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    Good Food

    Processed Soy

    Activist Raj Patel  discusses the global market of soybeans and explains why soy has become America’s most processed food.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Activist Raj Patel discusses the global market of soybeans and explains why soy has become America’s most processed food. Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World's Food System, is a researcher at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and a visiting scholar at the Center for African Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

    Music break: Traveler Rock by Dave's Travelers

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    Cuisines of the Axis of Evil; Mushrooms Clean Up Pollution
    1. 1:00The Market Report
    2. 8:03Mushrooms Clean Up Pollution
    3. 14:56Processed SoyYou’re reading this
    4. 22:59Cuisines of the Axis of Evil
    5. 30:54Food Euphemisms
    6. 38:42Kosher Justice Certification
    7. 44:25Tacos El Chavito
    8. 50:46The Joy of Fat
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro

      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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      Thea Chaloner

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    3 of 8
    Cuisines of the Axis of Evil; Mushrooms Clean Up Pollution
    1. 1:00The Market Report
    2. 8:03Mushrooms Clean Up Pollution
    3. 14:56Processed SoyYou’re reading this
    4. 22:59Cuisines of the Axis of Evil
    5. 30:54Food Euphemisms
    6. 38:42Kosher Justice Certification
    7. 44:25Tacos El Chavito
    8. 50:46The Joy of Fat
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