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Korean women farmers have an alternative to American agribusiness

Airs at: Mon, 04/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Radiozine
 Former KBOO volunteer Kellyn Gross sent us this report from Korea, where she as been living. The controversial Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement went into effect on March 15 after nearly five years of debate and protests in Korea's capitol of Seoul.  The FTA stands ... Read more

HOUSING RECLAIMED: SUSTAINABLE HOMES FOR NEXT TO NOTHING

Airs at: Mon, 04/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
The American Dream of owning your own home has been battered by the economic crisis that started in 2008. While it has become much harder harder to achieve this dream, there is a surge of interest in finding resourceful, affordable and environmentally friendly ways of cr... Read more

The Occupy Movement, Unemployment, Economics, Military Deployments, and much More

Airs at: Thu, 04/05/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Presswatch
Today host Theresa Mitchell will be talking about spring time in Portland, the Occupy Movement, unemployment, economics, military deployments and activity, terrorism by the rich, anit-abortion protests and more... Read more

Yes, there really is a vast conservative conspiracy. Abe and Joe look at ALEC.

Airs at: Tue, 04/03/2012 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris   In the early 1970s, a group of conservative lawmakers and businesspeople realized that synchronicity between the governments of different states was the path to ideological supremacy. The American Legislative Exchange Council -- ALEC... Read more

THE FUTURE IS NOT ALL DOOMED - A Conversation with Carl Safina

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
In this age of climate change, species extinction and exponentially expanding human population, it's hard not to feel like we're doomed. So it's important that we find voices to listen to that offer some glimmers of hope. On this episode of Locus Focus we are joined agai... Read more

Guest Jerry Shroyer talks fruit tree grafting and host Glen Andresen talks composting.

Airs at: Wed, 03/14/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for The Dirtbag
It's time for grafting fruit trees, and veteran fruit tree grafter Jerry Shroyer with the Home Orchard Society will join host Glen Andresen and guest Jim Gilbert to talk about the big Fruit Propagation Fair that is scheduled to take place this Saturday, March 17 at the C... Read more

Fighting a Tar Sands Company's Claims to Private Land

Airs at: Fri, 03/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Julia Trigg Crawford, a Texas landowner and farmer who isn’t letting the foreign tar sands company claim eminent domain rights to her land without putting up a fight. Two weeks ago Ms. Crawford launched a Change.org petition to protect he... Read more

BEAUTIFUL & ABUNDANT: BUILDING THE WORLD WE WANT

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
No one understands the fundamental realities of life on earth better than the farmer. The farmer understands that each habitat can support a certain number of living things sustainably, and to exceed natural limits creates lasting damage. Farmers have been the engineers ... Read more

Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility and the medical hazards of the nuclear age.

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2012 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for More Talk Radio
Hosts Cecil Prescod and Celeste Carey speak with Dr. John Pearson of Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility on the medical hazards of the nuclear age. Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) is the U.S. affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nu... Read more

Coal Exports and the Future of the Columbia Gorge

Airs at: Thu, 03/22/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for A Deeper Look
Coal Trains rolling down The Columbia Gorge. Mile and a half  long open coal trains, not 1 a day not even just 10 a day but up to 60 a day, carrying the worlds dirtiest form of energy to huge coal export terminals at St. Helens, Longview and other points along the Orego... Read more