Food Sleuth Radio
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Dina Falconi, herbalist and author of Foraging & Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook.
28 mins; June 25, 2020
Judy Juanita, MFA, former Black Panther
28 mins; June 18, 2020
Jackie Bowen, M.S., MPH, Executive Director of the Clean Label Project
28 mins; June 11, 2020
Lisa McDowell, Registered Dietitian speaks about nutrition, immunity and Covid-19.
28 mins; June 04, 2020
Kim E. Richman, Founding Partner at Richman Law Group discusses litigation and deceptive food marketing
28 mins; May 28, 2020
Axel Fuentes, Executive Director, Rural Community Workers Alliance
28 mins; May 21, 2020
Karen Ehrens, Registered Dietitian discusses her trip to the U.S./Mexican border.
28 mins; May 14, 2020
Don Schaffner, Ph.D., Rutgers University food safety specialist discusses food safety during the pandemic.
28 mins; May 07, 2020
Sarah Reinhardt, MPH, RD, Lead Food Systems & Health Analyst, Food & Environment Program, Union of Concerned Scientists
28 mins; April 30, 2020
Megan Lott, MPH, RD, Deputy Director of Healthy Eating Research
28 mins; April 23, 2020
Chris Smith founder and Executive Director of the Utopian Seed Project and author of The Whole Okra: A Seed to Stem Celebration.
28 mins; April 16, 2020
Ann Bikle, M.S., biologist, co-author, The Hidden Half of Nature.
28 mins; April 09, 2020
Paul Lesko, attorney representing farmers damaged by Monsanto’s dicamba herbicide.
28 mins; April 02, 2020
Timothy Wise, M.A., Director of the Land and Food Rights Program at the Small Planet Institute, and author of Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness, Family Farmers, and the Battle for the Future of Food.
28 mins; March 26, 2020
Rebecca Katz, M.S., chef, educator, artist and author of The Cancer Fighting Kitchen: Nourishing Big Flavor Recipes for Cancer and Treatment and Beyond.
28 mins; March 19, 2020
Tod Cooperman, MD, President and Founder of Consumerlab.com.
28 mins; March 12, 2020
Melissa Abbott, Vice President of Culinary Insights for the Harman Group, a consumer culture research firm.
28 mins; March 05, 2020
Judith D. Schwartz, author of Water in Plain Sight: Hope for a Thirsty World.
28 mins; February 27, 2020
Turner Wyatt, Chief Executive Officer, Upcycled Food Association
28 mins; February 20, 2020
Nsedu Witherspoon, Executive Director, Children’s Environmental Health Network
28 mins; February 13, 2020
Robert Martin, Director of the Food System Policy Program at Johns Hopkins University, Center for a Livable Future
28 mins; February 06, 2020
Kevin Walker, Ph.D., author of The Grand Food Bargain and the Mindless Drive for More.
28 mins; January 30, 2020
Andrew Scrivani, author of That Photo Makes Me Hungry: Photographing Food for Fun and Profit.
28 mins; January 23, 2020
Terry Spence, livestock farmer in northeast Missouri, and Executive Director of the Socially Responsible Agricultural Project.
28 mins; January 16, 2020
Laurel Schaider, Ph.D., Research Scientist at the Silent Spring Institute discusses PFAS.
28 mins; January 09, 2020
James Greenblatt, M.D., author of “Integrative Medicine for Binge Eating.”
28 mins; January 02, 2020
Mary Donkersloot, R.D., host of Mary’s Smart Eating Show.
27 mins; December 26, 2019
Jill Kanaley, Ph.D., Exercise Physiologist, University of Missouri, discusses the effects of exercise timing on blood sugar and body weight..
28 mins; December 19, 2019
Bettina Elias Siegel, author of Kid Food: The Challenge of Feeding Children in a Highly Processed World.
28 mins; December 12, 2019
Bob Quinn, Ph.D., award winning organic farmer based in Montana, and co-author of Grain by Grain: A Quest to Revive Ancient Wheat, Rural Jobs, and Healthy Food.
28 mins; December 05, 2019
Part II, Mark Winne, Senior Advisor, Center for a Livable Future and author of Food Town USA: Seven unlikely cities that are changing the way we eat.
28 mins; November 28, 2019
Mark Winne, Senior Advisor, Center for a Livable Future and author of Food Town USA: Seven unlikely cities that are changing the way we eat.
28 mins; November 21, 2019
Cheryl Watson, Ph.D., discusses endocrine disruptors.
28 mins; November 14, 2019
Linley Dixon, Ph.D., plant pathologist, farmer and Associate Director of the Real Organic Project.
28 mins; November 07, 2019
Lena Brook, Director of Food Campaigns, Natural Resources Defense Council, discusses antibiotic resistance.
28 mins; October 31, 2019
Sister Simone Campbell discusses the three virtues for the 21st century as they apply to food, health and democracy.
28 mins; October 24, 2019
Lori Taylor, M.S., R.D. discusses “keto” diets and intermittent fasting.
28 mins; October 17, 2019
Susan Futrell, author of Good Apples: Behind Every Bite, discusses apple history and production.
