Tue, November 25, 2008
The California Report
Host: Rachael Myrow

Mobile Food Bank
Food banks across the state are struggling with longer lines and fewer donations this holiday season. But one Central Valley food bank will soon have a unique way to deliver fresh produce to rural communities.

Reporter:
• Sasha Khokha

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KQED Radio News: Mon, Nov 24, 2008 -- 5:30 PM

The Holidays and Food Bank Demands
This is the official start of our end-of-the-year holidays and is always the busiest time of year for food banks and soup kitchens. In the midst of a dire economic crisis, local food banks say they're seeing unprecedented demand for hot meals and groceries.

Host: Kelly Wilkinson

Guest:
Lynn Crocker, Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties

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Listen to Thanksgiving 2.0 on KQED's Forum.
Aired on KQED 88.5FM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 -- 10:00 AM

Thanksgiving 2.0
KQED talks with local Bay Area chefs about new twists on the traditional Thanksgiving meal and listeners call in to share their new traditions.
Host: Scott Shafer

Guests:
Charles Phan, owner and chef at The Slanted Door
Douglas Keane, chef at Cyrus
Joey Altman, chef at Miss Pearl's Jam House
Annie Somerville, chef at Greens

Fri, November 21, 2008
The California Report
Host: Scott Shafer

Butchery 101
Thanksgiving cooks will be brining, stuffing and roasting their way into next week's turkey feast. Foodies looking for a bigger culinary challenge can find it at a San Francisco market where home cooks can learn to be their own butcher.

Reporters:
• Lisa Morehouse

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Pick Your Own Chestnuts
If you're into eating locally grown food and plan on including roasted chestnuts with your holiday meals, we have good news for you. California is one of the few places in the U.S. where you can still find American chestnut trees. Four types of them grow on Skyline Chestnut Orchard -- a grove perched above the Northern California town of Woodside.

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Listen to Food Pantries and Soup Kitchens on KQED's Forum.
Aired on KQED 88.5FM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 -- 10:00 AM

Food Pantries and Soup Kitchens
The economic crisis is creating increased demand at the nation's food pantries and soup kitchens. At the same time, food banks are suffering from a falloff in donations. How are non-profit food distributors in Northern California dealing with the crisis?

Host: Dave Iverson

Guests:
Father John Hardin, executive director of the St. Anthony Foundation
Jessica Bartholow, director of programs for the California Association of Food Banks
Larry Sly, executive director of the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano
Lynn Crocker, director of marketing and communication for the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties
Paul Ash, executive director of the San Francisco Food Bank

Fri, Oct 17, 2008
The California Report
Host: Stephanie Martin

Melamine-Tainted Cookies
Food safety experts say one of the most serious issues concerning the appearance of melamine-tainted foods from China lies in finding what's contaminated -- and getting it off the market. We bought samples of popular Chinese-made cookies and had them tested for melamine. The results? Positive.
Reporters:
• Oanh Ha

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Mon, Oct 20, 2008
The California Report
Host: Rachael Myrow

Melamine Cookie Recall
We reported on Friday that our testing of a popular snack sold in California came back positive for the industrial chemical melamine. Lotte USA, the Michigan distributor of Koala's March cookies, has now announced through the FDA that it's recalling the product nationwide.
Reporters:
• Oanh Ha

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Listen to Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act on KQED's Forum.
Aired on KQED 88.5FM Mon, Sep 22, 2008 -- 9:00 AM
Stream online at KQED.org/listen

Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act
We take up Proposition 2 on the November ballot which, if passed, would prohibit the confinement of farm animals in a manner that does not allow them to turn around freely, lie down, stand up or fully extend their limbs. Opponents say the proposition would shut down the state's poultry industry and result in unsafe food.

Host: Michael Krasny

Guests:
Jennifer Fearing, campaign manager for Yes on 2
Julie Buckner, spokeswoman for Californians for Safe Food, No on Prop. 2

It's time for kids to go back to school, but what are they eating? The foods children consume now can adversely affect their future health, particularly their risk of developing obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Join the September edition of Health Dialogues as we examine childhood nutrition -- in the busy home, in the lunchroom and in the lunchbox.

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Watch an audio slideshow of Balboa High School's Healthy Food Plan.
View a chart showing what some San Francisco elementary students are eating on a daily basis.
Watch a Sports4Kids Video
Join the Dialogue: Many schools in California ban junk food and sodas from campus. Is it wrong for schools to be enforcing eating habits? Or should they be doing more?

HOST: Scott Shafer

GUESTS:
Dana Woldow, Co-chair of the student nutrition and physical activity committee for the San Francisco Unified School District
Patricia Gray, Principal of Balboa High School, San Francisco
Round table of students from Balboa High School: Kristal Davila, Gisell Jimenez, Corrie Fong, Sylvia Brookback, Nancy Doan
Dr. Francine Kaufman, MD, Director of the Center for Diabetes at Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles
Matt Sharp, Senior Advocate at California Food Policy Advocates
Jill Violet, President and Founder of Sports4kids

KQED Public Radio 88.5FM premiere broadcast:
Thursday, September 18, 8:00 PM

Repeat broadcasts:
Friday, September 19, 2:00 AM
Saturday, September 20, 2:00 PM

Listen to The California Report: Health Dialogues -- Junk Food
Reporter: Sarah Varney
It's been a year since California's first-in-the-nation bans on soda and junk food have been phasing in on school campuses. Combating childhood obesity with these prohibitions is proving harder than advocates thought. But how well have the bans worked? Los Angeles was the first district in the state to go soda and junk food-free and provides a glimpse of the challenges other school districts will likely face.

Health Dialogues, a special series from The California Report, engages listeners in an ongoing discussion of California health care issues that are important to the underserved: children, low-income residents, minorities, people with disabilities, immigrants, and rural and migrant worker communities in particular. The series seeks to generate and facilitate dialogue between communities, health care providers and policy-makers.

Listen to Slow Food Nation on KQED's Forum.

Slow Food Nation
This Labor Day weekend San Francisco will host Slow Food Nation -- a four day gathering to promote sustainable and healthy food. We talk with organizers and experts in the slow food movement, exploring the connection between our plates and the planet.

Host: Michael Krasny

Guests:
• Anya Fernald, executive director of Slow Food Nation
• Dr. Vandana Shiva, author of "Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature" and founder and director of Navdanya, an organization supporting conservation, renewal and rejuvenation of biodiversity
• Eric Schlosser, award-winning journalist, author of "Fast Food Nation" and a correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly
• Michael Pollan, professor of journalism at UC Berkeley and author of "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto"

Read Amy Sherman's Event post about Slow Food Nation.