The Food Chain

They live where we can’t see them for a very good reason! They come in the night – and during the day– to steal the precious fruits of our labor. Their unrelenting assault on our good nature leads us ...

27 Mars 202557min

Michael Olson hosts Dr. Jacob Manlove, Assistant Professor of Ag Economics, Arkansas State University MSN recently served up some news that caught my attention.  The headline read, “Venezuela triple...

21 Mars 202553min

Michael Olson host Nutritionist / Author Jill Troderman Some facts:  One in five children are obese.  Two in five adults are obese.  The rate at which we are becoming obese has doubled since 1990.  A...

13 Mars 202553min

Michael Olson with Executive Chef Avram Samuels, Director of Culinary and Food & Beverage Operations, Chaminade Resort and Spa, Santa Cruz, CA In 1963, California native and World War II veteran Julia...

7 Mars 202553min

A FOOD CHAIN RELEASE FROM MICHAEL OLSON   Yogi Berra once gave this piece of sage advise:  “When you get to a fork in the road, take it!”  And so we ask: Which way should we grow our food:  our way or...

18 Feb 202553min

According to a University of Minnesota survey, 75% of people trust farmers, but only 24% trust food.  That leads us to ask: Why do so many people trust farmers, but so few trust food? The Food Chain ...

12 Feb 202545min

Food Chain Radio Podcast with Michael Olson Infertility on the Menu They say men today have 60% less sperm than their grandfathers, and if the decline is not reversed, the sperm count in American mal...

28 Jan 202546min

Food now travels a long way from where it was grown to where it is eaten.  Sometimes bad things happen to good food along the way.  This leads us to ask: What happens when bad food gets eaten by good ...

23 Jan 202547min