbent tricycles (or trikes). This third installment of the Cross-Canada Trike tour begins at the Manitoba border and takes us through their time in Ontario. Guests/Voices Ramona Scott - Manager, Agricultural Programs The Land Conservancy of British Columbia (TLC) (Victoria, BC) - In 2006, Ramona established two farm co-ops. The land was purchased and co-operatively managed by their respective communities. These operations are the first of its kind in Canada and provide models for future projects. Heather Pritchard - Executive Director FarmFolk/CityFolk (Vancouver, BC) - Heather has over 40 years experience assisting non-profits, co-operatives and small businesses with financial planning, organizational development and personnel management. She is a member of Glorious Organics Cooperative, a certified organic farm business operating from Fraser Common Farm Cooperative in the Fraser Valley. Darrick Hahn and Sinisa Grgic - Cross-Canada Cyclists Deconstructing Dinner Cross-Canada Trike Tour (Monkton, ON / London, ON) - Cyclists Sinisa Grgic and Darrick Hahn are old high-school friends based in Southwestern Ontario and are the proprietors of Fresh Entertainment. Darrick grew up on a farm in Monkton, Ontario and Sinisa, who is originally from Croatia, moved to Canada 17 years ago.

full transcript at www.sinomania.comEpisode 60 of The Sinomania! Show for July 9, 2008, looks at Chinese stocks in clean tech, green energy listed on US exchanges, the G8 Summit, new report says China will be world's biggest economy in a generation, and more!

www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/070308.htm The Livestock Lost series will examine the farming and business of meat, dairy and egg production in far more depth than has already been done here on the show. It will examine the known and unknown dangers of meat production and what people can do to source alternatives to what many would refer to as a cultural staple of the North American diet. Part I - Slaughterhouses and the Culture of Meat On this Part I of the series we hear from Toronto author Susan Bourette. After going undercover at the Maple Leaf Foods slaughterhouse and processing plant in Brandon, Manitoba, Susan became deeply disturbed at the state in which meat and animals have been degraded. It was this experience that led her to embark on a journey to learn if meat still maintained any cultural significance in North America other than as an industrial commodity. She titled the product of her journey Carnivore Chic , because as Susan discovered, meat eating does continue to be a cultural experience in some areas of the continent while in others, meat is once again becoming cool . Whether it be food safety, animal welfare, human health and environmental concerns, Canadians are no doubt being presented with every reason to rethink where our meat is coming from. There's just one problem: The availability of meat that one may feel safer purchasing (meat that is healthier, that is more humanely produced and has less of an environmental impact) is not so easy to source. This is especially the case in British Columbia. In May of 2006, Deconstructing Dinner was the first media outlet to cover the controversial new meat inspection regulations. The topic was revisited in 2007 and will be covered once again as a part of the Livestock Lost series. Prior to October 2007, it was legal for a British Columbian to show up at a farm and purchase meat from a farmer. That choice is no longer afforded to anyone because all meat sold in the province must now be processed at a federally or provincially licensed facility. Many areas of the province are without such a facility and as a result, farmers across the province have been closing up shop and/or considering an occupation change. Meanwhile, the Province of British Columbia continues to promote local food! Guests/Voices Susan Bourette, Author, Carnivore Chic (Toronto, ON) - Susan is an award-winning writer with a reputation for investigative journalism. Formerly a reporter for The Globe and Mail, she is now a freelance writer. Corky Evans, MLA Nelson-Creston / NDP Opposition Critic for Agriculture and Lands, New Democratic Party of British Columbia (Winlaw, BC) - Corky Evans was elected as the MLA for Nelson Creston in 1991, and was re-elected in 1996. He was once again elected to represent his constituents on May 17, 2005. Corky has ten years experience as an MLA, during which time he served in many cabinet portfolios, including Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries. He now serves as Opposition Critic for Agriculture and Lands. Jenny MacLeod, Secretary, District 'A' Farmers' Institutes (Gabriola Island, BC) - The District 'A' Farmers' Institutes represents all farmers' institutes on Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and Powell River. Tony Toth, Former CEO, BC Food Processors Association (BCFPA) (Vancouver, BC) - The BCFPA is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to represent all segments of the food, beverage and nutraceutical processing industry, and to coordinate common industry activities and resources under one umbrella. The organization was asked by the province to manage the implementation of the meat inspection regulation changes announced in 2004. In August 2007, Tony Toth was interviewed by Connie Watson on the CBC's The Current. Segments from this interview are featured Audio Clips Meats With Approval (1946) United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/07/Larry_Diamond_on_The_Spirit_of_Democracy Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/27/Fareed_Zakaria_Thriving_in_a_Post_America-Centric_World Author Fareed Zakaria criticizes American political culture for ignoring global issues, and for focusing on short-term political benefits at the expense of long-term prosperity. ----- The rise of other nations need not mean a decline of the U.S., says Zakaria. He foresees a future where the U.S. no longer dominates the global economy, geopolitics and culture, and it needn't be seen as a negative development, he believes; our nation needs to learn to understand other nations and find a way to thrive in this rapidly shifting dynamic. Join us as Newsweek International's editor shares his insights on how our nation can thrive in the coming millennium - The Commonwealth Club of California Fareed Zakaria is the editor of Newsweek International and author of The Post American World and The Future of Freedom. FORA.tv podcasts are sponsored by Pfizer. Visit our Pfizer "Health and Wellness" channel at http://fora.tv/wellness.

