fast food nation is no. 1 homework piece. michael pollen's books bring us into the big picture around food. of course my own books. but we have to really think about what we are eating everyday. really pay attention to this. and thank goodness we have farmer's markets within 15, 20 minutes. >> i live in san francisco. >> i love organization like the people's groceries, taking food that is left from the farmer's market and taking it down to the poor sections of town and offering it. we need a big wholesale farmer's market in san francisco. >> we need to be able to have a place that gathers food that we can distribute it to the schools and hospitals and institutions around san francisco. so i think that funded by the city. it has to be affordable. >> you didn't hear my budget speech today. [laughter]. if people want to contact you and support the foundation? >> that is how they can, they can look up the website. and send their very big checks. we are trying to make the models, paying teachers to breathe life into this idea. that

why should we show up at slow food nation? food demonstrations? farmers. >> victory garden. well,>> what is this conference to you? what are you expectinging to get out of it? >> who is presenting? how many people are going to participate? why is it so important that everyone here and everyone watching at home participate in this? >> it is important that we see who is here, who is in this country? who believes in this set of values that we are talking about and we are empowered by that. it was something amazing going to italy, to the event they call taramadre. they have 5,000 farmers from 131 countries come. everybody looked at each other, they said oh, we all understand this. we are all here because we care about the land. it lifted us all up. this country is so huge. there are little pockets of people doing amazing things across this country. we want to bring them together to meet each other. what better meeting place than san francisco? because we have the beginnings. we have been working with farmers for a long time. it is not just people who care about food and farming,

so when you are out there, eating in fast food nation, and you are kind of, you know, eating in your car, quickly grabbing something, you are digesting, the sort of advertisement, the message from the person making that food. they are telling you, basically, that food should be the same no matter where you are. and that hamburgers and hot dogs are actually good for you. and they are telling you advertising can first value. there is always more where that came from. don't worry, resources are infinite. they are telling you food should be available 24 hours a day and eating with your family and friends is not important. that food should be fast, cheap, and easy. >> right. >> so i just understood a whole different set of values by eating differently. >> what are those values? >> food is precious. that um --, it is important to restore the land because that is where our food comes from. farmers are precious. and that um, nourishing ourselves and others is an activity that is unlike anything else. and that there is um, something really important to offering food to people that don't have i

studies knowing what you want to do your results to be in the same way that you can go into fast food nation and you can say that i know that found anyone to be had anyone i know in perspective but if you look at the skyrocketing elements of people who are addicted to pornography they're saying it actually is inhibit you know they really know it's a different word there is virtually no. force you can be addicted to a lot of things in this world right some people say oh you can be addicted do we you can have a personality insert the top yet you could be trying to be addicted to sex that doesn't mean the absolute horror and so. every interesting discussion thank you both of you are just before we go tonight our tweet of the day now this involves a little incident that we had here in d.c. today you see there was a bomb threat near our office not a bomb there was a suspicious package and it kept me and several other crewmembers locked outside for hours this afternoon in the sweltering heat and to top it off a bird had a little accident on my shirt so the tweet of the day from me and these are my

honegger and a lack of food with our nation's competitiveness? -- there are studies that show food and security, the government phrase of those struggling with hunger, hurts children and therefore the nation's competitiveness openly in a bunch of ways. it reduces kids health. it causes anemia and other health problems. it drives up hospitalization costs. it hurts kids in school. they learn less. they are less attentive, their behavior is worse. all across the board -- when kids are hungry, adults are hungry -- but particularly when kids are hungry, it hurts their performance. and it hurts their long-term productivity and ability to work. host: how much money is the government spending on nutrition programs, particularly summer nutrition programs? guest: the summer and attrition program is about $100 million in the scheme of things. it is a relatively small3 the government spends more on the school lunch and school breakfast during the regulaa school year than it does -- host: how much is that? guest: off the top of my head i don't know, but all th

honegger and a lack of food with our nation's competitiveness? -- there are studies that show food and security, the government phrase of those struggling with hunger, hurts children and therefore the nation's competitiveness openly in a bunch of ways. it reduces kids health. it causes anemia and other health problems. it drives up hospitalization costs. it hurts kids in school. they learn less. they are less attentive, their behavior is worse. all across the board -- when kids are hungry, adults are hungry -- but particularly when kids are hungry, it hurts their performance. and it hurts their long-term productivity and ability to work. host: how much money is the government spending on nutrition programs, particularly summer nutrition programs? guest: the summer and attrition program is about $100 million in the scheme of things. it is a relatively small3 the government spends more on the school lunch and school breakfast during the regulaa school year than it does -- host: how much is that? guest: off the top of my head i don't know, but all th

