Wolves & Livestock, plus Soda Taxes

On today's show Patrick Valentino, Director of the Mexican Wolf Fund, explains strategies that facilitate wolf reintroduction while reducing the impacts on livestock and ranchers.
You can check out the California Wolf Center (including the Links page) and the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program for more information.

Dani spoke about the taxation of processed foods, focusing on soda, including clips from Dr. Harold Goldstein, director of the California Center for Public Health Advocacy and the Americans Against Food Taxes add campaign. She referenced several articles on the topic, including the following:

• Sodas a tempting tax target, by David Leonhardt
• Tax on soft drinks could relieve states' budget woes by BC Upham
• Proposed tax on sugar beverages debated by William Newman
• Bubbling Over: soda consumption and its link to obesity in California by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the CCPHA
  

Dani also had UC Santa Cruz professor Julie Guthman on to talk about the politics of the so-called 'obesity epidemic' and how this relates to the taxation of processed foods. Professor Guthman is author of Agrarian Dreams: the paradox of organic farming in California. You can also check out her article Bringing Good Food to Others which takes into consideration several of the cultural and class-related topics discussed in today's show.

Use the player below to hear or download the show!

Announcements:
California Student Sustainability Coalition (CSSC) Environmental Showcase - Monday October 19th, 7pm in Chem 176
Check out environment-related groups on campus!

Campus Center for the Environment (CCE) reorientation event - Weds. October 21st from 5-7pm in MU East Conference Room. Check out their website...internships available!

Project Compost volunteer meetings - Mondays at 6pm in the Memorial Union basement, Room 43. Find out how you can help UC Davis divert organic waste from the landfill, via hands-on work or outreach.

Music Playlist:

"Waiting for a Train" by Jimmie Rogers (from The Early Years on Rounder)

"Make Me Down A Pallet On Your Floor" by Lucinda Williams (from Ramblin' on Folkways)

"Baby Please Don't Go" by Joe Williams' Washboard Singers (from Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 4)

"Rexroth's Daughter" by Greg Brown (from Covenant on Red House)

"Colorado Girl" by Townes Van Zandt (from Rearview Mirror)