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First Aired - 12/02/2012 01:00PM
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This week on Straight, No Chaser, Katy Keiffer is geeking out with Dr. Charles Benbrook. Dr. Benbrook is a research professor at the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources, Washington State University. He is the program leader of “Measure to Manage: Farm and Food Diagnostics for Sustainability and Health.” His career has focused on developing science-based systems for evaluating the public health, environmental, and economic impacts of changes in agricultural systems, biotechnology, and policy. He has worked extensively on pesticide use and risk assessment, and the development of bio-intensive Integrated pest Management. He played an important role in the evolution of the 1996 “Food Quality Protection Act,” and has produced multiple reports on agricultural biotechnology. Tune into this episode to hear about herbicide-resistant crops, and whether or not they will be a solution to extravagant herbicide usage. Learn the differences between GMO crops and hybridized plants. Are resistant insect populations a worry for farmers in the United States? Hear about some commonly used herbicides, and their health and environmental concerns. Click here for a study concerning toxicity and Roundup-resistance. This program has been sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons.
"This largest group of GE crops that have been planted around the world since 1996, they really don't have anything to do with increased yields. In fact, the evidence suggests a small yield drag as a result of the genetic transformation that renders them tolerant to applications of this Roundup herbicide..." [4:55]
"I'm just trying to keep the industry honest. You will still find claims by so-called experts that today's GE crops are reducing pesticide use. It's just not true!" [32:00]
-- Dr. Charles Benbrook on Straight, No Chaser
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GMO vs. Hybrids (24:14)
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Dr. Charles Benbrook, Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources, Washington State University, Measure to Manage: Farm and Food Diagnostics for Sustainability and Health, public health, biotechnology, pesticide, pest management, Food Quality Protection Act, GMO, hybridization, cross-breeding, plant breeding, genetic diversity, DNA, corn, canola, alfalfa, soybeans, Roundup, herbicide, bio-insecticide, Monsanto, Bt Corn, Bt Cotton, superbugs, insects, weeds, evolution, farmers, selection pressure, chemicals, bees, water pollution, Roundup-ready crops, Agent Orange, 2,4-D, birth defects, cancer,The Seralini Study (10:45)
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Seralini Study, adolescence, cancer, feeding, tumors, honesty, experts, GE crops, pesticide use,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 06/21/2009 03:30PM
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"Who's Your Daddy?" This week Anne talks about breeding and genetics with Rick Feete and Laini Fondiller.
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Introduction with Anne & Megan Saxelby (8:05)
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dairy breeds, Anne Saxelby, Megan Saxelby, Jersey cows, Lazy Lady Farm, genetics, there are countless breeds of dairy animals, Holstein sturdy constitution, Michelle Obama?, higher volume, supermarket milk is watered down, raw milk is very rich and delicious, what milk should taste like, we've lost the fat and flavor of our milk, breeding is an art, different breeds contribute different flavors, Pauline Wayne produced milk for President Howard Taft and the first family, converting grass to milk, quantity over quality, there is more to dairy than Holstein cows,Breeding & Genetics with Rick Feete of Meadow Creek Dairy (9:10)
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Jersey Cows, Rick Feete, Meadow Creek Dairy, cross breed cows, Rick hasn't brought new cows into the farm since 1989, Jersey cows are known for their butter production, smaller and less intimidating, better breeders, New Zealand genetics, semen import export, UPS, Rick inseminated his own cows since 1981, breeding ten to twelve cows a day, seasonality, cows need a baby to lactate, no grass in winter, seasonal milk production, reproductive efficiency, path less traveled, tailoring genetics to suit individual operation,Breeding & Genetics with Laini Fondiller of Lazy Lady Farm (12:20)
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Laini Fondiller, Lazy Lady Farm, breeding and genetics in dairy animals, one buck can breed twenty girls, tantric goat sex, goats that produced no milk are called junk, registered animals, breeder, genes, ingredient stock, milk production, French Alpine, American Alpine, cross breeding, pure, bucks shipped from Oregon, French are always dainty, ships at one month old, weight differences, culling, milk consistency, do breeds make a difference, feed plays a big part, higher protein content, Bipartisan, new cheeses, goat pedigrees, genealogy, Emotional, Filibusters,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 06/09/2010 05:00PM
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This week on The Farm Report Heather, along with special guest host Patrick Martins, spoke to Colleen Rapp of the Rare Hare Barn. Colleen is a master of bunny genetics, bunny farming, bunny butchering, and bunny history.
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The Farm Report Introduction: The Origin of Rabbit Genetics (12:15)
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The Farm Report, Heather Hyman, Edwards Ham of Surry Viginia, www.surryfarms, special guest Patrick Martins, Heritage Foods USA was just in the New York Times, Kim Severson, pasture raised battle, Torrisi, two star review, Heritage pork chop, rabbit meat, Callene Rapp, American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, ALBC, Rare Hare Barn, 6 breeds are being raised on the farm, American chinchilla, Silver fox, Giant chinchilla, Creme d'Argent, breed association, documenting genetics in the rabbit world, Champaigne d'Argent is one of the oldest breeds, ancestry traced to the early 1800's, France is the cradle birthplace of rabbits, Belgian hare boom, Belgian hare buck sold for $5,000 in 1901, Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan, investing in the best genetics, rabbits are very sustainable, can be raised successfully in a small space, sex like rabbits, rabbits are induced ovulaters, doe does not ovulate until the buck mates with her,A Cow Drops In on the Conversation (11:30)
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hearty breeds are needed for crazy weather changes, silver fox, american chinchilla, the fur market, sometimes when turkeys or chickens are processed not the whole bird emerges on the other end, can people discern the taste differences between breeds?, rabbit processing workshops, did the Kim Severson article increase demand?, a lot of people don't know about heritage breeds, most people just think of rabbits as pets, sharing genetics, increasing production, a five pound live-weight, is that a cow?, heather@heritageradionetwork.com, ALBC,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