www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/062608.htm 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 seemingly disappeared in many urban settings. As current farming practices are proving to be unsustainable in the long-term, urban agriculture is looked upon by many as being a critical shift that needs to take place if we are to ensure a level of food security in the near and distant future. Since March 2008, The Farming in the City series has been incorporating a focus on urban backyard chickens. Raising poultry within an urban setting provides eggs, fertilizer, garden help and meat with a minimal environmental footprint. Having suffered decades of disconnection from our food, bringing the farm into the city (and in this case animals), can provide a much needed dose of agriculture and food awareness. It's this very disconnection that has allowed for the appalling conditions now found in factory egg and chicken barns. Lending their voice yet again to the series is Bucky Buckaw and his Backyard Chicken Broadcast. Produced in Boise, Idaho at Radio Boise, Bucky hosts weekly segments on backyard chickening. His experience and knowledge can help guide any urbanite wishing to set up backyard chickens. Episode II On this second episode of the series, we listen in on five Bucky Buckaw episodes: Breeds, Cleanliness, Poop, Pre-Manufactured Chicken Coops and the Economics of Commercial Backyard Chickening.. Guests/Voices Bucky Buckaw - Host, Bucky Buckaw's Backyard Chicken Broadcast (Boise, ID) - Bucky Buckaw gives advice on raising backyard chickens, as just one example of how a locally based economy can work. Through this segment, he informs listeners about the downside of factory farming and what kinds of toxic chemicals you can expect to find in the resultant livestock. He promotes organic gardening and composting, and supporting local farmers. He shares fascinating chicken lore from the millennia that will fascinate even those with no interest in birds.

Author: AzimuthMedia Added: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:33:46 -0800 Duration: 390Daljit Dhaliwal asks Moiss Nam, editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine, why Europeans are buying up the best American companies?

Author Raj Patel on the World Bank, WTO, and UN policies that lead to global hunger. -- Thank you for catching our podcast! We provide programs FREE to radio stations and do not accept government or corporate support, so PLEASE DONATE at: http://www.radioproject.org/support.

Donna Maria rallies Indie Beauty Business owners and the consumers who love their products to oppose the FDA Globalization Act of 2008.

www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/061908.htm Since January 2006, Deconstructing Dinner has been reaching listeners around the world through dozens of radio stations and via the show's web site and weekly podcast. Now at its 100th episode, this broadcast marks the fourth in a series that has been capturing highlights of past broadcasts alongside musical accompaniments. Through a careful handpicking of highlights, this 100th episode acts as a collage of broadcasts aired between early May 2007 and late August 2007. The segments have been mixed alongside a soundtrack of music from Nelson, British Columbia's Adham Shaikh and his Dreamtree Project; Germany's Hendrik Weber and his Pantha du Prince project and England's Mark Hillier and his ishq project. The guest host for this broadcast is Kootenay Co-op Radio's Bob Olsen. A special thank you to all of the volunteers and staff at Kootenay Co-op Radio CJLY for having laid the foundation for Deconstructing Dinner to reach this important milestone.

