Deconstructing Dinner is a syndicated public affairs show which discusses food and sustainable food systems. The show is produced and recorded in the studios of CJLY-FM Kootenay Co-op Radio in Nelson, British Columbia. As of Oct. 2009 the program is aired on 37 campus radio stations and community radio stations across Canada, as well as on a handful of international broadcasters. Deconstructing Dinner is also podcasted internationally, and is available on the program's website.
Deconstructing Dinner explores the impacts our food choices have on ourselves, our communities and our planet and how understanding the importance of these choices can create a sense of personal and community self-determination. The program is produced and hosted by Jon Steinman.
Steinman posits on the show's website that the relative convenience with which most of us can now access food "leaves very little time to reflect on the history behind the food we purchase and the impact these purchases have on ourselves, communities, and the well-being of this planet."
Deconstructing Dinner has featured a number of high-profile guests and voices since its launch in January 2006, including Percy Schmeiser, Michael Ableman, Frances Moore Lappe, Palagummi Sainath, Fred Eaglesmith, Eric Schlosser, Maude Barlow, Michael Pollan, Wendell Berry, Carl Honore, Shiv Chopra, John Robbins, Vandana Shiva, Canadian Members of Parliament Alex Atamanenko, Rob Merrifield, Wayne Easter and more, and the authors of the book The 100-Mile Diet, Alisa Smith, and James (J.B.) MacKinnon.
Deconstructing Dinner has been nominated for the 2011 'Jack Webster Award for Community Reporting' for the episode "Local Food Fraud? An Investigation".[1][2]
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In March 2008, Deconstructing Dinner launched The Local Grain Revolution series[3] that has been documenting the evolution of Canada's first Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) project for grain. The coverage of the project on Deconstructing Dinner has sent ripples throughout North America and has inspired like-minded projects and extensive media coverage as documented on the series page.
On May 7, 2008, Darrick Hahn and Sinsa Grgic began a project to raise awareness about the show, and the food issues it presents. Hahn was "inspired by Steinman and his passion for the issues of the land."[4] The two will start a cross-Canada journey on recumbent bicycles on July 20, 2008 with a toe-dip in the Atlantic Ocean, handing out pamphlets & information about food issues on their route.[4]