Food Sleuth Radio

Guest Valerie Segrest, M.S., Native American nutritionist, co-author of Feeding the People, Feeding the Spirit: Revitalizing Northwest Coastal Indian Food Culture, and coordinator of the Muckleshoot …

Guest Robert Shetterly, artist and founder of the Americans Who Tell the Truth project, explains his humanitarian work: painting portraits and telling the stories of exemplary citizens who have promo…

Guest Jonathan Lundgren, Ph.D. Award-winning entomologist discusses his research on neonicotinoid pesticides, their pervasive use, harmful effects, and why he left his USDA lab to start an independen…

Guest Jonathan Lundgren, Ph.D., Agroecologist and Entomologist, discusses his 20-years of research on bugs, pesticides, and why he left his USDA lab to start an independent research farm that focuses…

Guest Representative Louise Slaughter, M.S., Congresswoman, 25th District New York State discusses her efforts to pass legislation -- the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act -- that…

Guest Aimee Code, M.S., Pesticide Program Director at the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, will discuss the widespread use, and unintended consequences of neonicotinoid pesticides
Xerces …

Guest Kelay Trentham, R.D., oncology dietitian discusses the role medical cannabis can play in relieving cancer treatment side-effects, challenges of treatment with marijuana, plus why red and proces…

Guest Catherine Badgley, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at U. of MI defines biodiversity, why it is essential for survival and how we might drive more sustainable food…

Guest Bruce Hemming, Ph.D. President and CEO of Microbe Inotech Laboratories, Inc., St. Louis, MO, describes how glyphosate' s metal chelating actions can affect our gut microorganisms
MICROBE INOTECH…

Guest Nicolette Hahn Niman, author, Defending Beef: The Case for Sustainable Meat Production, describes her manifesto of an environmental lawyer and vegetarian turned cattle rancher.
Nicolette Hahn Ni…

Guest Stacia Clinton, R.D., Regional Direcctor, Health Care Without Harm Healthy Food in Health Care Program, and Chair of the Clinician Champions in Comprehensive Antibiotic Stewardship, explains th…

Guest Dana Gunders, Staff Scientist, National Resources Defense Council and author of the Waste Free Kitchen Handbook, discusses how to reduce food waste, plus recpe ideas for leftovers
Waste Free Kit…

Guest David Mortensen, Ph.D., Professor of Weed Ecology, Penn State U., explains unintended consequences of GMO crops engineered to resist herbicides, how weeds develop herbicide resistance, and alte…

Guest Richard Oswald, 5th generation family farmer, journalist (Progressive Farmer, Daily Yonder), President, Missouri Farmers' Union and director for Organization for Competitive Markets and Board m…

Guest Nancy Zucker, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Eating Disorders, Duke University Medical Center, discusses her research on picky eaters, and explains what is typical, what is not and why
Duke C…

Guest Laura Batcha, CEO and Executive Director of the Organic Trade Association, defines organic, busts myths, and explains the unique benefits of organic farming and food production
Organic Trade Ass…

Guest Routt Reigart, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina, co-editor of the 6th Edition of the EPA Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings, an…

Guest JoAnne Berkenkamp, M.S., Senior Advocate for the Natural Resources Defense Council, Food and Agriculture Program discusses food waste.
NDRC

Guest Robert McChesney, Ph.D., Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and cofounder, Free Press, discusses media, money and p…

Guest Douglas Gayeton, award-winning multi-media artist and mastermind behind the Lexicon of Sustainability, and Lexicon of Food, explains why and how he and wife Laura Howard-Gayeton, use language a…