Supermarket stories / produced by Ira Glass.

Series exploring the economic, political and social forces which shape food production and distribution around the world. Each of the 10 modules begins in a supermarket, and then traces a topic back to its origins.
|r.1. The Secret wars between store brands and name brands (10 min.) ; Can broccoli biz saves Guatemala’s peasants (10 min.) ; Chicken farmer vs. chicken processors (10 min.) — r.2. Meat vs. corn in Latin America (9 min.) ; Name brand vegetables (9 min.) ; US junk food in the Third World (9 min.) — r.3. Jamaican guestworkers in US apple orchards (9 min.) ; Quiet de-regulation of US meat inspection (9 min.) ; Salmonella in meat (9 min.) — r.4. Food from Mexico (12 min.).