What is nanotechnology? Find out with Heather Millar, an award-winning freelance magazine writer and author who has covered science, health, and technology for twenty years, contributing to magazines such as Sierra, Smithsonian, and The Atlantic. Tune in and learn how these microscopic particles could bring on the next industrial revolution. From solar panels to medicinal purposes to whitening agents in food - take a trip down the rabbithole in the world of nanoparticles and technology. Discover the potential health risks as well as the potential for good with this new frontier of science. This program was sponsored by Route 11 Potato Chips.

"The problem with nano technology is that it's such an incredibly broad field. It's described as being the next industrial revolution - it has the potential to revolutionize solar cells for solar power, medicine for diagnostics, pretty much anything you can imagine." [4:00]

-- Heather Millar on Straight, No Chaser

This marks the end of Straight, No Chaser's first season! Congratulations to our host, Katy Keiffer! Each week, Katy offers insight into the world of food politics and policy, focusing on topics like the cattle industry, The Farm Bill, and urban agriculture. Tune into this episode to hear some highlights from shows thus far, and to learn what Katy has up her sleeve for upcoming episodes. This program has been brought to you by White Oak Pastures.com.

Orion Magazine has been producing thought-provoking, progressive journalism for thirty years. On this week's episode of The Farm Report, Erin Fairbanks is chatting with Orion's Outreach Director, Erik Hoffner. Tune in to hear Erik talk about the ecology-focused lens with which Orion views all sorts of social issues. Learn about the magazine's roots in New York City, and why the operation moved to Western Massachusetts. Hear Erik and Erin talk about the unknown health factors of nanotechnology, and how nanoparticles may be damaging to the environment and individual health. Learn about several of Orion's freelance contributors, and what they have to say about topics like hydrofracking and environmentalism. This program has been brought to you by Hearst Ranch.

"So many good things are happening in New York with urban agriculture, and with public art using the landscape." [11:00]

"The health of our ground water for the next hundred years is worth more than ten years of fuel." [26:10]

-- Erik Hoffner on The Farm Report