Albrecht & The Rise of Sustainable

China is Pissed - What's Next?

Release Date: 08/05/2022

Description: China Watch Radio host Michael Olson joins us for an in-depth discussion about House Speaker Nancy Pelos's recent visit to Taiwan, what it means to ther CCP, plus how it all plays into the China strategy of taking down America. We also discuss communism in America, Biden's vulnerability to Xi Jinping, and also the coming food crisis (Michael is also an expert on agriculture).  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jimwatkinsisspeakingout/support

Explicit: No

A Serendipitous Stroll Through Agriculture: Part III

Release Date: 04/28/2023

Description: A Serendipitous Stroll Into Agriculture III Various Participants World Ag Expo, Tulare, California   How do they make our food appear?  As if by some kind of magic, our grocery stores get filled with food in the middle of the night, while we are sleeping!   It happens every night, and every morning there is food to eat!   That food is always there in the morning we take for granted­– even the fresh tomatoes we eat in the middle of winter!  It’s time to meet the magicians of food, and ask: How do you make our food appear?   Welcome to Part III of our “Serendipitous Stroll” through the world of agriculture at the World Ag Expo in Tulare, California.  I am Michael Olson, and I will be guiding this stroll with comments and observations that I hope will help you better understand how all the food we take for granted is grown.  Who is Michael Olson?  As author MetroFarm: The Guide to Growing for Profit In or Near the City, and as Board Chair of Think Local First, County of Santa Cruz, it is safe to say I am an advocate for local agriculture­– “Food with its farmers face on it!”  However, I am also the host of Food Chain Radio / Podcast Show, and am fully aware that local food does not fill up all the shelves with good stories.  And so, without too much prejudice, I travel up and down the food chain looking for good stories about what’s eating what.  When a notice about the World Ag Expo in Tulare, California crossed my desk, I thought about all the interesting stories that might be found among its 1200 exhibitors, 2.6 million square feet of displays and 108,000 visitors from 56 countries! If you would like to learn where the magic of all the food we take for granted begins, join me for Part III of a “Serendipitous Stroll!” through the World Ag Expo and meet the magicians who make food appear!  On this stroll we will meet:   Dr. Roland Fumasi, Executive Vice President of RaboBank’s RaboResearch Food & Agriculture, whose responsibility includes looking into the future to see what lies ahead for the business of agriculture.  Lucas Fuess, Senior Dairy Analyst, RaboResearch, who looks into the future of America’s dairy herd, much of which has been transplanted from the green grasses of the Midwest to the bone-dry Central Valley of California.  David McGanya, Senior Specialty Crop Analyst, Rabo Research, who tracks the always-in-season fruit, nut and vegetable specialty crops as they are grown throughout North and South America.  Jenna Bruna & Vanessa Hycliff, California Bio Energy, who help turn the waste of dairy farms into useful energy so that, “One cow can fuel a car across the country with clean energy!”  Garrick Grabow, Grabow Well Drillers, who family-owned company can drill down into the Central Valley’s ever-shrinking aquifer earth 1,500 feet to find water for growing food.   Dana Pack, FogCo Environmental, whose misting systems can lay down a fog to suppress the dust, flies and smells of concentrated animal feeding operations.  Chuck Serrano, Supervisor of Operations, Westlands Water District, who tries to find enough water at the end of California’s political water hose to keep his District green.  His motto:  “Food grows where water flows!”  Russell Taylor, Live Earth Soil Conditioner, who puts life back into soil with the proceeds of a mineral rich humic shale sediment mined from the remains of a pre-historic forest. 