28 mins; October 10, 2019
Elizabeth Andress, Ph.D., food safety specialist with Georgia Cooperative Extension, and Director of the National Center for Home Food Preservation discusses safe food preservation methods.
28 mins; October 03, 2019
Donna Marie Lisenby, President, Riverfox Environmental , coal industry investigation.
28 mins; September 26, 2019
John B. Atwater, Ph.D., Senior Director of Verification Programs for U.S. Pharmacopeia.
28 mins; September 19, 2019
Michael Lewis, M.D., MPH, President and founder of the Brain Health Education and Research Institute.
28 mins; September 12, 2019
Urvashi Rangan, Ph.D., chief science advisor for GRACE Communications Foundation.
28 mins; September 05, 2019
Steve Ellis, commercial beekeeper and national advocate for curbing the use of dangerous neonicotinoid pesticides.
28 mins; August 29, 2019
Leah Penniman, Founding Co-Director of Soul Fire Farm and author of Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land.
28 mins; August 22, 2019
: Tamara Duker Freuman, Registered Dietitian and author of The Bloated Belly Whisperer.
28 mins; August 15, 2019
Steven Apfelbaum, author of “S” is for Soils! discusses soil life and health.
28 mins; August 08, 2019
John Ikerd, Ph.D., professor emeritus of agricultural economics, University of Missouri, Columbia, discusses the impact and unintended consequences of industrial agriculture.
28 mins; August 01, 2019
Gabriel Scarlett, 73rd college photographer of the year on immigration, environmental racism, and uranium mining’s impact on water quality on the Navajo Nation.
28 mins; July 25, 2019
Rebecca de Souza, author of Feeding the Other: Whiteness, Privilege, and Neoliberal Stigma in Food Pantries.
28 mins; July 18, 2019
Jon Steinman, author of Grocery Story: The Promise of Food Co-ops in the Age of Grocery Giants describes the benefits of cooperative grocery stores.
28 mins; July 11, 2019
Katherine Pryor, children’s book author describes her latest story, Bea’s Bees.
28 mins; July 04, 2019
Joanne Slavin, Ph.D., R.D., fiber expert and professor of nutrition at the University of Minnesota-St. Paul describes the health benefits of dietary fiber.
28 mins; June 27, 2019
Aarti Batavia, Registered dietitian, discusses dietary and lifestyle strategies to reduce risk for Alzheimer’s Disease and reverse cognitive decline.
28 mins; June 20, 2019
Erin Jordan, Investigative journalist at The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA) describes threats to water quality following spring storms and hog manure spills.
28 mins; June 13, 2019
Matt Wechsler, producer of the film, “Right to Harm” explores the devastating impact of confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) across the U.S.
28 mins; June 06, 2019
Mike Callicrate independent cattle producer describes the consequences of industrial meat production practices and loss of consumer choice.
28 mins; May 30, 2019
Jeff Jones, 4th generation family farmer and president of Friends of Responsible Agriculture, describes his fight against the expansion of a 10,000 hog CAFO, and the effects on his rural community.
28 mins; May 23, 2019
Barbara Storper, dietitian, describes her use of live theater to teach children healthy eating habits.
28 mins; May 16, 2019
Linda Booker, producer of the documentary film, “Straws,” helps us rethink single-use plastics.
28 mins; May 09, 2019
Matt Willey, artist, explains why and how he is painting 50,000 bees on murals across the world.
28 mins; May 02, 2019
Brenda Davis, dietitian and author of “The Kick Diabetes Cookbook” describes how high fiber plant foods can help reverse type 2 diabetes.
28 mins; April 25, 2019
Patty Lovera, Assistant Director of Food & Water Watch, defines and discuss biotechnology applications in food and agriculture and the new “bioengineered” food labels.
28 mins; April 18, 2019
Gary Paul Nabhan, Ph.D., the “father” of the local food and heirloom seed saving movements discusses his new book, “Food from the Radical Center: Healing Our Land and Communities.
28 mins; April 11, 2019
Northeast Arkansas Beekeeper, Richard Coy, describes how the use of the herbicide Dicamba is killing the plants his bees need to survive.
28 mins; April 04, 2019
Formerly incarcerated Anthony Travis describes his life changing experience participating in Catherine Sneed’s Horticulture Project at the San Francisco County Jail.
28 mins; March 28, 2019
Shelly McGuire, Ph.D., discusses the “human milk microbiome,” – and the miraculous relationship between a lactating mother and her baby.
28 mins; March 21, 2019
Tod Cooperman, M.D., President of Consumerlab.com discusses the safety and effectiveness of popular supplements: CBD oil, bone broth, and apple cider vinegar.
28 mins; March 14, 2019
Jay Feldman Executive Director and co-founder of Beyond Pesticides, discusses the merits of organic food and farming, harms from pesticide use, and the 2019 Pesticide Forum in NYC.
28 mins; March 07, 2019
Teresa Martin, Registered Dietitian, talks about her top ten tips for gut health. (Part 2 of 2).
28 mins; February 28, 2019
Teresa Martin, Registered Dietitian, describes the role of the gut microbiota and how we can eat to promote a healthy gut.
