WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives show

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

Summary: Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill & 102.9 FM Bangor, Maine

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 RadioActive 9/19/13 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:29:56

Producer/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco Issue: Environmental and Social Justice Program Topic: Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association et al vs. Monsanto; Maine’s GMO labeling bill Key Discussion Points: a) On March 29th, 2011 OSGATA, et al vs. Monsanto was filed in federal district court. 60 family farms, seed businesses and agricultural organizations were seeking protection from Monsanto’s heavy handed tactics of investigating and suing farmers for patent right infringement, if they claimed their genetically modified seeds had spread to the fields of farmers who had not purchased the GE seed. b) In January 2012, the case was dismissed. This June, the US Court of Appeals First Circuit found that the plaintiffs did have standing, but that the case could not go forth, “because Monsanto has made binding assurances that it will ‘not take legal action against growers whose crops might inadvertently contain traces of Monsanto’s biotech genes (because, for example, some transgenic seed or pollen blew onto the grower’s land’”. OSGATA, et al, still looks for their day in court. They have asked the Supreme Court to review the Court of Appeals’ decision. c) Jim Gerritsen also discusses Maine’s GMO labeling bill, poised to take effect. Guest: Jim Gerritsen, president of the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association; Co-owner and operator of Wood Prairie Farm in Bridgewater, Maine http://www.osgata.org/ http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs122/1104248386985/archive/1113747008645.html http://www.pubpat.org/assets/files/seed/OrganicSeedSCTPetition.pdf http://www.woodprairie.com/

 WERU Community SoapBox 9/19/13 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:58:16

Host: Amy Browne Engineer: Joel Mann An open-mic style call-in show

 Hear Again 9/19/13 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:08:36

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell It’s just about time to plant garlic for harvest next year, and as Rosanna Rich points out in this edition of Herbal Update from the WERU archives, there are plenty of reasons besides culinary ones to celebrate garlic.

 Nature’s Remedies 9/19/13 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:02:39

Producer/Host: Tim Hagney Licorice

 WERU News Report 9/17/13 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:29:07

Producer/Host: Amy Browne, Meredith DeFrancesco, Lawrence Reichard Today we’re marking the 2 year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Here are some excerpts from our archives, as WERU covered the beginning of the movement, the occupy movement in Maine, and the one year anniversary, on this date in 2012

 Wabanaki Windows 9/17/13 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:57:48

Producer/Host: Donna Loring Engineer: Amy Browne Issue: National level issues Program Topic: Major issues facing the Penobscot Nation on a National level Key Discussion Points : a) Background of Federal/ State and Land Claims of the Penobscot Nation b) Efforts to improve the self- determination of the tribe c) Maine Indian Land Claims controversial issues d) Federal Indian Law is not being applied in Maine Guest: Chief Kirk Francis of the Penobscot Nation

 Esoterica 9/17/13 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:05:20

Producer/Host: Andree Bella s Production assistance: John Welles “Connected”

 Outside the Box 9/17/13 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:06:07

Producer/Host: Larry Dansinger “Robin Hood Revisited”

 Forever Farms 9/16/13 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:05:08

Producer/Host: Jamie Wood Wood Song Farm

 Word in Edgewise 9/16/13 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:03:22

Producer/Host: R.W. Estela Engineer: Allison Watters

 U.S./El Salvador Report 9/14/13 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:04:39

