Food Sleuth Radio

Guest Robert Schooler, Cornell University student who questioned the Alliance for Science - pro-biotechnology rhetoric, and began a speaker series presenting an agro-ecological perspective on the impact of genetic engineering on food and farmingGMO WTF?

Guest Alan Guebert, award-winning agricultural journalist, author of the nationally syndicated weekly column, The Farm and Food File, and co-author of The Land of Milk and Uncle Honey: Memories from the Farm of My Youth, shares his insights on the impacts of U.S. farm and food policies The Land of Milk and Uncle Honey

Guest Genna Reed, M.A., science and policy analyst in the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists, discusses her new report: Hooked for Life: How Weak Policies on Added Sugars Are Putting a Generation of Children at Risk.Union of Concerned Scientists

Guest Grace Gershuny, organic farmer and author of Organic Revolutionary: A Memoir of the Movement for Real Food, Planetary Healing and Human Liberation, describes her work with USDA developing organic policy, and explains how organic certification helps farmers, consumers and our planetOrganic Revolutionary

Guest Tyrone Hayes, Ph.D., biologist and professor of integrative biology at the University of California Berkeley, discusses his research on the hazards of Atrazine, an endocrine disrupting herbicide produced by Syngenta, and industrys resulting backlashBeyond Pesticides 

Guest Lori Taylor, M.A., M.S., R.D., nutritionist, explores the science questioning the safety of genetically engineered foods and who benefits from the technologyLori Taylor

Guest Susan Swithers, Ph.D., professor of psychological sciences and behavioral neuroscientist at Purdue University discusses her research on the surprising effects of sweeteners on body weight and blood sugar, and financial conflict of interest in the food industryThe Center for Public Integrity

Guest Caitlin Shetterly, author of Modified: GMOs and the Threat to Our Food, Our Land, Our Future, describes her investigation into genetically engineered corn, her personal illness and recoveryCaitlin Shetterly

Guest David Vetter, award-winning organic farmer, Grain Place Foods, Marquette, NE, discusses his philosophy, practices, challenges, and future of farming sustainably.Dreaming of a Vetter World

Guest Sheldon Krimsky, Ph.D., professor of urban and environmental policy and planning at Tufts University and co-editor of The GMO Deception: What You Need to Know about the Food, Corporations, and Government Agencies Putting Our Families and Our Environment at Risk, helps us rethink messages about the research and safety of genetically engineered foods.GMO Deception