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Event Will Demonstrate Ways To Make Normally Discarded Food Delicious

Maureen Cavanaugh

Brooke Ruth

Davin Waite, executive chef of Wrench and Rodent in Oceanside, is one of the chefs taking part in an event Sunday at Liberty Station celebrating sustainable food. Waite joins Midday Edition on Tuesday with ideas for home cooks to decrease food waste.
Do Healthy Diets Protect The Planet? As The U.N. Meets, A Focus On Sustainability

Allison Aubrey

As United Nations leaders gather in New York, top food and nutrition experts are convening for a forum to talk about how people around the globe can have both a nourished diet and a healthy planet.
KPBS Midday Edition

How Do You Know If A Restaurant Is Really Serving Locally Grown Food?

Maureen Cavanaugh

Marissa Cabrera

A 2015 story in San Diego Magazine exposed fraud in the farm to table movement. Now, Farm to Fork San Diego offers diners a directory of local restaurants that are committed to working with San Diego County farmers.
KPBS Midday Edition

Surf, Travel Inspire Recipes In ‘First We Surf, Then We Eat’

Alison St John

Marissa Cabrera

Lifelong surfer and writer Jim Kempton will be speaking about his new cookbook Tuesday at Warwick’s in La Jolla.
Education

In One Generation, A Farmworker Family Grows College Ambitions

Tennessee Watson

For as long as he can remember, Angel Benavides, 14, has moved with his parents to follow the harvest. He splits his school year between Texas and North Dakota — and keeping up hasn't been easy.
Environment

West Texas Vineyards Blasted By Herbicide Drift From Nearby Cotton Fields

Merrit Kennedy

Texas is one of the largest producers of wine in the U.S. But the grapevines in the High Plains are facing a threat that's causing them to twist and wither. And it's coming from the cotton fields.
Health

For Many College Students, Hunger 'Makes It Hard To Focus'

Michelle Andrews

With rising school costs, as many as half of U.S. college students are feeling so stretched financially that they either aren't getting enough to eat or they're worried about it, studies find.
Science & Technology

Food Writer Becomes A Butcher To Better Understand The Value Of Meat

Terry Gross

Camas Davis wanted to learn about conscientious farming, slaughtering and eating, so she moved to France and became an apprentice at a small, family-run slaughterhouse. Her memoir is Killing it.
Health

Why People With Disabilities Want Bans On Plastic Straws To Be More Flexible

Tove Danovich

Maria Godoy

As cities and companies — including Starbucks — move to oust straws in a bid to reduce pollution, people with disabilities say they're losing access to a necessary, lifesaving tool.
National

Native Bees And Alfalfa Farmers — A Seedy Love Story

Aaron Scott

Northwest farmers produce a quarter of the country's alfalfa seeds, but they get help from millions of alkali bees, thanks to one of the most unique agricultural partnerships in the country.