Tatiana Schreiber

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Breast Cancer & Pesticides in 1991

Living on Earth revisits a 1991 story on possible links between pesticides and breast cancer. Dr. Mary Wolff, one of the first U.S. researchers to look for evidence to link DDT exposure to breast cancer talks about her controversial results.

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Saving the Selva

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Vermont & Nuclear Transport

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Maverick Vermont College

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The Joy of Paper

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Hundred Dollar Christmas

In upstate Johnsburg, New York, some church communities are actively spending less, and doing more, this Christmas. Tatiana Schreiber reports on some of the projects the townspeople are getting involved in, and how some area merchants and press don’t like the idea.

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Temperate Forest Biopreserve

A land preserve is being planned in Ithaca, New York that would be the first known temperate forest biopreserve with chemical prospecting for pharmaceutical plants in mind. Tatiana Schreiber reports on the hopes of what may be gained from the project, who is formulating it, and why.

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Three Sisters: Letting Go of the Family Farm

The elderly Lepine sisters of Mud City, Vermont recently auctioned off their dairy herd, and came up with a workable solution for finding future caretakers for their 660 acre family farm. Tatiana Schreiber visited with Gert, Therese and Jeanette Lepine.

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Vanishing Migratory Birds

Several familiar songbird species have seen their numbers dying off in recent years. While their wintering grounds in South and Central America have been disrupted, so have their northern breeding grounds, and possibly many areas along the flyway. Scientists are studying the likely causes in a new study of New England’s Connecticut River Valley. Tatiana […]

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Farm Tours, Inc.

Vermont’s farmers can’t live on milk and maple sugar anymore, so they’re turning to tourists. City dwellers nostalgic for rural yesteryear could help keep today’s growers afloat. But some farmers are unconvinced.