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Food Mondays
In June, Worldview spent a week concentrating on global food issues. We looked at everything from obesity in the developing world to crop diversity, but we felt there was even more to say. So for Mondays in July, we’re going to continue our examination of the global supply chain with stories from around the world about what we eat and why it matters.
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Food Labels: What Do They Really Tell Us?  
Marion Nestle is a professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University. She writes the blog :Food Politics" and she is the author of several books including Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health.
Increasing Rice Yields and Profits in the Developing World  
Olivia Vent is a consultant for Lotus Foods on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and a former director of information for Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development at Cornell University.
Churning Milk in Nepal  
Laura Spero reports for the World Vision Report as part of its “What’s Cooking” series. This report was provided by the Public Radio Exchange.
Food Mondays: Restaurant Chains Increasingly Adapt Offerings to Foreign Markets  
Tom Miner is a Principal at Technomic, an international food consulting firm based in Chicago.
Fresh Farms Give City Children Food Options  
The program teaches about organic food.
Eating Sustainable Seafood in Chicago  
We learn just what it means to try to eat sustainable fish in Chicago.
Preserving the Culture and Faith with Butter  
A church that's home to some famous Armenian pastries hopes to pass on tradition.
Preserving Armenian Culture with Faith and Butter  
A church that's home to some famous Armenian pastries hopes to pass on tradition.
Transforming Cuba’s Agriculture  
Miguel Altieri, Professor of Agroecology at the University of California-Berkeley will tell us about Cuba's progressive agricultural system.
Food Mondays: Land Grab  
On Mondays in July, we take another crack at issues surrounding the global food supply. Today, we hear why developed nations are buying African farmland.
The Rise of Obesity  
Dr. Barry Popkin — Director of the Department of Nutrition for the Gillings School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is also the author of The World is Fat The Fads, Trends, Policies, and Products that are Fattening the Hunan Race
The History of Food Assistance  
Craig Gundersen — Associate Professor of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Trying to Make it Through the Month: Audio Postcard  
Worldview's Adriana Gallardo
Henry David Thoreau on Food  
Jeffrey Cramer — Curator of Collections at the Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods; Author of the Edited Volume I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau; Author of the forthcoming Edited Volume The Quotable Thoreau
Rescuing Crop Varieties from Extinction  
Cary Fowler — Executive Director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust
Creating Sensible Food Policy  
Alfredo Sfeir-Younis — Chilean Economist; President and Founder of the Zambuling Institute for Human Transformation; Former Officer with the World Bank
Dangers of Irradiated Food  
Wenonah Hauter — Executive Director of Food & Water Watch; Author of Zapped! Irradiation and the Death of Food

Clip Contained Within This Segment:
“Are Anti-Irradiation Groups Making Our Food Less Safe?”
John Stossel  — Correspondent for ABC News’ 20/20
Are Starbucks and Whole Foods Union-Busters?  
Josh Harkinson — Reporter for Mother Jones Magazine; Author of Mother Jones April, 2009 article Are Starbucks and Whole Foods Union Busters? Inside the secret anti-union meetings, and how the companies plan to rewrite the labor-friendly Employee Free Choice Act
Are Starbucks and Whole Foods Union-Busters? — Whole Foods Responds  
Walter Robb  Co-President and Chief Operating Officer for Whole Foods Market
Food in Film  
Milos Stehlik — Director of Facets Multimedia; Worldview Film Contributor
Are Starbucks and Whole Foods Union-Busters? — Starbucks Responds  
Statement provided by Starbucks:
Facts on Starbucks and Our Partners (Employees)
Food Crisis in Latin America  
Laura Carlsen — Director of the Americas Program at the Center for International Policy; Author of the article Behind Latin America's Food Crisis 
Andean Harvest  
Jon Miller — Homelands Productions, distributed by Public Radio Exchange
The End of Food  
Paul Roberts — Journalist; Author of The End of Food
Pet Food Supply  
Marion Nestle — Professor of Nutrition Food Studies and Public Health at New York University; Editor of the blog Food Politics; Author of Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine; Writer of Food Matters column for the San Francisco Chronicle
Chicago Matters: Beyond Burnham: The Global Food System  

Our panel takes your calls about our local food system and we hear about food systems in Europe.

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