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.