Food Thieves: Missing Cows, Fake Fertilizer and Heisted Almonds

Detective Rocky Pipkin is a private eye in California’s Central
Valley, where the billion-dollar farming industry has made
investigating agricultural crimes his specialty. He tells us how
truckloads of nuts can vanish into thin air, why you might be
eating stolen citrus and how one man scammed dairy farmers out of
millions of dollars with a cow Ponzi scheme. Plus, Ed Levine
explains why the diner is one of America's most enduring culinary
establishments, Grant Barrett and Martha Barnette examine the
language of soup, and we dress up a steak with miso-infused
butter.


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