Explicit: No

A Serendipitous Stroll through Agriculture, Part IV

Release Date: 05/09/2023

Description: Various Participants World Ag Expo, Tulare, California   How do they grow our food?  Given the extent to which we take food for granted, and how far we have removed ourselves from the source of food, and how much we pay for cheap food, we think it wise to pause and ask those at the source:   How do you grow our food?  Welcome to Part IV of our “Serendipitous Stroll” through the world of agriculture at the World Ag Expo in Tulare, California.  I am Michael Olson, and I will be guiding this stroll with comments and observations that I hope will help you better understand how all the food we take for granted is grown.  Who is Michael Olson?  As author MetroFarm: The Guide to Growing for Profit In or Near the City, and as Board Chair of Think Local First, County of Santa Cruz, it is safe to say I am an advocate for local agriculture­– “Food with its farmers face on it!”  However, I am also the host of Food Chain Radio / Podcast Show, and am fully aware that local food does not fill up all the shelves with good stories.  And so, without too much prejudice, I travel up and down the food chain looking for good stories about what’s eating what.  When a notice about the World Ag Expo in Tulare, California crossed my desk, I thought about all the interesting stories that might be found among its 1200 exhibitors, 2.6 million square feet of displays and 108,000 visitors from 56 countries!  If you would like to learn how food we take for granted is grown, join me for Part IV of a “Serendipitous Stroll!” through the World Ag Expo and meet the people who grow the food we take for granted!   On this stroll we will meet:   Elisa Bridenbaugh, Knipe Land Company, whose display of Range Writer magazines drew visitors to the exhibit as if bears to honey.  What’s the secret?  McKenzie Middleton, Miss California Rodeo, who stands before the throng to champion the rodeo, in spite of all that the woke have to say about the sport being so cruel to animals.   John Knipe, Knipe Land, who is making bank on all the California farmers and ranchers who are cashing in their California land holdings in favor of the greener pastures of Idaho.   Chris Skidmill, Precision Ag Solutions, whose equipment provides growers with such precision that they can trust it to provide them with a close shave in the morning, or so its claimed!   Drake Salwasher, AfriKelp, whose company farms kelp off Capetown, South Africa, reduces that kelp to its nutrient rich essence, and then feeds it into the soils of California’s crop lands.   Steve Joyce, Kubota Tractor, whose company brought small farm tractors from Japan to California a half century ago, and which then discovered the mother lode of gold in California’s specialty crops.  Look for the Kubota folks in orange!  Ryan Miller, Case IH, whose classic International Harvester tractor reminded yours truly of the first tractor he drove at the age of six.  Look for the Case IH folks in red!   Tanner Cady, New Holland, whose big blue whale of nut and fruit harvester portends the end of farm labor, or so most everyone in agriculture seems to hope.  Look for the New Holland folks in blue!   Ken Goble, Cirrus Aircraft, whose display of the best-selling single engine private aircraft gets one to wondering how such an attractive piece of winged-machinery could be an implement of agriculture?   Mel Machado, Blue Diamond Almonds, whose booth spawned a genuine feeding frenzy of hungry people seeking nourishment from their serendipitous strolling about the grounds of the World Ag Expo. 

