March 7th, 2008
Welcome to Issue 27 of SnackCast. This week, Maude Barlow, one of the world’s leading water activists and author of the new book Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water, visited Washington, DC to urge Americans to take action for water conservation, water justice, and water democracy. Food & Water Watch sponsored Barlow’s national book tour and hosted an event to discuss some of the issues covered in her book. This week’s podcast includes some highlights from Barlow’s speech, as well as solutions to how the world can survive a global water crisis.
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February 25th, 2008
Welcome to Issue 26 of SnackCast. This week USDA recalled 143 million pounds of meat — the largest recall in U.S. history. In this issue Tony Corbo, a senior lobbyist on the food campaign for Food & Water Watch, talks about the events that led up to this massive recall, and the potential impacts it could have on consumer’s health and food security.
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February 15th, 2008
Welcome to Issue 25 of SnackCast. SnackCast is back from vacation, just in time for Valentine’s Day! This week Food & Water Watch challenged students across the country to declare their love for tap water in the I Heart Tap Water video contest — a part of the Take Back the Tap campaign that encourages college students to promote and protect tap water on campuses. Annie Weinberg, an organizer at Food & Water Watch talks about the campaign and the different activities taking place at college campuses right now.
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January 11th, 2008
Welcome to Issue 24 of SnackCast. Happy new year from Food & Water Watch! The Food & Water Watch podcast will be back on Friday, February 1st, when it will return to its normal weekly schedule. In the meantime, you can continue to check out our blog, and you can also tune into a great podcast with National Catholic Reporter Tom Fox interviewing Patty Lovera, our assistant director, about the safety of our food supply.
Wishing you a good start to 2008!
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December 8th, 2007
Welcome to Issue 23 of SnackCast. In this issue, Food & Water Watch organizers from all three campaigns , food, water, and fish , will give you some helpful tips for the season, so you can have a joyous, and eco-friendly, holiday celebration. Happy Holidays from Food & Water Watch!
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November 30th, 2007
Welcome to Issue 22 of SnackCast. In this issue we give you a taste of what’s going on with our food team, and the current issues they’re tackling. This week’s co-host is Sarah Alexander, senior organizer for the Food campaign, who will join the discussion about the Farm Bill, food safety with leafy greens, and rBGH milk. Sounds like a mouth full!
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November 16th, 2007
Welcome to Issue 21 of SnackCast. Would you let your food be treated with radiation as powerful as one billion x-rays? In this issue, we explore food irradiation, or treating food with high doses of radiation under the veil of protecting consumers from foodborne illness. Robert Schubert, director of research at Food & Water Watch, will talk about a new factsheet that explains why irradiation does not protect consumers, and what exactly happens when our food is treated with this questionable technology.
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November 9th, 2007
Welcome to Issue 20 of SnackCast. On October 30th, the water team at Food & Water Watch traveled to New York City to celebrate the opening night of an exciting new exhibit entitled Water: H2O = Life at the American Museum of Natural History. In this issue, we are joined by two water team organizers, Jon Keesecker and Annie Weinberg, who will give listeners a first-hand account of their experience at the museum, and talk about why this exhibit is so important.
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November 2nd, 2007
Welcome to Issue 19 of SnackCast. As early as next week, the United States Senate will vote on the Farm Bill. After many months of hard work, Food & Water Watch scored some major victories in the current version of the bill for consumers—specifically involving food safety and the interstate shipment of meat and poultry products. Tony Corbo, a lobbyist on food issues for Food & Water Watch, joins us on this issue to discuss why this is vital for American consumers.
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October 26th, 2007
Welcome to Issue 18 of SnackCast. Next week The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will discuss their plan to streamline the permitting and regulation of open-ocean fish farming. Food & Water Watch, as well as other fishing and conservation groups, talk about how the Gulf Council’s proposal could lead to environmental and economic disaster in the region.
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