well as fun activities including inflatables for children, face painting, horseshoes, food, and live music. the national council on alcoholism & drug abuse of st. louis sponsored a hands across the bridge rally. several hundred supporters from missouri and illinois assembled at the chain of rocks bridge to join hands and connect both states. recovery speakers and elected officials spoke at the event and a unified crowd enjoyed a day of food, fun activities, and live music. recovery supporters in delaware celebrated recovery month in their state by holding a kickoff luncheon. delaware governor ruth ann minner was on hand to speak and to recognize several individuals for their work in the substance abuse treatment field. river valley behavioral health organized a stand for recovery. citizens of owensboro, kentucky, gathered publicly on the lawn of owensboro courthouse to stand and show their support for the recovery movement. rhode islanders celebrated recovery month by attending a recovery day event in their state capital of providence. the event featured food, face painting, guest speakers, and live mus

national debt." just as with our energy and food supplies, america is vulnerable when we disproportionately rely on other nations. it is a matter of great concern that we're in deep that the country's often do not share our values -- to countires -- countries that often do not share our values. at some point, we have to say enough is enough. we have to stop spending beyond our means. i continue to hope that president obama, speaker pelosi, and others will take steps toward responsibility and restraint and reject the path of reckless spending that america is presently on. ours is a great nation. we can be even greater if we keep jefferson words -- heed jefferson's words. i wish all americans have the independence day. as fireworks simulate the rockers there, i hope we will pause and think of the men and%+ women in uniform -- the rockets glare, i hope we will pause and think of the men and women in uniform. we're grateful for their service. may god bless them and may god continue to bless our nation. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satel

and drug administration selected the animal health and food safety lab at uc-davis because it already receives federal funding as part of the nationalood emergency response network. >> evolved out of 9/11 and concern about the safety of our food supply with regard to terrorist action. >> reporter: nothing will actually come to this lab until it passes a smell test. there is a panel of 10 people that will sniff the seafood and fish and if seven out of the ten agree it smells contaminated, they won't send it to the lab. in davis, koula gianulias, cbs 5. >>> a sweeping wall street reform bill is headed to president obama's desk. with the stroke of a pen, house speaker nancy pelosi signed the final version of the legislation today. earlier, the senate voted 60 to 39 to approve the bill with just three republicans voting in favor. the legislation sets up safeguards to protect taxpayers and the government from companies deemed too big to fail. the bill creates a new consumer watchdog agency to enforce regulations over a wide range of financial products from mortgages to credit carts. it place new scrutiny on financial markets such as hedg

in exchange, the conglomerate won valuable supply contracts under the united nations' oil for food program. in settling the charges, g.e. did not admit or deny wrongdoing. >> tom: now that financial regulatory reform is law, the s.e.c. is getting down to business, writing 100 new rules tied to the new law, and you may be able to help. chairman mary schapiro is asking for what she calls good faith input from both business and the public, even though that isn't required by law. the new rules will cover everything from over-the-counter derivatives to credit rating agencies and hedge funds. >> susie: finding value in the overhaul of the nation's financial rule book. it's not easy, but it's there. here's tonight's commentator, justin fox, editorial director at the "harvard business review." >> the dodd-frank wall street reform and consumer protection act that president obama signed into law last week is 848 pages long. that's shorter than some earlier versions of the legislation, but mainly just because this time they used really small type. the new law is a monument to the bloated ways of mode

this is a food security issue. this is a national security issue. rm economy that allows us as a society to spend less of our disposable income on food than annie other economy in the world. that is a good thing. that is a good thing. when i am your next senator, i will be up there put in kentucky first. arkansas be working with you and i look forward to working with you to make certain people understand how important this issue is to kentucky. >> thank you. next, dr. paul? >> i see we will probably have to qualify some misinterpretations of my position. i am not for getting rid of the department of agriculture. we can get that one out of the way. on farm production, we export 25%. we're feeding a buddy in the country and we export 25% of our production. if we want to grow as farmers, we can feed people more or export more. my question to jackets, will he defied his union bodies and vote for free trade? will the defy his union bodies and allow you to have more markets overseas or you can sell your goods? that is where your growth comes from. 65 perce

