Food Sleuth Radio

Did you know that our Environmental Protection Agency is changing science due to corporate capture? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Maria Doa, PhD, Senior Director of Chemicals Policy at the Environmental Defense Fund, and author of “Disease by a Thousand Cuts: How a daily barrage of chemicals in our food makes us more likely to get sick over time.” Doa spent 30 years at the U.S. EPA and describes changes in the agency during the current Trump administration, including the dismantling of scientific programs. She also discusses the roles of the EPA and FDA re how chemicals are assessed for safety.
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Related Websites:   EPA’s Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act: https://www.epa.gov/epcra

Did you know that there are many more species of fish living in our oceans than are available to consumers in the marketplace? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Niaz Dorry, Coordinating Director for the North American Marine Alliance.  Dorry discusses the benefits of “calculated inefficiencies” in our food system, the importance of scale, and the impacts of climate change on seafood sustainability. (Part 2 of 2))
 
 Related Websites:   https://www.namanet.org/

Did you know that land farmers and fishermen and women face similar challenges resulting from corporate concentration in our food system? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Niaz Dorry, Coordinating Director for the North American Marine Alliance. She’ll discuss “bluewashing,” and how to find truly sustainable seafood in the marketplace through localcatch.org and their sustainable seafood guide.
 
Related Websites:   https://www.namanet.org/

Did you know that pesticides can drift for miles from where they were applied on agricultural fields, lawns and golf courses? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Kim Erndt-Pitcher, MS, Director of Ecological Health at Prairie Rivers Network. Erndt-Pitcher discusses the widespread ecological damage from pesticide drift/ chemical trespass and reviews the Prairie Rivers Network’s recent reports and webinar titled: Pesticide Drift in Public Spaces. PRN’s research shows there are wide ecosystem impacts from chronic pesticide drift exposure on bird and insect populations, air quality and public health, reduced nutritional quality of fruit and nuts, and the economic and emotional toll of lost trees, crops and plants.

Related Websites:   https://prairierivers.org/

Did you know that Will Harris’ White Oak Pastures regenerative farm provides 170 jobs to people in his community? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Will Harris, fourth generation cattleman at White Oak Pastures, and worldwide leader in humane animal husbandry and environmental sustainability. Harris discusses “regenerative” vertical farming, a farm’s potential to be a rural economic engine (as opposed to data centers), trends in beef imports over time, corporate consolidation, and his meeting with President Trump.

Related Websites:   www.whiteoakpastures.com