From Farm To The Garbage

An estimated one-third of all food produced worldwide is either lost or wasted somewhere between the farm and our dinner plates. This hour, we’ll talk about the opportunities presented by all that waste with Elizabeth Royte. She writes about the topic in the November issue of National Geographic.

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How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It

Gasoline is expensive, but have you compared gas prices to what you’re paying for bottled water? Here’s a hint – a 20 ounce bottle of water at $1.99 is equivalent to $12.74 per gallon – for water. And we pay these prices every day. We’ll spend this hour with journalist Elizabeth Royte, author of “Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It” (Bloomsbury, 2008).

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