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Thanks to my new iPod, I’ve found some cool free podcasts to listen to. Here are some that relate to organic, sustainable living and the Bay Area:

KQED’s California Report

Recently Michael Pollan, author of his new book, “Omnivore’s Dilemma,” has sparked a debate on the definition of organic foods in this Podcast from the California Report .

Commonwealth Club of California

Featured a podcast through the Commonwealth Club of California in May on Eric Schlosser’s new book for children, “Chew on This” which teaches kids the truth about fast food restaurants and food.

BeyondOrganic

Some of the better podcasts include an interview on comfort foods with Eric Tucker of Millenium Restaurant in San Francisco Unfortunately, it seems like this site hasn’t created new podcasts in the last few months, but their archive is still worth checking out.

As some of you may know, thanks to a letter by a food critic, Michael Pollen, Whole Foods had announced a plan to focus on sourcing from local farms. The CEO of Whole Foods outlines his response and features Bay Area farms as an example. Let’s hope Whole Foods keeps its promise on focusing on these smaller farms. It’s great that the Whole Foods CEO has a blog. Check out the rest of it here.

Food for thought: Not everyone is happy that Walmart is going organic. Check this out this editorial from The New York Times.