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Food, farmers, and the virus–navigating the difficulties and disconnects

Food, farmers, and the virus–navigating the difficulties and disconnects

by radiocafe | May 12, 2020 | Down to Earth, Food & agriculture

There’s plenty of food, but with Covid-19 it’s not getting where it needs to go, and everyone–especially farmers–is paying the price. Rachel Armstrong of Farm Commons walks us through the problems–and some solutions–to the many dilemmas facing the food system.

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Love Sickness: Shakespeare, medicine and metaphors in a world of plague

Love Sickness: Shakespeare, medicine and metaphors in a world of plague

by radiocafe | May 8, 2020 | Arts & films, ASU

Romantic love was long considered an illness — with some bizarre and harrowing treatments

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The most vulnerable among us: How the pandemic reveals inequities in health care and beyond

The most vulnerable among us: How the pandemic reveals inequities in health care and beyond

by radiocafe | May 1, 2020 | ASU, Science & health

Poor and minority communities were at a disadvantage before COVID-19, but they are getting hit hardest now. Can the U.S.

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Restoring public lands through grazing

Restoring public lands through grazing

by radiocafe | Apr 28, 2020 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture

Grazing on public lands is controversial–for good reason. But when it’s done right, adaptive grazing can greatly improve land health–from overgrazed land, to former oil fields, to bombing ranges. Gregory Horner tells the stories.

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Measuring the spread

Measuring the spread

by radiocafe | Apr 24, 2020 | New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican, Science & health

The way things spread–whether a virus, a rumor, or a forest fire–is pretty much the same mathematically. We talk to Dr. Stuart Kauffman about the actual amount of social distancing it takes to halt the spread.

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Testing is key: Attacking the virus with rapid response, robots and reliability

Testing is key: Attacking the virus with rapid response, robots and reliability

by radiocafe | Apr 24, 2020 | ASU, Science & health

Reliable and fast testing is needed all over the U.S. to confront the spread of COVID-19. We talk with Dr. Joshua LaBaer about his lab’s robotic systems — and how to use and expand testing most effectively.

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Listen to “Testing is Key: Attacking the Virus with Rapid Response, Robots and Reliability” on Spreaker.

Conditions of contagion: The fears we face

Conditions of contagion: The fears we face

by radiocafe | Apr 17, 2020 | Arts & films, ASU, Books, Science & health

In 18th-century England, viruses and bacteria were not understood — but the idea of contagion was part of the social fabric. We talk to Annika Mann, an ASU scholar of 18th-century and Romantic-era British literature and culture.

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Health, profit, and beauty on the farm in Minnesota

Health, profit, and beauty on the farm in Minnesota

by radiocafe | Apr 14, 2020 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture

Grant and Dawn Breitkreutz didn’t know they were cultivating soil health when they started doing Holistic Management. But as they learned to work with nature rather than fighting it their soil–and their farm–began to thrive in ways they’d never dreamed of.

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Time for caring: At home — and on the frontlines

Time for caring: At home — and on the frontlines

by radiocafe | Apr 10, 2020 | ASU, Science & health

In this time of coronavirus crisis, how do we best care for others and ourselves? And how do nurses in particular manage amid this pandemic?

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Listen to “Time for Caring: At Home—and On The Frontlines” on Spreaker.

The Black Death: Pondering a past plague during today’s pandemic

The Black Death: Pondering a past plague during today’s pandemic

by radiocafe | Apr 3, 2020 | ASU, Science & health

In the 14th century, a virulent plague killed nearly half of Europe’s population. What can we learn from that time as we navigate COVID-19?

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