The global middle class is expected to swell by more than 1 billion people over the next decade, with the biggest increases in China and India. While millions are being lifted out of poverty as a result, the booming middle class is also consuming more global resources. As a result, prices for everything from steel to gasoline to food are soaring. NOW reports from Pune, India, where college graduates are getting tech jobs, traditional families are flocking to the new mall, and professionals are hoping their new-found economic might will make their country an even bigger global player. But can America's middle-class -- and the rest of the world -- afford this unprecedented shift in the global economy? The world is buying like never before, but who's paying the price?

He could have been a chief surgeon in a big Sao Paulo hospit Author: deutschewelleenglish Keywords: Deutsche Welle DW-TV Global Globalization Added: June 20, 2008

Show 226 Selections from the CATO Institute daily podcasts. Global warming, School choice, Globalization, Civil War era, Health care, Jobs and manufacturing and education. 54 minutes 12.5MB. For all of Cato Institute podcasts visit : http://www.cato.org/dailypodcast/podcast-archive.php Selection 1. A decade without warming featuring Patrick J. Michaels Selection 2. School Choice Research: Apples to Lemons featuring John Merrifield. Selection 3. Boudreaux on Globalization featuring Donald J. Boudreaux. Selection 4. McDougall on the Civil War Era featuring Walter A. McDougall. Selection 5 Globetrotting for a better health care system featuring Michael D. Tanner. Selection 6 Jobs and American Manafacturing featuring Daniel J. Ikenson Selecton 7 Apples to Apples to Education featuring Andrew J. Coulson.

Bob Higgins, longtime venture capitalist and entrepreneurship professor, talks about health care and the threat to U.S. leadership in research from nations that invest more in science.

Author: BigThinkCom Added: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:45:59 -0800 Duration: 233You can't hide anymore, says Low. http://www.bigthink.com/business-economics/11239

www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/061208.htm On May 7, 2008, Darrick Hahn and Sinisa Grgic departed Victoria from the 0-Mile mark of the Trans-Canada Highway and embarked on a cross-Canada journey to raise awareness of Deconstructing Dinner. The pair are travelling by recumbent tricycles (or trikes). On May 15 we aired a segment featuring their departure from Victoria alongside a phone interview while they stopped over in Grand Forks, BC. This second installment of the Cross-Canada Trike tour begins in the home of Deconstructing Dinner - Nelson, BC. Hahn and Grgic were well taken care of in Nelson, receiving complementary meals from local restaurants and support from the local co-operative grocery store. Host Jon Steinman pulled them into the studios of Kootenay Co-op Radio and probed further into why the two were so motivated to use their cross-Canada trip to raise awareness of an independent radio show. Of greatest interest to this episode is the story of Darrick Hahn himself as he embodies many of the issues that are discussed here on the show each week. Hahn grew up on a a conventional dairy farm in the community of Monkton, Ontario; just north of the city of Stratford. Like many young Canadians growing up on farms, Hahn left his rural community as a teenager and migrated into the city. Having most recently lived in Vancouver for the past two years, he came to recognize that the city life was far too removed from the earth and his trip across the country is symbolic of his eventual decision to move back to the farm. His story is an important window into the lives of Canada's young rural populations. Guests/Voices Darrick Hahn and Sinisa Grgic - Cross-Canada Cyclists Deconstructing Dinner Cross-Canada Trike Tour (Monkton, ON / London, ON) - Cyclists Sinisa Grgic and Darrick Hahn are old high-school friends based in Southwestern Ontario and are the proprietors of Fresh Entertainment. Darrick grew up on a farm in Monkton, Ontario and Sinisa, who is originally from Croatia, moved to Canada 17 years ago.

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You can't hide anymore, says Low. http://www.bigthink.com/business-economics/11239

Nowadays, the biggest movies, tallest buildings and many of the world's richest moguls are found outside of the U.S. Fareed Zakaria says that doesn't mean we've reached the decline of America. Instead it's the rise of everybody else. Fareed Zakaria is the editor of Newsweek International. His latest book is The Post American World. He spoke at Seattle's Town Hall on May 21, 2008. The Town Hall Center for Civic Life and University Book Store sponsored his talk.