Explicit: No

A Serendipitous Stroll Through Agriculture, I

Release Date: 04/13/2023

Description: The World Ag Expo Tulare, CA We all get our food from grocery stores, and we all take that food for granted– even those fresh tomatoes we eat in the middle of winter!  It’s time to meet the people who provide us with the food we take for granted, and ask: How do you provide us with all our food? Welcome to our “Serendipitous Stroll” through the world of agriculture at the World Ag Expo in Tulare, California.  I am Michael Olson, and I will be guiding this stroll with comments and observations that, I hope, will help you better understand how all the food we take for granted is grown.  Those who know me, know me as an advocate for local agriculture, as I did author the book MetroFarm: The Guide to Growing for Profit In or Near the City, and am the Board Chair of Think Local First, County of Santa Cruz.    However, I am also the host of Food Chain Radio Podcast, and am fully aware that local food does not fill up all the shelves with good stories.  And so, without prejudice, I travel up and down the food chain looking for good stories about what’s eating what.  When a notice about the World Ag Expo crossed my desk, I thought about all the interesting food chain stories I might be able to find there, and so petitioned the Expo for a media pass. And it was good to have a media pass, because the Expo featured over 1200 exhibitors on 2.6 million square feet of ground and welcomed over 108,000 visitors from 56 countries.  Join me for Part ! of a  “Serendipitous Stroll!” through the World Ag Expo and meet these people of agriculture:  ·      Charley Piitgliano:  who started farming with 275 acres in 1975 and who now farms 11,000 acres of the most productive farmland in the world ·      Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, who is flying the flag in Washington DC for that other California– the one where people earn a living by growing food ·      Jennifer Fawkes, who is responsible for selling the world on traveling to Tulare, California to take part in the World Ag Expo ·      Paul Mikesell, who built a weed-eating machine that uses artificial intelligence to identify unwanted plants, and then zaps them at the meristem so they will never be unwanted again ·      Sharon Zoeller and Sheila Bowen who, as women of California’s agriculture, are unashamed of their roles in holding together the nuclear farm family  ·      Steve Vasquez, whose farmers turn that super abundant California sunshine into the super delicious Sunmaid raisins in those little red boxes ·      Will Van Tassell, who  knows how to get the money it takes to turn land into productive farmland  ·      Mike Crussett, who represents a company brings us those uber nutritious pistachios we simply can’t stop eating ·      And Kallen Hazard and Sean Guine from Northern Ireland, who traveled clear across the world to sell California farmers on the efficacy of, among other things, Irish knickers!

Explicit: No

Food Chain with Michael Olson

Release Date: 01/16/2022

Authors: KCAA Radio

Description: Food Chain with Michael Olson on KCAA

Explicit: No

The Food Chain - What's Eating What Radio

Release Date: 09/22/2020

Description: The Food Chain is an audience-interactive newstalk radio program that airs live on Saturdays from 9am to 10am Pacific time. The Food Chain, which has been named the Ag/News Show of the Year by California's legislature, is hosted by Michael Olson, author of the Ben Franklin Book of the Year award-winning MetroFarm, a 576-page guide to metropolitan agriculture.

Explicit: No

Joel's Podcast

Release Date: 06/22/2021

Authors: Joel

Description: Food Chain

Explicit: No

Ecosystem and Food Chain

Release Date: 09/12/2021

Authors: Carson McAfee

Description: This podcast includes a description of food chains, food webs, and an original example of a food chain.

Explicit: No

Devin Sexton's Show

Release Date: 03/28/2021

Authors: Devin Sexton

Description: Come with me as I journey to the top of the food chain!

Explicit: No

FOOD CHAIN

Release Date: 08/13/2020

Authors: Derek Jackson

Description: Discussing a large variety of topics: music & fashion, sports, movies, and who to keep an eye on.

Explicit: No

Food chain podcast

Release Date: 03/29/2021

Authors: Harriet Rex

Description: 8th grade ela podcast Cover art photo provided by Jon Tyson on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@jontyson

Explicit: No

As We Eat

Release Date: 04/27/2021

Authors: Epicurean Creative

Description: Food enthusiasts, Kim Baker and Leigh Olson, invite you on a storytelling journey exploring food memories, family recipes, food traditions, cuisines, cookery, and food history to discover how food connects, defines, and inspires us.

Explicit: No

Croptastic the InnerPlant Podcast

Release Date: 05/25/2021

Authors: InnerPlant

Description: Croptastic explores the global future of agriculture and food with guests from the technology, agricultural, and food supply chain industries. The podcast hosted by InnerPlant CEO and co-founder Shely Aronov.

Explicit: No

Ontario AgCast

Release Date: 08/30/2020

Authors: WFS Feeding Success Podcast

Description: Proud to be part of the Ontario Food Chain

Explicit: No

Shark Brain

Release Date: 08/13/2020

Authors: Beneath the Waves

Description: A podcast to help you live your life at the top of the food chain.

Explicit: No

Food4Tomorrow

Release Date: 09/07/2020

Authors: Food 4 Tomorrow

Description: An informative podcast discussing the weaknesses in the UK food supply chain and potential solutions.

Explicit: No