Food Sleuth Radio

Guest Nicolette Hahn Niman, author, Defending Beef: The Case for Sustainable Meat Production, describes her manifesto of an environmental lawyer and vegetarian turned cattle rancher.Nicolette Hahn Niman

Guest Stacia Clinton, R.D., Regional Direcctor, Health Care Without Harm Healthy Food in Health Care Program, and Chair of the Clinician Champions in Comprehensive Antibiotic Stewardship, explains the high cost of antibiotic resistance, and how hospital infections can be traced to farming practicesHealthy Food in Health Care

Guest Dana Gunders, Staff Scientist, National Resources Defense Council and author of the Waste Free Kitchen Handbook, discusses how to reduce food waste, plus recpe ideas for leftoversWaste Free Kitchen Handbook

Guest David Mortensen, Ph.D., Professor of Weed Ecology, Penn State U., explains unintended consequences of GMO crops engineered to resist herbicides, how weeds develop herbicide resistance, and alternatives to herbicidesNatural Resources Defense Council

Guest Richard Oswald, 5th generation family farmer, journalist (Progressive Farmer, Daily Yonder), President, Missouri Farmers' Union and director for Organization for Competitive Markets and Board member, National Farmers\\\' Union, discusses consolidation in farming and agricultural legislation affecting U.S. food securityOrganization for Competitive Markets

Guest Nancy Zucker, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Eating Disorders, Duke University Medical Center, discusses her research on picky eaters, and explains what is typical, what is not and whyDuke Center for Eating Disorders

Guest Laura Batcha, CEO and Executive Director of the Organic Trade Association, defines organic, busts myths, and explains the unique benefits of organic farming and food productionOrganic Trade Association

Guest Routt Reigart, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina, co-editor of the 6th Edition of the EPA Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings, and Father of the Childrens Environmental Health Movement, discusses the impact of pesticides on childrens healthRecognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings

Guest JoAnne Berkenkamp, M.S., Senior Advocate for the Natural Resources Defense Council, Food and Agriculture Program discusses food waste.NDRC

Guest Robert McChesney, Ph.D., Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and cofounder, Free Press, discusses media, money and politics as it influences food and farming choices. The need for media literacy has never been greaterRobert W. McChesney