Directed s Life from Director Lynn TrueA Nomad s Life was conceived as part of the Kham Film Project, an association of American and Tibetan filmmakers working together to improve the quality and diversity of knowledge about Tibet by engaging Tibetans in the creation of documentary films. In making A Nomad s Life, Nelson Walker and I partnered with Rabsal, a local Tibetan NGO dedicated to using film and multimedia as a means of Tibetan self-representation. Tsering Perlo, the founder of Rabsal and an emerging documentary filmmaker himself, is a principal collaborator on the project. Perlo grew up in the nomadic community depicted in A Nomad s Life and he provided rare access to this place seldom seen by outsiders.Historically, Tibetan nomads have thrived in an extreme environment where few other humans dared to live. Until China s occupation of Tibet in 1959, the basic patterns of life had changed little since the first nomads domesticated the yak and took to the pastures over 8,000 years ago.But now, unprecedented challenges are confronting this traditional lifestyle. A Nomad s Life captures the struggles of a young nomadic family as their pastoral way of life is threatened by a fast-approaching globalization.The film follows the family of Locho, Yama and their infant daughter (whom they call Jiatomah loosely translated as spiky brown-haired baby ) who spend the summer in the pastures of Jomtod Valley in Tibet s Kham region 15,000 feet above sea level. The Chinese call this region Wu-Zui or 5 Most for its reputation as the highest, coldest, poorest, largest and most remote area in Kham. Neither crops nor trees grow here; only hearty alpine grass sustains the family s herd of yaks the treasured animals that enable Locho and Yama to carve an existence from one of the harshest habitable environments on earth. Environmental degradation has thinned the grasslands and modernization has begun to reveal alluring alternatives to the struggles of maintaining a yak herd. In response, many families have left the pasture for permanent settlement. As Locho and Yama contemplate their future as nomads, they find themselves caught between a deep attachment to the life they know and love, and intense uncertainty over what will be best for little Jiatomah as she grows up in contemporary Tibet.We completed principle photography for A Nomad s Life in September 2007 when Locho and Yama were moving from summer pasture to fall pasture. They have since moved again this time to a semi-permanent mud-brick dwelling near town where they will spend the cold mid-winter months. We anticipate they will return to the pasture sometime in May 2008, right around the time when Jiatomah will have her first birthday. We plan to return to Kham in summer 2008 to continue working on the feature-length version of the film with collaborator Tsering Perlo and to follow up with Locho and Yama.

www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/060508.htm Following in the foodsteps of the Packaged Foods Exposed series, the Agri-Business Exposed series will explore the major agricultural companies whose names are rarely heard by the eating public. The ingredients entering into the staples of our diet rarely, if ever, originate from the company that produced the final product. Behind the Krafts, Nestles, Coca-Colas and Pizza Huts of the world, are the large corporations that deal with the most important person in the process; the farmer. The Cargill Exposà It is fitting to launch this series by exploring the most influential and powerful agri-business in the world; Cargill. As one of the largest private companies in the world, Cargill's $75.2 billion in sales employs 149,000 people in 63 countries. But the Minnesota-based company utilizes a strategy that situates much of their presence behind the scenes, and upon addressing the scope of this company's influence, their operations and products make their sales figures and employment statistics close to meaningless. Cargill sets the stage for agriculture and food around the world, and a better understanding of this company, is a better understanding of our dinners. On this Part II of the Cargill ExposÃ, we tackle topics of child slave labour in the West African cocoa industry, we raise questions over how Cargill's High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) has played a role in the global obesity and diabetes epidemics, and we discover how the company was able to arrive in Canada in 1989, and now assume 50% control of Canada's beef. Guests for Part II of the 2-part Cargill Exposà Cam Ostercamp, President, Beef Initiative Group Canada (B.I.G.) (Blackie, AB) - The organization was formed in 2004 to be a voice for primary producers of beef in Canada. As Cargill is the most influential company in the Canadian beef industry, Cam's experience as both a farmer and President of B.I.G., provides him with a comprehensive background on the influence exercised by the company. Brian Campbell, Staff Attorney, International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF) (Washington, D.C.) - ILRF is an advocacy organization dedicated to achieving just and humane treatment for workers worldwide. The organization is currently targeting the child labour practices in the West African cocoa industry that company's like Cargill are said to support. Brian Campbell began working with the ILRF as a law clerk in 2001 and was hired as a full time attorney upon graduation from law school in 2004. Brewster Kneen, Author/Publisher, The Ram's Horn (Ottawa, ON) - Brewster was born in Ohio and studied economics and theology in the U.S. and the U.K. before moving to Toronto in 1965. There he produced public affairs programs for CBC Radio, and worked as a consultant to the churches on issues of social and economic justice. In 1971, with his wife Cathleen and their children Jamie and Rebecca, he moved to Nova Scotia, where they farmed until 1986, starting with a cow-calf operation and then developing a large commercial sheep farm. When he stopped farming, he developed a devoted interest to learn more about Cargill than perhaps anyone has ever attempted. The second edition of his book Invisible Giant (2002), provides the most current and comprehensive source for any eater interested in learning more about the origins of our food.

