{"podcast":{"title":"The Food Chain","slug":"the-food-chain-7038998","podcast_index_feed_id":7038998,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/thefoodchain/feed.xml","website_url":"https://thefoodchain.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/17810168/Food_Chain_Radio_Logo_2024_9kgzmf.jpeg","author":"metrofarm","episode_count":95,"summary":"It’s a fact! 100% of men, women and children eat food, and 97.5% of must buy their food from others who bring it from an average of 2,000 miles away. And so the hungry ask: ”What’s in this tomato? Who planted that broccoli? Is it safe to eat genetically engineered corn? Why are they irradiating meat? Are we running short of water? Why is China growing our apples? What will happen to us if we can no longer farm? How safe is our food chain?” The Food Chain is an audience-interactive syndicated newstalk radio program and podcast broadcasting weekly on radio stations and streaming on demand on the internet. 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. The Food Chain is available live via GCN Starguide GE 8 and delayed via MP3/FTP. For clearance and/or technical information, please call Michael Olson at 831-566-4209 or email michaelo@metrofarm.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T10:19:14.590230+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-chain-7038998"},"episode":{"title":"Local Foods Act Legislation: Should government be forced to accomodate local food?","slug":"local-foods-act-legislation-should-government-be-forced-to-accomodate-local-food","published_at":"2025-12-19T18:53:25+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-chain-7038998/local-foods-act-legislation-should-government-be-forced-to-accomodate-local-food","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-chain-7038998","url":"https://thefoodchain.podbean.com/e/local-foods-act-legislation-should-government-be-forced-to-accomodate-local-food/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/h488mrnc2u8fsv33/1406C.mp3","summary":"The label on the meat package reads, “Product of USA.” But the meat in the package could have come from Australia, Brazil or China, and be from one animal or hundreds of animals. This leads us to ask: Should government be forced to accommodate local food farms? The 1406th edition of the Food Chain Radio Podcast with Michael Olson features Judith McGeary, Founder and CEO, Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance, for a conversation about the “Livestock Owned by Communities to Advance Local Foods Act” aka “Local Foods Act.” Topics include how the consolidation of the nation’s food supply chain has resulted in the diminishment of food quality and selection; why government supports the consolidation of food into ever fewer sources; and how government might be forced to accommodate local food farms.","meta_description":"The label on the meat package reads, “Product of USA.” But the meat in the package could have come from Australia, Brazil or China, and be from one animal…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3233,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-food-chain-7038998/episodes/local-foods-act-legislation-should-government-be-forced-to-accomodate-local-food/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-chain-7038998/local-foods-act-legislation-should-government-be-forced-to-accomodate-local-food.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}