Director Ricardo Salvador outlines a partnership with Food Policy Action and other groups that addresses the principal issues around US food policy. Their combined initiative is called Plate of the Union. The goal is to propose common sense reforms to current food policy directions that ultimately lead to few corporations harvesting vast profit at the expense of public health and environmental safety. “We’re determined – if you fix food you can fix other front line issues these candidates talk about.” [05:00]  

Why aren’t solar powered stoves being given a green light? This week on What Doesn’t Kill You, Katy Keiffer is joined by friend of the show and photojournalist Erik Hoffner. His articles and images appear in numerous publications, from Grist to National Geographic News Watch, OnEarth, The Sun, and The Guardian. His most recent Guardian piece explored the issue of developing cleaner cooking methods for the world’s poor, and the growing importance of of solar cooking to the effort. Tune in and find out why smoke from cooking issues is such an issue globally and what measures can be done to bring solar cooking to light. ** ** “The act of cooking is actually killing millions of people.” [05:00] “4.7 people die every year from smoke [from cooking fires].” [08:00] “Solar suffers from two problems – weather and nighttime.” [14:00]

In a blistering report on the state of the poultry industry, Oxfam USA noted the appalling conditions for poultry and workers alike. Today on _ What Doesn’t Kill You _, Katy Keiffer discuss the report and its impact on industry and consumers with  Oliver Gottfried, Senior Advocacy and Collaborations Advisor at Oxfam.  Oliver Gottfried is based in Boston, MA and serves as the Senior Advocacy and Collaborations Advisor for Oxfam America’s US Regional Office. Oliver has led Oxfam’s poultry work over the last two years and served as the organizer of the coalition of over a dozen groups working together on poultry worker issues. Prior to coming to Oxfam America, Oliver spent 14 years leading campaigning and advocacy work for political campaigns and labor unions across the United States. He holds an undergraduate degree from Haverford College.

Cider has the power to transform rural economies but only if people embrace drinking it and not settling for commercial hard cider made from concentrate from other parts of the world. Join Ian Merwin of Black Diamond Farm and Dan Wilson of Slyboro as they discuss the challenges of orchard work and returning Americans to their traditional beverage. “The blends are the art of cider making.” [14:00] – Dan Wilson “Mass market or 6 pack ciders are typically made from apple juice concentrate not from the juice of fresh apples.” [23:00] – Ian Merwin  

This week on _ What Doesn’t Kill You _, Katy Keiffer is talking Meat Matters by Chefs Collaborative with guests Butcher Adam Danforth, Chef Paul Ferhlibach, and Butcher and Larder Owner Rob Levitt.  With Meat Matters coming to Chicago on November 10, such events are collaborative, educational fundraisers organized by Member chefs to celebrate – and help create demand for – good, well-raised, and appropriate portions of meat (as well as protein-rich vegetables and grains). The goal of these events is to inspire fellow chefs and the general public to use their individual and collective buying power to ‘Change Menus. Change Lives.’ Specifically delving into the topics of raising and butchering older animals, the value of older animals on the plate, as well as the need to change the current system of growing animals for food and other meaty matters, this is a conversation not to be missed! “Goat is starting to change in its awareness as a popular ingredient. A lot of people think goat is going to be gamier than lamb or sheep but the reality is it’s a milder meat.” [4:30] –Adam Danforth on What Doesn’t Kill You “It would be great if we had a system where we could raise an old dairy cow and sell her for the meat instead of any fate she might find [currently].” [29:00] –Rob Levitt on What Doesn’t Kill You  

Former sheep farmer, John Wilkes has a unique perspective on how livestock should raised and is raised. Thanks to his work with the American Livestock Breed Conservancy, Wilkes has first hand knowledge of farming practices in the US and the UK. Who is going it at better? Find out this week on _ What Doesn’t Kill  You _ as Katy Keiffer is joined by John Wilkes for a spirited discussion. Fa

Katy Keiffer is joined by the legendary activist and writer Frances Moore Lappé on an inspiring episode of What Doesn’t Kill You. ** ** Frances More Lappé is the author or co-author of 18 books including the three-million copy Diet for a Small Planet. Frances was named by Gourmet Magazine as one of 25 people (including Thomas Jefferson, Upton Sinclair, and Julia Child), whose work has changed the way America eats. Her most recent work is World Hunger:10 Myths which she and co-author Joseph Collins co-wrote (October 2015, Grove/Atlantic). She is the cofounder of three organizations, including Oakland based think tank Food First and, more recently, the Small Planet Institute which she leads with her daughter Anna Lappé. Frances and her daughter have also cofounded the Small Planet Fund, which channels resources to democratic social movements worldwide. – See more at: http://smallplanet.org/about/frances/bio#sthash.VKZsX8pC.dpuf “Our whole book is about rethinking power down to its latin root meaning – which is ‘our capacity to act’.” [07:00] “If we don’t set the rules that are fair and democratic, then its set by highest return on existing wealth.” [16:00] “We have to stop complaining and join together in a movement like the movement that I was fortunate enough to experience in the 1960’s and 70’s. That movement is rising now and it’s a bipartisan movement.” [19:00] –Frances Moore Lappe on What Doesn’t Kill You  

This week on _ **What Doesn’t Kill You, ** _Dr. Urvashi Rangan from Consumer Reports discusses her recent report on the safety of ground beef in the US and looking beyond phasing out antibiotics in the meat industry. “It’s not sustainable to feed healthy animals antibiotics every day!” [18:00]  

Des Moines is suing upstream counties for agriculture pollution in municipal water. Is this the new paradigm? Find out on a brand new episode of What Doesn’t Kill You as Katy Keiffer is joined by friend of the show Tom Philpot to discuss, amongst other things, water quality, nitrogen, drainage and runoff. Tom is the food and agriculture reporter for Mother Jones. Prior to that he was at Grist for five years. His work on food politics has appeared in Newsweek, Gastronomica, and the Guardian.   “Farming is a high pressure business in that you’re caught between the input suppliers and the buyers who are very highly consolidated.” [28:00]  

The Other White Meat is dead. Just Mayo is.. not mayo? Tune in to a fascinating episode of What Doesn’t Kill You as host Katy Keiffer talks about labeling, slogans and other issues in food with  **Parke Wilde, ** Associate Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, USA. He has a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Cornell University. He is past chair of the Food Safety and Nutrition Section of the Agricultural and Applied Economics. Previously, he worked for the Community Nutrition Institute and for USDA’s Economic Research Service. Since 2004 he has run a highly respected blog, “U.S. Food Policy: a Public Interest Perspective.” “The inspector general’s goal is to make sure (checkoff) money isn’t being corruptly moved to a private bank account. The inspector general hasn’t asked questions (about sustainability and environment). Nobody is asking those questions.” [29:00] —  Parke Wilde on What Doesn’t Kill You