Eating Green in the Winter Looks Different than In the Summer; This Weekend is the NOFA-NY Conference! Amani Olugbala Joins Bhavani to Talk About Weaving Agriculture Into Her Music and Art

Posted on January 17, 2018

Hi Everyone, It’s been great coming back into the new year and jumping into a series of cooking classes for Winter. In the cold weather, we tend to crave more warming foods, more comfort foods, like soups, stews, and casseroles, … Read More

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iEat Green is Cooking Up a Storm! A Call for New Slow Food Board Members! Ignite Fire and Fury! NOFA-NY’s Winter Conference is Coming Up! Micaela Colley, from the Organic Seed Alliance Joins Bhavani on PRN

Posted on January 9, 2018

Hi Everyone, It is so good to be back after last weeks snow storm. This is the first time in all of my years with the Progressive Radio Network that we had to close due to snow. Anyway, I’m happy … Read More

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Economists Join Public Opinion That Arctic Drilling is a Bad Idea; Soybean Yields More Harm than Good; Web Portal Crowdsourcing Food Poison Reports; Reject the Anti-Farm and Food Tax Bill;

Posted on December 5, 2017

Economists Join the Fight Against Drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge “Big Oil always talks about ANWR being the “holy grail” of Arctic drilling that will bring untold riches, but the reality is likely to be very different. In October, … Read More

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iEat Green Gathers Coats for the Big Day! Thanksgiving Sign Up is Almost Full! Eric Holt-Giménez, Author of “A Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism” Joins Bhavani on PRN

Posted on November 15, 2017

Hi Everyone, We are down to the wire and everything is falling into place for our Thanksgiving Feast for the Less Fortunate. The sign-up for shifts is almost full (you are all amazing!) with only a few spots open, so … Read More

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iEat Green Shares Interview with Susan Futrell, Author of Good Apples

Posted on November 9, 2017

Hi All, My interview last Thursday with Susan Futrell, author of Good Apples; Behind Every Bite, was so informative and delightful. Susan is a life long supporter of organic foods and has been working with non profits and food businesses … Read More

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Food Shortages and World Hunger; Fiber Hijacked by Big Food; Musk Brother Invests in Food; New Legislation Hampers DEA From Cracking Down on Opiates;

Posted on October 23, 2017

Rice and Beans: $1.20 in New York, $73 in Haiti “The United Nations World Food Programme just released a report on the cost, relative to average income, of a basic meal such as rice and beans in 33 countries. Someone living in … Read More

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NYC Good Food Incubators; Tackling Food Waste; Trans Fat Ban Improves NYC Public Health; Slow Food Preserves Indigenous Products; NY Sun Works Greenhouse Project Ultimate Success

Posted on April 24, 2017

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Five Incubators Innovating NYC Food Policy FoodFutureCo was named by the New York City Food Policy Center as 1 of 5 incubators innovating the food system! Other incubators include Brooklyn FoodWorks, Chobani Food Incubator, Bronx Cookspace, and HBK Incubates. Read more about their missions … Read More

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Jewish Food Society Preserving Tradition; Food From the Hearth and Heart; Food and Policy Impacts Restaurants and Workers; Global Dangers of Meat Industry

Posted on April 4, 2017

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Jewish Food Society Aims to Honor the Global Wonders of Jewish Food “Recently, over a bag of schmaltz-infused popcorn, 90 people came together in lower Manhattan to celebrate the formation of the Jewish Food Society, a new organization which aims … Read More

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