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First Aired - 01/29/2013 11:00AM
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Chad Pagano continues exploring the 2nd Amendment in the wake of Governor Andrew Cuomo's NY SAFE Act. Tune in as he explains why AR Rifles are not the problem, and creating a registry of gun owners is unconstitutional. Find out about the 7-round restriction on magazines, and how it will affect even our police officers. Learn about rounds, magazines and the applications of different types of firearms in the context of hunting and personal safety. With co-host Chris Gesualdi by his side, Chad vehemently states his opinion that the government has overreacted and rushed these regulations through, and we are no safer because of it. This program was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.
"They never wrote the 2nd Amendment for hunting - why are we wasting our time with this hunting argument!?" 03:00
"The registry is the main problem with this bill... They are taking a class of rifle that is not much different than other classes of rifles, and they are legislatively eliminating our ability to own it." 16:00
--Chad Pagano on Wild Game Domain
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First Aired - 02/24/2013 01:00PM
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What happens to our waste water and how does it get cleaned? Find out on Straight, No Chaser as Katy Keiffer chats with Jim Pynn, Superintendent at the Newton Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. Get down and dirty as Jim explains the three steps in waterwaste treatment, including a very interesting process of using microorganisms. Find out what kinds of regulations are in place for businesses to account for chemicals in wastewater and learn how the city dealt with the effects Super Storm Sandy had on our wastewater infrastructure. This program was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.
"Modern waste water treatment plants were not meant for metals and petroleums. NYC has an industrial pre-treatment program. anybody with a business in NY has to report their chimerical usage to DEP and we have the right to monitor it. Any excess chemicals are the responsibility of the business." [12:00]
--Jim Pynn, Superintendent at the Newton Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant
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First Aired - 06/22/2009 05:00PM
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Kate Manchester, publisher of Edible Santa Fe, talks with Steve Warshawer of Beneficial Farms and Josh Veirtel, the President of Slow Food USA.
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HR2749: Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 with Steve Warshawer of Beneficial Farms (24:10)
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Energy and Commerce Committee, reform food safety practices, processors, food handlers, regulation, FDA handles food regulation and handling, FDA Modernization Act, small producer, USDA, inspection, exemption for smaller producers, government intervention, there is no agenda against small agriculture, there is unintended fallout from the attempts to regulate larger agriculture, lawmakers write the law not regulations, rulemaking process is very complex, National Organic Program, genetically engineered seeds, small farmers corrected the rules, there is room for interpretation amongst regulations, FDA has authority of 96 percent of all food in the US, FDA was underfunded, self regulation, system of user fees being implemented to raise money, user fee creates disincentive to regulator, sliding scale for fees was requested, language forms intent, local food suppliers feel overlooked by FDA, this attention has helped small farmers improve food safety practices, food safey requirements are mostly common sense, farmers should have no reason to refuse training, home based processing is illegal in New Mexico, FoodAndWaterWatch.org, read the bill at www.govtrack.us/congress/bill, HR2749, Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009, HR875, www.opencongress.org,Slow Food USA with Josh Veirtel (29:11)
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Yale Sustainable Food Project, Slow Food USA, International Congress, Josh Veirtel, youth involvement, Slow Food International, US has a very strong Slow Food prescence, undergraduate programs, sustainability, global movement, college students are joining the sustainable food movement, students are creating local chapters, UNC, most farmers in New Mexico are old, there are no successors, land is expensive, there are good federal programs for farming loans, Slow Food USA Statement, local projects, bringing gardens to local schools, national advocacy, USDA oversight for vending machines, mandory funding for grants, Child Nutrition Act, sheep, we risk losing incredible tradition, Italy, RAFT, Renewing America's Food Traditions, Chef's Collaborative, increase biodiversity, national network, heritage apple varieties, Slow Food Nation, San Francsico, grassroots, legislative change, US Terra Madre Network, Woodstock meets the UN, life changing event, Slow Food movement is a metaphor for community, Edible Communities, we need to find new models for young farmers, ark of taste is how we indentify foods that are important culturally and are at risk,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