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www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/052908.htm Next to petroleum, coffee is the second most valuable traded commodity in the world and the most valuable agricultural commodity. As coffee has historically been an integral piece in helping shape empires, economies and cultures, deconstructing coffee comes close to deconstructing humanity itself. Coffee is constantly scrutinized for its human and social impacts around the world, but rarely do we examine the environmental consequences of a Tim Horton's Double Double, a Starbuck's Cappucino, or even an organic/fair trade espresso. This broadcast will examine how the removal of human labour from the coffee industry has led to poverty, hunger, environmental destruction and climate change. Guests Adam Tomasek - Priority Leader for Borneo-Sumatra, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) (Washington, D.C.) - In January 2007, WWF released a report titled Gone in an Instant . The report finds coffee lovers the world over are unknowingly drinking coffee illegaly grown inside one of the world's most important national parks for tigers, elephants and rhinos -- Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park in Indonesia. Illegally grown coffee is mixed with legally grown coffee beans and sold to such companies as Kraft Foods and Nestle among other. This coffee is threatening the future survival of 3 animal species. Daniel Fourwinds - Capulin Coffee (Nayarit, Mexico) - Capulin is a hand crafted, traditionally sun-dried, 100% jungle shade grown natural coffee. Capulin claims to provide the sweetest, least bitter and most stimulating 100% Arabica Tipica coffee available anywhere, and provides more money per pound directly to local villagers than any other coffee company on the planet. This coffee illustrates the destructive forces ALL water-processed (washed) coffees are having on people and the planet. Benji Hansen - Clean Bean Cafà (Nelson, BC) - The Clean Bean Cafà exclusively sells Capulin Coffee. Located alongside the main highway running through the city, the coffee is sold out of the back of a trailer and is essentially a drive-thru coffee shop. But while Capulin Coffee presents a real opportunnity for social and environmental change, Benji Hansen is encouraging yet another level of change by NOT offering ANY take-out cups. Instead, Hansen maintains a 'mug orphanage' whereby customers are free to take their ceramic mug with them! Hey fast food chains and coffee shops..........take some notes!

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/23/Fred_Krupp_on_Energy_and_Global_Warming Environmental Defense Fund President Fred Krupp discusses how the U.S. and other developed nations can influence the environmental impacts of China and India's rapid growth. ----- Fred Krupp discusses his new book Earth: The Sequel - The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming. The Environmental Defense Fund helped reduce acid rain in the 1990s by using market forces, and last year it played a role in the buyout of Texas utility TXU that reduced the number of planned coal-fired power plants. The advocacy group's president, Fred Krupp, believes business-friendly approaches such as carbon cap-and-trade systems are the best way to fight global warning. His new book, Earth: The Sequel, highlights the entrepreneurs, scientists, and even a former bus driver on the Trans-Alaska pipeline, who are betting on the free market to create new wealth and build a post-carbon economy - The Commonwealth Club of California Fred Krupp is the Executive Director of Environmental Defense, a national environmental organization that links science, economics and law to create innovative, equitable and cost effective solutions to the most critical environmental problems. Krupp leads Environmental Defense’'s teams of scientists, attorneys, engineers, and economists in developing solution-oriented strategies to tackle a wide range of U.S. and international environmental problems including global warming; protection of endangered wildlife and ecosystems; restoration of inland, coastal and ocean habitats; elimination of environmental threats to human health; the protection of tropical rainforests. Since Krupp joined Environmental Defense in 1984, its annual budget has increased from $3 million to more than $35 million, full-time staff has more than quadrupled from 50 to over 200, membership has expanded from 40,000 to more than 300,000, and new regional offices opened in North Carolina and Texas. FORA.tv podcasts are sponsored by Pfizer. Visit our Pfizer "Health and Wellness" channel at http://fora.tv/health_and_wellness.