Listen Up! Northwest Program 5 takes a look at food: growing it, eating it and thinking about its role in our region's past and future. Segments include:

* The western diet as a form of European colonization (Jonathan Steinman, Kootenay Coop Radio-Nelson, British Columbia)
* Seattle Mien community takes over public land for farming (Martha Baskin, KBCS-Seattle)
* The seed saving movement (Tom Allen, KBCS-Seattle)
* Backyard Chickening (Bucky Buckaw, Radio Boise)

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Listen Up! NW is produced by Yuko Kodama at KBCS for Reclaim the Media, and distributed by the Northwest Community Radio Network.