Envision San Diego

Food: A Project Envision Documentary

Nov. 16, 2009

"Food" is a 30-minute documentary that follows your dinner from the plate to the field, farm and ocean. The investigation reveals some surprising facts about the modern food chain. You may be surprised how far your oranges have traveled, what's in your farmed salmon, and why your chicken breasts are so large these days.

KPBS Investigates Fast-growing Cattle

Oct. 30, 2009: By Joanne Faryon, Gloria Penner

KPBS Investigative Reporter Joanne Faryon traces your beef from the cattle ranches to the feed lots to your dinner plate.

From The Ranch To The Dinner Plate: Where's The Beef Coming From?

Oct. 29, 2009: By Megan Burke, Maureen Cavanaugh

KPBS reporter Joanne Faryon has been looking into beef. She's learned industrialization and our demand for a big, juicy and cheap steak has created corn-fed, hormone-injected, and fast-growing cattle. Cattle that changes hands and travel thousands of miles before arriving at your local grocery store.

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.

Seeking Out The Tastiest Tomato: From The Garden To The Plate

Oct. 22, 2009: By Megan Burke, Maureen Cavanaugh

Tomatoes are the most frequently bought and the most commonly homegrown vegetable in the United States. With all that popularity we wondered whether consumers can tell the difference between organic and conventionally grown tomatoes, and is one growing method better that the other? KPBS Environmental Reporter Ed Joyce put organic, heirloom and conventionally grown tomatoes to the test and tells us what he's found out.

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.