Dietitian Melinda Hemmelgarn helps listeners “think beyond their plates,” connect the dots between food, health and agriculture, and find food truth.
Guest Thomas Neltner, J.D., Former Director, Pew Charitable Trusts Food Additives Project discusses his research into the science, safety and conflicts of interest when approving chemical compounds a…
Guest Jennifer Harris, Ph.D. MBA, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Yale University, talks about her research into the extent and psychological impact of children exposure to food advertising …
Guest Ricardo Salvador, Ph.D., Senior Scientist and Director of the Food and Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, connects agriculture to human health and talks about the new UCS…
Guest Anna Lappe, Project Director, Food MythBusters, talks about the subject of her new short movie which exposes how Big Food aggressively targets children, and ways parents and communities can fig…
Guest Mark Kopecky, Soils Agronomist, Organic Valley/ CROPP Cooperative, explains how soil health is key to crop yields, plant nutrition, animal and human health
Organic Valley
Guest Don Davis, Ph.D., U. of TX researcher who discovered nutritional decline and dilution with the rush for higher yields and bigger crops
HortScience
Guest Elizabeth U: author of Raising Dough: the Complete Guide to Financing a Socially Responsible Food Business, talks about fund raising options to support food entrepreneurs
Finance for Food
Guest Theresa Podoll, organic seed farmer in North Dakota, describes the myth of GMO co-existence and her observations of agriculture over the past few decades
Prairie Road Organic Seed
Guest Howard Vlieger, describes inflammatory effects of GMO feed on hog stomachs. (Part 2)
A long-term toxicology study
Guest Howard Vlieger, farmer and co-author of research documenting harm from GMO crops and feed. (Part 1)
A long-term toxicology study
Guest Deborah Eden Tull, Founder of Mindful Living Revolution, and author of The Natural Kitchen: Your Guide to the Sustainable Food Revolution, describes her journey as a Zen Buddhist Monk, and the …
Guest Diana Robinson, Campaign and Education Coordinator of the Food Chain Worker Alliance, exposes some of the hidden faces and working conditions in the food industry
Food Chain Workers Alliance
Guest Philip Ackerman-Leist, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Director of the Farm and Food Project at Green Mountain College (VT), will discuss his new book: `Rebuilding the Foodshed…
Guest Kiera Mulvey, Executive Director, FairShare CSA Coalition, Madison, WI, explains the CSA model and her Coalitions new seasonal cookbook, `Farm Fresh and Fast.`
Fairshare
Guest Steve Smith, Director of Agriculture for Red Gold canned tomatoes, and Chairman of the Save Our Crops Coalition, discusses a new class of genetically modified dicamba- and 2,4-D-tolerant crops,…
Guest Penelope Jagessar Chaffer, award-winning filmmaker and childrens health advocate, talks about the effects of toxic chemicals on children, and her `Toxic Baby` app
Penelope Jagessar Chaffer: Film…
Guest Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director of Food and Water Watch, and author of Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America, describes exploitation and corporate influence in…
Guest Patricia Allen, Ph.D., talks about her book, Together at the Table: Sustainability and Sustenance in the American Agrifood System, and raises awareness of, and solutions for food injustice
Save …
Guest Bill Marler, personal injury trial lawyer and national expert in foodborne illness litigation discusses his career which began when represented the most seriously injured survivor of the Jack i…
Tod Cooperman, M.D., President of ConsumerLab.com, independent tester of dietary supplements discusses safety, efficacy and regulation of nutritional supplements
Consumer Lab