Dietitian Melinda Hemmelgarn helps listeners “think beyond their plates,” connect the dots between food, health and agriculture, and find food truth.
Guest Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States discusses his organizations role in protecting animal welfare, our natural kinship with animals, and ways we can see …
Guest Jahi Chappel, Ph.D. Director of Agroecology and Agriculture Policy at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, talks about Deepening Food Democracy, the report he co-authored
Deepening Fo…
Guest Anthony Flaccavento, organic farmer and entrepreneur describes his local foods cost calculator to increase the the use of locally raised food in restaurants and food service
SCALE
Guest Stephen Ritz, South Bronx educator featured in TEDx Manhattan, one of the top 10 finalists for the Global Teacher Prize describes the Green Bronx Machine and how growing vegetables in school ch…
Guest Anita Poeppel, Illinois farmer, speaks about the hazards of pesticide drift, and the Spray Drift Education Network, created to help report, monitor and protect rural families, crops and CSA cus…
Guest Sanjay Rawal, director, Food Chains, discusses his documentary film that sheds light on past and present farm worker conditions with hope and actions for justice
Food Chain$
Guest Margaret Reeves, Ph.D., Senior Scientist and advocate at the Pesticide Action Network describes the risks farmworkers face from pesticide exposure and the new Equitable Farm Initiative
EFI
Guest Jo Ann Hattner, MPH, RD, dietitian and author of Gut Insight: probiotics and prebiotics for digestive health and well-being, describes foods that nourish and protect gut microorganisms
Gut Insig…
Guest Roni Neff, Ph.D., Director of the Food System Sustainability Program at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for a Livable Future, and editor of Introduction to the U.S. F…
Guest Stacia Nordin, R.D., Registered Dietitian and Nutrition Advisor for the United Nations, has worked in worked in Malawi, East Africa, for 17 years. She describes the benefits of biodiversity and…
Guest Gary Wenk, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Molecular Virology at the Ohio State University, and author of Your Brain on Food: How Chemicals Control Your Thoughts and Feelings,…
Guest Eliza Greenman, owner/operator of Legacy Fruit Trees in Virginia and Director of Biodiversity for Greenhorns, an organization made up of young farmers, to recruit, promote and support the new g…
Guest Jim Gerritsen, owner and operator of Wood Prairie Farm in Bridgewater, Maine, and President of the Maine-based Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association, which in 2011 filed a lawsuit against …
Guest Ted Genoways, author of The Chain, continues his discussion revealing the true cost of cheap food, including antibiotic resistance, declining water quality and how we can help build a sustainab…
Guest Ted Genoways, author of The Chain: Farm, Factory, and the Fate of Our Food, a riveting, compelling expose of the meatpacking industry, through the lens of Hormel. Genoways describes working con…
Guest Paul Hanley, environment columnist with the Saskatoon StarPhoenix and author of Eleven which describes how 11 billion people on Earth by centurys end will change everything. Hanley discusses co…
Guest Nancy Clark, M.S., R.D. Registered Dietitian, internationally respected sports nutritionist, athlete and author of Nancy Clarks Sports Nutrition Guidebook: The #1 nutrition resource for active …
Guest Jill Nussinow, M.S., R.D., dietitian and author of Nutrition CHAMPS: New Way of Thinking about Food Groups that Will Change Your Life, discusses her new cookbook which focuses on a plant-based …
Guest Andrianna Natsoulas, author of Food Voices: Stories from the People Who Feed Us, describes the principles and pillars of food sovereignty, the consequences of fish and shrimp farming, and how c…
Guest Brian Wansink, Ph.D., Director of Cornell Universitys Food and Brand Lab, and author of Slim by Design: Mindless Eating Solutions for Everyday Life, explains ways we can simply tweak our most c…