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The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters

The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters

Good News for Chicken & Post-Wildfire Foraging

Mar 1, 2019 · 50m

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For all the bad news in our world today, we're happy to report there is some good news on the food front. In this episode, we consider some of the positive things that are happening. In her book , Big Chicken , journalist Maryn McKenna says the chicken industry is largely to blame for our enormous overuse of and exposure to antibiotics. But, as she explains to Francis Lam, she's found real reasons for hope for the future. Forager Pascal Baudar talks with contributor Russ Parsons about the restorative result of recent destructive California wildfires on some of his favorite wildcraft spots. Barton Seaver is an award-winning chef whose work now focuses on sustainability in the fish and…