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foods are transfat-free. >>> reporter: >> california is the first state in the nation to ban artificial transfats. >> reporter: fair favorites like corn dogs, fish and chips and fried twinkies are the target of the food police. >> hello. >> how are you doing, sir? can i help you, sir? >> reporter: a team of 10 will inspect all 154 state fair food vendors to make sure they are transfat-free. >> when the inspector comes to check for artificial transfat for this particular oil -- three times likely to cause coronary heart disease. >> reporter: the state passed a new law banning transfat oil anywhere. >> fingers and lips will be less greasy but the taste is the same. >> reporter: as for those calories? >> we do think transfat in your food is not going to change the calorie content of the food. no. but it will make it a little more healthy. >> reporter: one of the most popular fair foods the fried twinkie is exempt from this new law. baked goods including the twinkie and doughnuts have a one-year extension to comply. in sacramento, koula gianulias, cbs 5. >> i'm going to wait a year to go for the healthy stuff. in

nation would you say was very difficult to meet. to discuss this from genetic point of view was it because we don't know the tower engine arms and food we have a sequence and maybe. by the way are the seconds nation. not nation would say. in an amount of people living in the country. so maybe then we will think about. other nations but well from genetic point of view russians are definitely occupying specific sport on genetic map. that is between let's say poles that ours and bush two years on the north you are you have career goals and. georgians and so on so definitely we are as russians or particular genetics. like an issue that needs. those people that we have tested from these expeditions as a pure russians let's say at least as they say that they are pure russians they are occupying the sport if you takes pure ukrainian this ukrainian will never get in this nice his genetic let's say sequence the genome sequence will differ him from the russians this is a true thing which you're saying because russia started in a key which is now the capital of ukraine so so so i always thought that russians the ukrainian and the russians are o

kroger is the nation's largest retailer is opening about opening foods co store.ould be located near the oakland colyseum. officials say that they are waiting for permit and an environmental review. if anything goes according to plans, both stores could be open by the end of 2012. they are expectd to generate about 100 new jobs each >>> an oakland favorite for those with a sweet tooth has closed its doors. the bakery on telegraph avenue sold what was left of its bakeries today. customers stopped by to pick up one final treat and reminisce. some say they have been coming to nelson since they were kids. >> the raspberry cake is the best in the world. >> so many things i have been coupling here for years that they only have here at melba >> bakey's website says it plans to open new bakeries soon. the details are still being worked out >>> the national park is making more room for campers this summer. they are opening campsites including the yosemite camp ground which they closed for the past 30 years. camp grounds are closed over the winter and also are back open. pa

. >> uc davis animal health food safety lab is one of only 8 lab in the nation that will be testing gulf fish and shellfish for oil contamination. shrimp oysters and crab these here were pulled from the gulf before oil reached the habitat. they will be quud to establish a base lichbility scientist will compare that to sea life that has been exposed to oil. shellfish are most at refusing. >> certainly seafood that can't manufacture is probably more likely to be contaminated than the fish that can swim away. all the different types of seafood are concerned and we are going to be testing whole range of different type types. >> uc davis expects to begin testing seafood exposed to the gulf noyl a few week. >>> right. breaking news now in southern california. lightning sparked this wildfire we are going to show you burning in hemet in riverside county. one of more than a dozen lightning fires in that renal. >> thunderstorms in the area also caused flash flooding all of this after day of triple digit heat that is not forecast to let up until saturday. >>> so they have some challenges down in so

produces more milk, butter, and ice cream than any state in the nation, and since it's also a leader in both farming and innovative artisan foods looks like these two might just innovative artisan foods, it looks like these two might just have a spirited partnership for years to come. for "california country," i'm tracy sellers. >> brought to you by allied insurance, a member of the nationwide family of companies, which also includes nationwide insurance--on your side. from farm to feast--stay tuned for more of the tempting tastes of california. >> welcome back to "california country." >> joanne neft didn't start out a few years ago yearning to become a food rock star, but now, in placer county, her swirl of bright gray hair turns heads everywhere she goes. >> 20 years ago, i started the farmers' markets in placer county. and i thought to myself, what could we do that would help people understand that there's something wonderful to eat in placer county every day of the year? i had a friend, susan dupre, who came for lunch in december, and we had what i had picked up at the farmers' market on saturday. and so we finished our lit

