Envision San Diego

What's In Your Salmon?

Nov. 3, 2009: By Wendy Fry

KPBS sent two salmon samples, wild and farmed, off to a lab for fatty acid testing. The results just came in, and you may be surprised by the amount of fat in those healthy fish dinners.

Hair Study Reveals Dietary Trend, High Levels Of Corn

Oct. 26, 2009: By Joanne Faryon

Dr. Steve Macko, a professor at the University of Virginia, can reveal what a person's diet consists of by measuring isotopes in hair. He's found that most Americans' hair reveal diets high in corn, because so much of our food system relies on corn and high fructose corn syrup.

What Can A Strand Of Hair Reveal About Our Eating Habits?

Oct. 26, 2009: By Megan Burke, Maureen Cavanaugh

What exactly are you eating when you bite into that cheeseburger or potato chip? You might be surprised. We interview "The Hair Detective," Dr. Stephen Macko, to find out how the food you eat shows up in your hair.

San Diegans Buy Imported Oranges Over Locally Grown

Oct. 19, 2009: By Amita Sharma

San Diego County grows 95,000 tons of oranges each year, yet it sends those oranges as far away as China. Oranges purchased locally come from as far away as Africa. It all comes down to the consumers' demand for oranges that are brightly colored, easy to peel, and seedless.

America's Appetite Increasing

Oct. 12, 2009: By Joanne Faryon

Joanne Faryon, KPBS reporter and host of Project Envision, talks about how our increased meat consumption influences the food chain and our health.

Slow Food Movement Aims To Change How We View Food

Oct. 6, 2009: By Maureen Cavanaugh, Hank Crook

What is the Slow Food movement, and how is it hoping to change the food system? We speak to Erika Lesser, with Slow Food USA, and organic gardener Loren Nancarrow about the principles of Slow Food.

What's For Dinner?

Sept. 21, 2009: By Joanne Faryon

Envision San Diego is tracking down your dinner. We want to know what's on your plate, where it came from and how it got there.

Poverty & Recession in San Diego

April 29, 2009: By Joanne Faryon

The unemployment rate is nearly 9 percent in this county. People are losing their jobs and their homes. That's making a growing number of San Diegans homeless, hungry and desperate.

More Students Signing Up for Free Lunch

April 28, 2009: By Joanne Faryon

Signs of the times are showing up in lunchrooms at San Diego schools. At one elementary school, enrollment in the free and reduced lunch program has increased dramatically. Joanne Faryon tells us why.

Growing Up Homeless

April 27, 2009: By Melissa Harrison

When Jennifer Stoneburner graduated from San Diego State University last year, she had everything going for her: good grades, a steady circle of friends, involvement in campus organizations and a bachelor’s degree in psychology.

The entire special Envision series on Food will air Nov. 16 at 9 p.m. on KPBS Television.