Locus Focus

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Every Monday from 10:00am to 11:00am.


 

A weekly conversation about our place on the planet. Locus Focus host Barbara Bernstein talks with local, regional and national experts, activists and policy makers about climate change, food policy, land use, salmon restoration, forest management and all the other things that matter in our environment.

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Locus Focus on 09/27/10

Airs at: Mon, 09/27/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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THE SALMONELLA EGG RECALL: ANIMAL WELFARE AND HUMAN HEALTH This past summer half a billion salmonella-tainted eggs were recalled. It turns out that these eggs were raised at huge factory farms in Iowa, where up to 80,000 hens are crammed into cages in filthy, rodent-infested... Read more

THE SALMONELLA EGG RECALL: ANIMAL WELFARE AND HUMAN HEALTH

Airs at: Mon, 09/27/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
This past summer half a billion salmonella-tainted eggs were recalled. It turns out that these eggs were raised at huge factory farms in Iowa, where up to 300,000 hens are crammed into cages in filthy, rodent-infested sheds. The salmonella scare has made many people think t... Read more

Locus Focus on 09/20/10

Airs at: Mon, 09/20/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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SUMMER OF 2010: FLOODS, FIRES AND MUDSLIDES The summer of 2010 brought us some very dramatic weather extremes, from the monsoon flooding in Pakistan, and devastating mud slides in China, to the most intense heat wave and worst rash of forest fires that Russia has ever seen.... Read more

FLOODS, FIRES AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Airs at: Mon, 09/20/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
The summer of 2010 brought us some very dramatic weather extremes, from the monsoon flooding in Pakistan, and devastating mud slides in China, to the most intense heat wave and worst rash of forest fires that Russia has ever seen. Are these catastrophic events a sign that t... Read more

Locus Focus on 08/30/10

Airs at: Mon, 08/30/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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GARDEN OF WONDERS As students return to school this fall in Portland, many of them will also be returning to harvest vegetables from gardens they planted last spring. School gardens are becoming a feature of a growing number of schools in the Portland area. . . and around t... Read more

GARDEN OF WONDERS

Airs at: Mon, 08/30/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
As students return to school this fall in Portland, many of them will also be returning to harvest vegetables from gardens they planted last spring. School gardens are becoming a feature of a growing number of schools in the Portland area. . . and around the country. In... Read more

Locus Focus on 08/16/10

Airs at: Mon, 08/16/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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THE BP OIL DISASTER: APPROACHING THE AFTERMATH   Now that oil has more or less stopped hemorrhaging from the Deepwater Horizon blowout, the mainstream media is reporting on a government study that claims that 75% of the oil that gushed into the Gulf of Mexico is gone. Only, ... Read more

THE BP OIL DISASTER: APPROACHING THE AFTERMATH

Airs at: Mon, 08/16/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
Now that oil has more or less stopped hemorrhaging from the Deepwater Horizon blowout, the mainstream media is reporting on a government study that claims that 75% of the oil that gushed into the Gulf of Mexico is gone. Only, that's not what the report actually said, and... Read more

Locus Focus on 08/09/10

Airs at: Mon, 08/09/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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RESTORING SALMON HABITAT ON CRYSTAL SPRINGS   Protecting endangered salmon runs in Oregon has been an ongoing challenge. It turns out that one of the simplest ways of enhancing salmon habitat in the city is to remove culverts that carry streams under roads, but block fish f... Read more

Crystal Springs: Stream of Consciousness

Airs at: Mon, 08/09/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
Protecting endangered salmon runs in Oregon has been an ongoing challenge. It turns out that one of the simplest ways of enhancing salmon habitat in the city is to remove culverts that carry streams under roads, but block fish from swimming upstream to reach spawning and... Read more