Producer/Host: Kathleen March Transcript: This is Kathleen March with WERU’s US-El Salvador Report. This week’s topic is the recurring problem of kidney disease and use of pesticides. The report has been prepared in collaboration with Radio Sumpul and US-El Salvador Sister Cities. El 6 de este mes la Asamblea Legislativa aprobó reformas a la Ley sobre Control de Pesticidas, Fertilizantes y Productos para Uso Agropecuario. Esto incluye la prohibición de 53 ingredientes activos de plaguicidas, en el grado técnico o como producto formulado. Es la respuesta a los muertos por enfermedad renal crónica no tradicional que ha habido en diversos municipios. Estos productos deberán desaparecer del mercado en un plazo de uno o dos años y serán sustituidos por sustancias no dañinas a la salud humana ni al ambiente, según dijo el presidente de la comisión de medio ambiente del congreso y diputado de GANA Francisco Zablah. El nuevo decreto, aprobado con 45 votos de los diputados del FMLN, GANA y Unidos por El Salvador, incluye otra reforma legal: se exige la creación de un comité técnico compuesto de los ministerios de Agricultura, Salud y Medio Ambiente, para “la revisión, el perfeccionamiento y registro, autorizaciones y prohibiciones de plaguicidas y fertilizantes, en concordancia con las características regionales, de país y con las normas internacionales”. Los importadores de pesticidas o fertilizantes “deberán asegurar que el producto contenga un manual o instructivo en castellano”. Por su parte, los distribuidores tienen que explicarles a los agricultores cómo utilizar los productos y qué medidas de protección se requieren. Otra reforma legal es que el Ministerio de Agricultura tendrá que supervisar que el rocío aéreo de los productos agroquímicos permitidos por la ley no se lleve a cabo a menos de 100 metros de las viviendas ni sobre los cultivos de alimentos pertenecientes a la dieta básica salvadoreña. La Cámara Agropecuaria y Agroindustrial de El Salvador (CAMAGRO), insiste que las reformas le quitarán las herramientas a los agricultores para producir sus cultivos. El director de CAMAGRO, Luis Felipe Trigueros, explicó que más de 400,000 productores de granos básicos podrían ser afectados, sobre todo porque se podría tardar hasta 16 días en preparar su terreno, cuando normalmente se tarda una mañana con los productos que fueron prohibidos. “Creemos que esto (prohibir los agroquímicos) no es lo más conveniente, y se está sentando un mal precedente para la agricultura”, dijo Trigueros. Los distribuidores dicen que la prohibición fomentará el contrabando desde Honduras y Guatemala y que se podrían prohibir productos cultivados con pesticidas prohibidos. En 2000 y 2004, fueron aprobados dos decretos para prohibir el uso de estas sustancias, pero nunca se puso en práctica. El presidente Mauricio Funes tendrá ahora que decidir cómo actuar dado el nuevo decreto legislativo. Los altos índices de enfermedad renal en El Salvador empezaron a aparecer en los medios de comunicación hacia mediados de agosto, cuando los análisis de agua y tierra hechos por el Instituto de Medicina Legal confirmaron la presencia de contaminantes en San Luis Talpa. Rara vez se menciona en la prensa la conexión entre los peligrosos agroquímicos importados y un proyecto de ley para la regulación de estos productos que fue introducido por el Ministerio de Salud como un esfuerzo para combatir la crisis de salud. This has been Kathleen March with WERU’s US-El Salvador Report. This week we discussed the recurring problem of kidney disease and use of pesticides. The report was prepared in collaboration with Radio Sumpul and US-El Salvador Sister Cities.

 Earthwise 9/14/13 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:05:48

Producer/Host: Anu Dudley “Eihwaz, Rune of Continuity”

 World Around Us 9/14/13 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:05:29

Producer/Host: Sarah O’Malley Frass Happens

 Talk of the Towns 9/13/13 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:59:21

Producer/Host: Ron Beard Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Issue: Community concerns and opportunities Program Topic: Saving Special Community Spaces Key Discussion Points: a) What motivates people to save special places (land, buildings, scenic views, trails) in their communities? b)What benefits stem from “place saving” efforts and campaigns, including the obvious benefit from saving the “place”? c)All such place saving efforts have differences, but what are the common elements to a successful effort? d)Who can help with these sorts of efforts, and what kinds of criteria do they ‘apply’? What motivates people to get involved with “place saving”? e) Are there any trends you see, as communities identify and act to protect or save special places? What are the challenges, and what gives you hope? Guests: A)Jim Dow, Executive Director, Blue Hill Heritage Trust B)Tom Boutureira, Downeast Coastal Conservancy C)Dylan Howard, Caterpillar Hill Initiative D)Mary Laury, Schoodic Arts for All

 Sustainable House Sketchbook 9/13/13 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:04:25

Producer/Host: Jim Bahoosh “Fly”

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