RODMAN DAM MUST COME DOWN

RODMAN DAM MUST COME DOWN


Food Travel USA with Elizabeth Dougherty

Album: The TRUTH About Food and Travel 062325
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Original Broadcast Date: 06/23/2025

Buried deep in the forests of North Central Florida lies a relic of environmental destruction—Rodman Dam. Built in the 1960s as part of the failed Cross Florida Barge Cana; project, the dam submerged 9,000 acres of pristine springs, wetlands, and ancient forest. Today, the dam still blocks the natural flow of the Ocklawaha River, cutting off manatees, fish, and water circulation from the St. Johns. In this week’s travel feature, Elizabeth traces the history of the dam’s controversial origin, exposes the corruption behind its continued maintenance, and highlights the bipartisan call for its removal. Despite decades of science showing the damage it causes, a small but powerful group of interests keeps it in place. This isn’t just about one dam—it’s about whether Florida will prioritize tourism gimmicks or embrace and protect its natural heritage.

Elizabeth takes you to the river—and dares you to look upstream.


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Using the chassis of a food and travel show, Elizabeth Dougherty has carved out her own lane in Talk Radio, covering the contamination of the food supply and the travel restrictions placed upon us by an overreaching government. The show also covers data protection, self-sufficiency, and homesteading-related topics to help protect us from this evil, corrupt system. With Elizabeth as the host, the show has a very different sound from the typical male-oriented talk radio. In combination with terrestrial stations that carry the show, we reach people who don’t normally listen to politically-driven talk radio. In addition to the LIVE FEED of the show on Saturday afternoons from 5pm–7pm (Eastern) / 2pm–4pm (Pacific), we produce and distribute a dozen podcast segments each week.

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About Elizabeth Dougherty

Elizabeth Dougherty has been cooking and writing about food intensively for more than ten years. She is the fourth generation of chefs and gourmet grocers in her family with her mother, Francesca Esposito and grandmother, Carmella being major influences in her early cooking years. As a teenager, her family sent her to Europe where she became focused on French and Italian cuisine. She survived a year and half of culinary tutelage under a maniacal Swiss-German chef and is a graduate of NYIT, Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality, Business and Labor Relations. Food Travel USA has won two news awards for content. Broadcasting LIVE each week, nationwide, on FoodNationRadio.com and on stations around the country.

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