and what we fear is that the -- there will be contaminated food that we will send back to san francisco. >> waste management, the nation'siggest garbage company wants to keep the trash coming to its facility which is restricted from taking any refuse from anywhere but alameda county and the city and county of san francisco. >> recology has the monopoly of the collection and the processing of the material. >> reporter: david tucker is a spokes for waste management giving what is now the recology the sole power to collect the city's garbage. on the other hand he boasts about his company's part of the deal. >> we have been taking in san francisco's waste for 20 plus years. we believe when it gets here we are doing some great things with it. >> reporter: such as turning gases produced by the waste into fuel. both sides argue that renewing a current contract expected to expire in a few years is largely about san francisco's valley view devotion to he recycling. the folks who manage the dump near wheatland say they will use rail from most of the journey to the bay area a relatively clean and safe and efficient way to go. >> it

and what we fear is that the -- there will be contaminated food that we will send back to san francisco. >> waste management, the nation's biggest garbage company wants to keep the trash coming to its facility which is restricted from taking any refuse from anywhere but alameda county and the city and county of san francisco. >> recology has the monopoly of the collection and the processing of the material. >> reporter: david tucker is a spokes for waste management giving what is now the recology the sole power to collect the city's garbage. on the other hand he boasts about his company's part of the deal. >> we have been taking in san francisco's waste for 20 plus years. we believe when it gets here we are doing some great things with it. >> reporter: such as turning gases produced by the waste into fuel. both sides argue that renewing a current contract expected to expire in a few years is largely about san francisco's valley view devotion to he recycling. the folks who manage the dump near wheatland say they will use rail from most of the journey to the bay area a relatively clean and safe and efficient way to go. >>

nations. the west african country has been described as a catastrophe. the world food program has doubled aid operations to feed millions. the problem of food shortages has grown dramatically since the last targets, just a year ago. the greek government has used an emergency measure of order to put a truck drivers back to work after a strike. they were ordered to return to the job or face arrest. authorities say such a move was justified and no one has the right to paralyze the country. still ahead, rickshaws, ruins, and rehabilitation. can former prisoners pedal their way back into normal society? there has been a national day of mourning in pakistan, following the country's workers -- worst ever air disaster. all one header be to people on board the aircraft died -- 152 people died. >> rescuers worked frantically on the downside for hours. the aircraft flying in smoldering pieces, only minutes from the airport. passengers would have been preparing to land. but in poor visibility and driving rain, the plane smashed into the hills. the tough terrain made it hard for em

national list. other northern california chains to get passing grades include whole food safeway, wal-ma, and traderoe's. consumers s that list gives them a good idea of where to shop for more sustainable seood. >> i do like that as a custor. >> also try to avoid the ones in dang, like chile and sea ba. >> reporter: trader joe was the effort of lobing and went from the bottom ofhe list to breang into the top ten after hearing from its customer trader joe's made a public mmitment to only buy seafood from susinable sources by the end of 2012. many people say awareness surrouding the issue is growing. >> food supply fr the sea, which we once considered unbnded, is now boundednd especially with some of the toxins that are in the fish also. >> reporter: green peace gives low marks to costco and albertson, sang neither company changed its seafood buying practices and those licies are harming the marine environment. >> if you're making millions and millions of dollars year by selling fish, you need to take respsibility for the fact that you are having an impact on the ocean. >> reporter: karina sk, abc 7 n

." >> animal health and safety food lab is about one of eight labs in the nation that will be testing shellfish for oil contamination you are are looking at the crab and oysters that were pulled from the gulf. they will be used to establish a baseline so scientists will compare that to sea life that has been exposed to oil. >> seafood that can't move is more likely to be contaminated compared to a fin fish that can swim away. we're going to be testing the whole raping of different types. >> u.c. davis expects to be testing seafood from the gulf in just a few weeks now. >> there is a word that hewlett-packard will close its campus in cupertino and move to palo alto headquarters. they report that most will take place over the next two years. hp employs somewhere between 3,000 and 3500 people in cupertino but the company only occupies about 65% of the available space on the campuses. hp believes consolidating operations in palo alto will make the company more productive. cupertino officials say the move could have a significant financial impact on the city's tax revenue. >> apple's it ip

