A Taste of the Past
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First Aired - 09/18/2012 06:30PM
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Freedom Fries Ain't Free! This week on Let's Get Real, Erica gets real about how war created foodiness; how foodiness created a nation of obese SUV driving potato people, who then needed oil for their SUVs (and now for their mobility scooters), and who now can’t pass the army physical fitness test because they’re too fat to fight. Tonight she is joined by special guest and First Gulf War veteran Corporal Chad Pagano to take us down the foodiness foxhole full of M.R.E.’s and, now, Marys. Hear him retell stories of food, hunger and everything in between in the military. This program was sponsored by Fairway Market
"They have portable field kitchens they would set up behind the lines. Generally depending on the tactical situation you could end up going there three times a day. As an infantry man you'd be lucky if you got in there once a day. The food was pretty bad for the most part."
--Corporal Chad Pagano on Let's Get Real
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First Aired - 03/06/2012 06:30PM
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This week on Let's Get Real, Erica "Occupies" Big Food with special guest, food journalist and nutritionist Kristin Wartman. Tune in as they discuss everything from the problems with corporations that control our food supply to Rush Limbaugh's recent attack on food justice fighter and author Tracie McMillan. Learn more about the problems we face as a nation when it comes to what we're eating and find out what Erica and Kristin think we can do to reverse the tide. This program was sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons.
"A healthy food system is at the root of a healthy democracy. When we have a handful of corporations controlling what we eat, it's a real threat to our democracy. 1/4th of all groceries bought in this country are bought at Walmart."
--Kristin Wartman on Let's Get Real
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Occupy Wall Street, Erica Lade, Occupy Big Food, Wall Mart, Monsanto, democracy, healthy foods, organic, farmers markets, sustainability, politics, food justice, Tracie McMillan, Rush Limbaugh, liberals, Obama administration, Michelle Obama, bottled water, Coca Cola, India,Occupy Big Food (11:27)
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First Aired - 02/28/2012 06:30PM
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Let's Get Real is back after a short 2-week hiatus and Erica Wides is here to tell you why real food is already "smart" and only foodiness advertises itself as smart. Find out about the origins of engineered foods and why we always assume that food can be improved upon. From science fiction dreams to realistic let downs, learn about the differences between what's real, what's fake and what's just plain stupid. This program was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.
"Corn was completely engineered by humans to become what it was - an ancient power empire building food staple - to its current incarnation as a vehicle of our human demise."
"The more 'smart' food you eat, the dumber you get!"
"Smart food is to real food as a Real Housewife is to Meryl Streep"
--Erica Wides on Let's Get Real
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