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New World Notes News
Vol. 4, No. 7 -- February 12, 2011
This week in New World Notes, radio program #154, February 15, 2011
Food (3): Bizarre Effects
of a Bizarre System
The reigning Heavyweight champ. This simple $5 meal
provides more than a day's nutrition in each of the four basic
food groups: fat, cholesterol, salt, and sugar.
In brief
This time we focus on the U.S.--specifically, on three oddball effects of our even odder agribusiness structure and federal farm policies. The effects are
- rampant obesity (and related health problems) among poor people
- New England fishing villages that don't do any fishing
- the dumbest consumer product since the Pet Rock: bottled water. (Here we present the entirety of Annie Leonard's video documentary, The Story of Bottled Water.)
Includes a tongue-in-cheek nutritional comparison of Burger King's Rodeo Cheeseburger vs. the Big Mac. (Capsule summary: Keep the pickle slice.) Plus the story of the organic carrot from Hell.
This is the third in an occasional series of programs on food, agriculture, and agribusiness.
Bottom: New England fishing village (artist's rendering).
Most graphics: Click to enlarge.
Notes, credits, & links
Thanks again to Robin Upton & Unwelcome Guests--this time for turning up the Annie Leonard video.
This week's music: Robert Earl Keen, Farm-Fresh Onions
New World Notes is produced under the auspices (Latin for "counter") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.
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Series overview: Political and social commentary in a variety of genres. Exploring the gap between what we want ... and what they're trying to make us settle for.
Top: Still from The Story of Bottled Water. To the right, Annie Leonard; to the left, from a real ad campaign. Subsequent tests showed that Cleveland's tap water was both purer and better-tasting than "Fiji" bottled water.
Bottom: Does the label of your bottled water depict a mountaintop?
Think of this mountain instead.
Coming soon (Tuesday air debut date shown)
- February 22 -- Who are the REAL Gangsters? Fearturing John "Itchy Finger" Perkins and a nice essay on the Mafia by Mike "the Red" Parenti.
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