brought unemployment still tracking in the high teens very high usage of food stamps and you know as you can see from the chart on a national basis i think we got close to about nine and a half percent of energy usage per year in the states yeah i get questioned all the time from people who want to know why in america are people so complacent with the economy collapsing the way it is why do people seem so apathetic and the answer i come up with is that as long as a price of gas is still relatively cheap nobody really notices but going back to when oil got to one forty seven of course then the energy costs hit home in a big way and within a few short weeks the economy completely crumbled and those people who were caught out of what are called the ex-urbs were literally just abandoned out there in these excerpts had no way to move around and they were just became an immediate underclass in america now talking about this one forty seven price. do you think there's any connection between that one forty seven price the overall action in the market and where will prices go from here in your opinion we've got a lot of difficulties

national cookbook author says the survey has it wrong. loving foodnd a laid-back lifestyle are positives of louisiana's culture. >> do we work less? that is a matter of opinion. i don't think we work less. we ice our time differently. >> according to busy week the average they work two hours 31 minutes a day. mississippi came in second and just over three hours for arkansas in third. as for california, we didn't make the list. does that mean we work too hard? >> it means sha we don't sleep enough. sleep is one of the factors. >> you don't have to tell us about that. it's okay. >> i'm jealous. >> it's okay. >> we'll get you more sleep on vacation next time. >> you are never lazy, you are always busy working on computers had. >> 6:15 this morning, scanning the globe looking for warmer weather. good morning to you on this wednesday. looking from our studios here in downtown san francisco back to the pot of oakland. the clouds are a little higher and not as thick and should burn off a little quicker today. a little more sunshine and warmer weather. for n

food, your favorite taste may be in trouble! herb growers say there's a fungus spreading in the nation's basil crop. basil is a popular ingredient in italian and thai cooking. plant experts say the crop is being plagued by something called "downy mildew fungi," which shows up in yellowing leaves. so far the blight has been manageable, and commercial crop prices haven't started to rise, but there are concerns about next year's crop. one thing not to be concerned about, susie, experts say this fungus poses no risk at all to human health. we may have to adjust the spaghetti recipes if it rises. what are we going to do without our comfort food? >> gharib: i'm susie gharib and thank you for watching. have a good night. >> hudson: i'm tom hudson, thanks for tuning in. we hope to see you tomorrow. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> more information about investing is available in "nightly business report's"

i sell healthy products to major stores, whole foods markets across the nation. a network of independent contractors. would you not believe that the person who represents me, who happens to be from california, my representative outside of fort worth texas in a little town within 20 minutes of fort worth, texas, has no internet access. this will make a difference. we have been counting the moments until this money will be spent to help her have internet service. to get e-mails about price changes, of placing orders, it is beyond my imagination. this community right outside of a major city has no internet access. they fall into this world space. initially, until i knew of this relationship with lying to -- independent contractors, i could not dream that an area like this would be right outside of a major city. the best thing to do is to purchase a computer. they are very affordable. host: they give a call. more from the article. "since many of the recipients are poor, the sec is reporting -- fcc is reporting that broadband service be expanded through a monthly fee

national debt. just as with our energy and food supplies, america is vulnerable when we disproportionately rely on otherer of great concern that we are in deep debt to countries that often dont share our values or positions. at some point we have to say enough is enough. we have to make tough decisions about spending beyond our means. i continue to hope that president obama, speaker pelosi and others will take a step toward responsibility and restraint, and reject the path of reckless spending that america is presently on. ours is a great nation. we can be even greater if we heed jeffersons words and secure americas fiscal future. i wish all americans a happy independence day. as this weekends fireworks simulate the rockets glare, i hope each of us will pause and think of our men and women in uniform who are facing real rockets, bombs and bullets in faraway places. we are grateful for their service. may god bless them, and may god continue to bless our nation. thank you. >> tomorrow on "washington journal," blake hounshell of " foreign policy forts magazine talks about his latest article, failed states.

the data may be used to make informed decisions by the coast guard, the food and drug administration, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, and state and local agencies among others about seafood, habitat, and the closure issues spurted from the beginning, the epa understood that this is a very public events and transparency was critical to ensure the public has the information. from the beginning, the epa sought to post the data on their website on a regular basis with feedback from the public and that would improve the information and explain it to the public. we believe the public as a critical role in understanding and overseeing the epa efforts. air quality monitoring -- the epa is moderate -- monitoring many issues associated with the oil. we are also monitoring ozone levels and testing these specificboc's that are present in crude oil. we have also brought in a mobile bus which traveled the entire gulf coast to conduct real-time sampling and analysis to detect a range of chemical constituents at low levels. the epa is monitoring ozone and pollution along the gulf coast using

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