28 mins; February 21, 2019
Dietitian Judy Simon describes how diet and lifestyle influence fertility.
28 mins; February 07, 2019
Registered Dietitian and fertility and reproductive nutrition expert, Judy Simon, reviews tips for men and women to improve fertility.
28 mins; January 31, 2019
Jeannine Guttman, journalist, describes her investigation into racism and abuse of undocumented immigrant labor in Vermont’s iconic dairy industry.
28 mins; January 24, 2019
Iris Figueroa, staff attorney for Farmworker Justice, describes immigrant farm labor statistics and health challenges.
28 mins; January 17, 2019
Registered dietitian, Rebecca Scritchfield, discusses “Body Kindness” and the pitfalls of dieting.
28 mins; January 10, 2019
Dietitian Karen Collins reviews diet research to reduce cancer risk.
28 mins; January 03, 2019
Jennifer Jay, Ph.D., environmental engineer, describes how to reduce our carbon footprint and meet Paris Climate Accord targets through changes in our dietary habits.
28 mins; December 27, 2018
Andrea Lieberstein discusses mindfulness-based eating, and how to find and fill the voids in our lives…without food.
28 mins; December 20, 2018
Steven Apfelbaum, Fellow of the Ecological Society of America, Founder and Chairman of Applied Ecological Services, describes the value of ecological services, biodiversity, and emulating nature in regenerative land practices to mitigate climate change.
28 mins; December 13, 2018
Steve Smith, Director of Agriculture for Red Gold Tomatoes, and Chairman of the Save Our Crops Coalition describes the risks of using the herbicide, dicamba.
28 mins; December 06, 2018
Dr. Kris Nichols, Soil Microbiologist connects quality soil to nutrient-dense food, public health and vibrant communities.
28 mins; November 29, 2018
Mataka Askari describes the living conditions and food quality during his 23 years of incarceration.
28 mins; November 22, 2018
Annelise Orleck, Ph.D., author of “We Are All Fast-Food Workers Now: The Global Uprising Against Poverty Wages” exposes exploitive labor conditions in retail, food, and agriculture industries, and shares the power of organizing for justice.
28 mins; November 15, 2018
Deirdre Schlunegger, Chief Executive Officer of Stop Food-borne Illness, explains how food-borne illness can be more than a simple “tummy ache.”
28 mins; November 08, 2018
Niaz Dorry, Coordinating Director of the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance, and Executive Director of the National Family Farm Coalition shares highlights from her “America the Bountiful” tour.
28 mins; November 01, 2018
Sheela Sathyanarayana, M.D., MPH, co-author of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ new policy statement on “Food Additives and Child Health.”
28 mins; October 25, 2018
Karuna Jaggar, Executive Director of Breast Cancer Action exposes hypocritical “pink ribbon” campaigns.
28 mins; October 18, 2018
Joshua Sbicca, author of Food Justice Now!: Deepening the Roots of Social Struggle,” discusses exploitation in our food system and strategies for change.
28 mins; October 11, 2018
Rick Dove, Photojournalist and Senior Advisor to the Waterkeeper Alliance, describes the environmental and public health impact of hurricanes on Eastern North Carolina including fish kills, coal ash spills, and manure spills from industrial hog and poultry operations.
28 mins; October 04, 2018
Author, Andrea Curtis, discusses her book, “Eat This! How Fast-Food Marketing Gets You to Buy Junk (and how to fight back).”
28 mins; September 27, 2018
Larry Olmsted, author of “Real Food, Fake Food: Why You Don’t Know What You’re Eating & What You Can Do About It,” describes food fraud, and how to find “real” food in the marketplace.
28 mins; September 20, 2018
Elizabeth Strickland, MS, RD, author of “Eating for Autism” discusses the role of food and nutrition in the care of children with autism and ADHD.
28 mins; September 13, 2018
Lynn Waltz, author of “Hog Wild: The Battle for Workers’ Rights at the World’s Largest Slaughterhouse” explains the high price of cheap meat and the benefits of unionized labor to reduce slaughterhouse injuries.
28 mins; September 06, 2018
Brise Tencer, Executive Director of the Organic Farming Research Foundation explains the benefits of organic food and farming.
28 mins; August 30, 2018
Robert Beelman, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Plant and Mushroom Foods for Health, at Pennsylvania State University, discusses the nutritional and medicinal properties of mushrooms.
28 mins; August 23, 2018
Oxfam’s Irit Tamir, J.D., discusses human suffering, poverty and injustice in supermarket supply chains and how to increase transparency and ethical sourcing.
28 mins; August 16, 2018
Laura Titzer, author of “No Table Too Small: Engaging in the Art and Attitude of Social Change” describes food justice, activism, and keys to social change.
28 mins; August 09, 2018
Dennis Olson, United Food and Commercial Workers Union discusses the power of labor unions in protecting working health and safety; collective action to shift markets towards sustainability; and, fair food labels.
28 mins; August 02, 2018
William G. Stowe, CEO and General Manager of the Des Moines Water Works describes the impact of industrial agriculture on water, rural economies and public health.
28 mins; July 26, 2018