Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg (by Food Tank) 535. Funding for Biodiversity Falls Short, Influential Glyphosate Study Retracted, and a Conversation with Marion Nestle on What to Eat Now
Dec 18, 2025
Marion Nestle, a renowned nutrition expert and author of 'What to Eat Now,' shares insights on navigating the modern food landscape. She discusses the implications of ultra-processed foods and the challenges of dynamic pricing in grocery stores. Marion also critiques supermarket strategies that undermine healthy choices and emphasizes the importance of transparency in food labeling. Additionally, she highlights the urgent need for better funding in school food programs and advocates for eating minimally processed foods to foster healthier habits.
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Biodiversity Must Be Central To Farming
- The World Bank finds agriculture both depends on and threatens biodiversity and urges embedding biodiversity into agricultural policies.
- Restoring 20–25% natural habitat boosts ecosystem services while under 10% risks collapse of services farms need.
Global Biodiversity Funding Falls Short
- Funding for the 30 by 30 biodiversity target has grown but still faces a multi-billion-dollar shortfall globally.
- The report highlights regional imbalances, with Africa receiving nearly half of funding and small island states severely underfunded.
Key Glyphosate Safety Paper Retracted
- A 2000 paper claiming glyphosate safety was retracted for relying on unpublished Monsanto studies and possible ghostwriting.
- That paper heavily influenced regulators, and its retraction raises questions about decades of regulatory decisions.