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ERS Podcasts

Audio Podcast:
Household Food Security in the United States in 2010
(See report.)

Mother and child at dinner table(9/7/2011 - 5 minutes, 13 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Beef and Pork Byproducts: Enhancing the U.S. Meat Industry's Bottom Line
(See article.)

Photo: Processed meats(8/18/2011 - 4 minutes, 15 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Rural America Benefits From Expanded Use of the Federal Tax Code for Income Support
(See article.)

Photo of U.S. Capitol building(5/19/2011 - 5 minutes, 10 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Food Desert Locator
(See more.)

Screen shot of ERS Food Desert Locator mapping application(5/2/2011 - 3 minutes, 31 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Will Calorie Labeling in Restaurants Make a Difference?
(See article.)

Two women looking at menu(2/25/2011 - 4 minutes, 46 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Mapping Population and Economic Trends in Rural and Small-Town America
(See article.)

Screen shot from Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America(2/16/2011 - 9 minutes, 06 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Labor-Intensive U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Industry Competes in a Global Market
(See article.)

workers picking and loading fruit(11/15/2010 - 6 minutes, 22 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Fuel for Food: Energy Use in the U.S. Food System
(See article.)

combine in a field(09/08/2010 - 6 minutes, 22 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Local Foods
(This podcast is based on two ERS reports: Comparing the Structure, Size, and Performance of Local and Mainstream Food Supply Chains and Local Food Systems: Concepts, Impacts, and Issues.)

Cover of report number ERR-99, titled Comparing the Structure, Size, and Performance of Local and Mainstream Food Supply Chains(08/04/2010 - 3 minutes, 27 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Former Soviet Union Region To Play Larger Role in Meeting World Wheat Needs
(see article)

Wheat field with church in background in Russia(05/17/2010 - 7 minutes, 03 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Access to Affordable, Nutritious Food
Is Limited in “Food Deserts”

(see article)

broilers(02/17/2010 - 7 minutes, 03 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Broiler Producers Search for Alternatives to Antibiotics
(see article)

broilers(11/16/2009 - 5 minutes, 02 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Tight Supplies Expected To Sustain High U.S. Sugar Prices into 2009/10
(see article)

sugar beets (10/20/2009 - 5 minutes, 02 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
China’s Ongoing Agricultural Modernization: Challenges Remain After 30 Years of Reform
(see report)

Retail food prices and farm income (09/09/2009 - 3 minutes, 06 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Taking the Pulse of Rural Health Care
(see article)

Family medical facility (08/17/2009 - 7 minutes, 16 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Some Households Leaving SNAP Still Face Food Shortfalls (see report)

Retail food prices and farm income (05/15/2009 - 9 minutes, 12 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Retail Food Prices and Farm Income
(see more on farm income and costs and food CPI and expenditures)

Retail food prices and farm income (04/15/2009 - 2 minutes, 36 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
The 2008/2009 World Economic Crisis: What It Means for U.S. Agriculture
(see report)

Shoveling grainListen to an interview with an author.
(04/03/2009 - 2 minutes, 42 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Growing Crops for Biofuels Has Spillover Effects
(see report)

Shoveling grainListen to an interview with an author.
(02/17/2009 - 7 minutes, 14 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Rural America At A Glance, 2008 Edition
(see report)

Cover image of Rural America At A Glance, 2008 Edition.Listen to a discussion of the report's findings.
(11/21/2008 - 3 minutes, 03 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Can Low-Income Americans Afford a Healthy Diet?
(see article)

shopper examining nutrition labels in grocery store Listen to a discussion with the article's author.
(11/3/2008 - 9 minutes, 52 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Economic Impacts of Feed-Related Regulatory Responses to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
(see report)

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(10/23/2008 - 2 minutes, 50 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Obesity in the Midst of Unyielding Food Insecurity in Developing Countries
(see report)

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(09/17/2008 - 9 minutes, 24 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Profile of Hired Farmworkers, A 2008 Update
(see report)

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(09/17/2008 - 4 minutes, 11 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
What's Behind the Surge in Global Rice Prices?
(see report)

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(09/02/2008 - 10 minutes, 04 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
The Decline in Consumer Use of Food Nutrition Labels, 1995-2006 (see report)

shopper examining nutrition labels in grocery store Listen to a description of the report's findings. (08/13/2008 - 2 minutes, 26 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Who Will China Feed? (see article)

agricultural land in China Listen to a discussion with the article's author. (06/1/2008 - 12 minutes, 55 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Whey, Once a Marginal Byproduct, Comes Into Its Own (see article)

Whey products Listen to a description of the article's findings. (04/11/2008 - 2 minutes, 32 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Health Insurance as a New Indicator of Farm Households’ Well-being (see article)

stethoscope Listen to a discussion with expert Mary Ahearn. (04/01/2008 - 6 minutes, 48 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Convergence in Global Food Demand and Delivery (see report)

grocer and customer examining box of food Listen to a description of the report's findings. (03/31/2008 - 2 minutes, 37 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Rising Food Prices Intensify Food Insecurity in Developing Countries (see article)

North Korean Children Eating Listen to a discussion with expert Stacey Rosen. (02/01/2008 - 10 minutes, 45 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
November 2007 Farm Income Update (see article)

November 2007 Farm Income Update Listen to a discussion with experts Jim Johnson, Mitch Morehart, Mary Ahearn, and Ron Durst. (11/29/2007 - 13 minutes, 29 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Do Food Labels Make a Difference? Sometimes (see article)

Food Label Listen to an interview with author Elise Golan.
(10/18/2007 - 12 minutes, 22 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Lowering the Income Cap for Farm Payments Would Affect Few Farms (see article)

Farmer in a field of plowed dirt Listen to an interview with author Ron Durst.
(09/04/2007 - 8 minutes, 6 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Insidious Consumption: Surprising Factors That Influence What We Eat and How Much (see article)

Farmer in a field of plowed dirt Listen to an interview with author Lisa Mancino.
(06/01/2007 - 9 minutes, 58 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Ethanol: Fueling Farm-Sector Adjustments
(see article)

Farmer in a field of plowed dirt Listen to Paul Westcott discuss the impacts of ethanol expansion in the United States.
(05/18/2007 - 6 minutes, 50 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Experience Counts: Farm Business Survival
in the U.S.
(see article)

Farmer in a field of plowed dirt Listen to an interview with author Jim MacDonald
(03/01/2007 - 11 minutes, 2 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Relaxing Fruit and Vegetable Planting Restrictions
(see article)

Relaxing Fruit and Vegetable Planting Restrictions Listen to an interview with authors Edwin Young and Gary Lucier
(02/01/2007 - 10 minutes, 8 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Adjusting for Living Costs Can Change Who Is Considered Poor
(see article)

Adjusting for Living Costs Can Change Who Is Considered Poor Listen to an interview with author Dean Jolliffe
(11/01/2006 - 7 minutes, 14 seconds)

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Audio Podcast:
Global Agriculture and the Doha Round: Market Access Is the Key
(see article)

Global Agriculture and the Doha Round: Market Access Is the Key Listen to an interview with co-author Anne Effland
(09/01/2006 - 7 minutes, 14 seconds)

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Updated date: September 7, 2011