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First Aired - 10/17/2012 03:00PM
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This week on Straight from the Source, Clay Gordon discusses the future of chocolate. Listen in as he first gives some historical context for the current market and then looks forward 10 to 20 years to present some possible futures. Find out what makes cocoa so cheap and why there is not currently enough money in the system for sustainable production. Then hear why Clay does not think genetic modification will find its way to wild cocoa and how climate change, new markets and new producers will all have an effect on the future of chocolate. This program was sponsored by Heritage Meat Shop
"The primary reason that cocoa is inexpensive is that the prices paid for it do not reflect the true cost of production."
"In the future we are not likely to find a quick shift to genetically modified trees and cocoa growing in the wild."
"Historically the chocolate industry has not been supportive in terms of giving money to ensure sustainable production is in effect."
--Clay Gordon on Straight from the Source
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First Aired - 04/11/2012 11:00AM
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Mitchell Davis makes sense of calories with noted food author and professor Dr. Marion Nestle on this week's episode of Taste Matters. Marion's latest book, "Why Calories Count", explores the essential measurement of energy in food and how it affects our nutrition and diets. Find out why tackling problems like obesity can be much simpler than it's made out to be and why portion size is to blame for most weight-related problems. This program was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.
"If you are gonna try to diet, you just have to eat less. There's really no other way to do it."
"Most people aren't active enough to work off the excess calories they consume."
--Marion Nestle on Taste Matters
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First Aired - 07/17/2011 03:30PM
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This week's episode of We Dig Plants sees Camen DeVito and Alice Marcus Krieg sitting down with Paul Harwood of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to discuss the purpose and history of herbariums and explore the roots of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and other educational Brooklyn institutions. Later in the show, Steve Glenn explains what's behind the NY Metropolitan Flora Project and what the future holds for botanical research. This episode was sponsored by Whole Foods Market.
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We Dig Plants: Brooklyn Botanic Garden Herbarium (20:32)
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We Dig Plants, Brooklyn Botanic Garden Herbarium, Paul Harwood, NY Metropolitan Flora Project, Steve Glenn, plant identification, taxonomy, classification, naming, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Latin American Plant Initiative, botanists,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
