Food Sleuth Radio

Guest Colleen Webb, M.S., R.D., Weill Cornell Medical Center, speaks about her work with gastro-intestinal disorders irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease, and how to promote gut healthColleen Webb Nutrition

Guest Jessica Almy, M.S., J.D., Deputy Director of Nutrition Policy, Center for Science in the Public Interest, discusses Rigged: Supermarket Shelves for Sale, a behind-the-scenes expose of how food companies get their products featured in particular locations in supermarketsSupermarket Shelves for Sale

Guest Brenda Davy, Ph.D., R.D., Nutrition Professor and researcher at Virginia Tech, talks about the under-appreciated role of water in health promotion, disease prevention, brain function, and surprising role in weight control, especially among middle-aged and older populations. Find out how much water we need and why, plus challenges to water quality Brenda Davy

Guest Sriram Madhusoodanan, Director of Corporate Accountability Internationals Value[the]Meal Campaign, describes Corporate Accountabilitys successful efforts to expose and challenge Nestles infant formula promotion, tobacco advertising, and McDonalds fast food marketing targeted at childrenCorporate Accountability International

Guest Bettina Siegel, J.D., School food activist, named one of the 20 Most Influential Moms and author of The Lunch Tray blog, describes her work to improve school lunch, and national policies affecting childrens food, including the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids ActThe Lunch Tray

Guest David Andrews, Ph.D., Senior Scientist at the Environmental Working Group discusses his recent reports on water contamination with the carcinogenic chemicals, Chromium-6, and PFOA. The latter is the chemical formerly used in the manufacturing of Teflon.EWGEnviroBlog

Guest Paul Winchester, M.D., Medical Director of the Neonatal and Intensive Care Unit at St. Francis Hospital, and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Riley Childrens Hospital in Indianapolis, IN, discusses his research on pesticide-related birth defects and premature births.PDFPaul D. Winchester, M.D.

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

Guest Naomi Oreskes, Ph.D., co-author of Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming describes PR strategies for muddying scientific dataMerchants of Doubt

Guest Josh Golin, Executive Director, Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood, discusses how marketers target children at home and school, and the challenges parents face raising healthy children in a screen culture.Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood

Guest Zen Honeycutt, Founder and Director of Moms Across America describes her organizations mission to protect childrens health, raise awareness about GMOs and related environmental toxins, and empower moms to create healthy communitiesMoms Across America

Guest Carrie Balkcom, Executive Director for the American Grassfed Association, and Certified Executive Chef, based in Denver, Colorado, defines grassfed standards, and describes how consumers can navigate meat labels in the marketplaceAmerican Grassfed Association

Guest Will Harris, 4th generation cattleman, describes his philosophy on raising livestock humanely, in cooperation with nature, on White Oak Pastures, Bluffton, GeorgiaWhite Oak Pastures

Guest Percy Schmeiser, canola farmer from Saskatchewan, Canada, describes his legal battle with Monsanto following the contamination of his land with genetically engineered (GMO) seedsPercy Schmeiser vs Monsanto

Guest Keeve Nachman, Ph.D., Director of the Center for a Livable Futures Food Production and Public Health Program at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses his research on the effects of industrial agriculture on rural community health, with a focus on arsenic and antibioticsFood Production and Public Health Program

Guest Peter Menzel, award-winning photojournalist and co-author with Faith DAlusio of Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects, and What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets, describes global consumption, entomophagy, and the images that put a face on food, health and agriculture.Hungry Planet

Guest Anthony Flaccavento, organic farmer, founder of Appalachian Sustainable Development, national thought-leader on sustainability, and author of Building a Healthy Economy from the Bottom Up: Harnessing Real-World Experience for Transformative Change, describes a road map for achieving ecologically healthy economiesBottom Up Economy

Guest George Leventhal, immediate past president of the Montgomery County Council (Maryland), describes the challenges and ultimate success in banning county-wide use of cosmetic pesticides in public and private spacesLandmark Law: The Case for Local Action

Guest Jane Grover, DDS, Director of the Council on Access, Prevention and Interprofessional Relations for the American Dental Association discusses solutions to Americas dental care crisisMouth Healthy

Guest Ken Roseboro, editor and publisher of The Organic and Non-GMO Report, describes the steady growth in consumer demand for organic and non-GMO foods, areas of confusion, and GMO labelingThe Organic & Non-GMO Report

Guest Kristin Schafer, co-author of Kids on the Frontline: How Pesticides are Undermining the Health of Rural Children, describes the risks rural children face in agricultural communities across the U.S.Pesticide Action Network (PAN) North America

Guest Garrett Broad, Ph.D., author, More Than Just Food: Food Justice and Community Change, describes the power of media and storytelling in promoting food justice, and the role food programs played in the Black Panther Partys strength.Garrett M. Broad

Guest Tao Orion, author of Beyond the War on Invasive Species: A Permaculture Approach to Ecosystem Restoration helps us rethink invasive species, describes holistic land management, and explores our concept of wilderness.Resilience Permaculture

Guest Laura Lengnick, Ph.D., soil scientist and author of Resilient Agriculture: Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate, discusses the Paris climate talks, and necessary shifts in agriculture and policies to set the table of tomorrow. Part IIRegeneration International

Guest Laura Lengnick, Ph.D., soil scientist and author of Resilient Agriculture: Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate, explains resilience and challenges of climate change relating to food and farming. Part IClimate Listening Project

Guest Carey Gillam, research director at U.S. Right to Know, and former senior correspondent and investigative reporter for Reuters, describes her experiences covering the food and biotech industries, regulatory agencies and conflicts of interestsUS-RTK

Guest Tod Cooperman, M.D. President and Founder of Consumerlab.com, describes risks and benefits of some of the most popular dietary supplements, plus cocoa powder and dark chocolateConsumerlab

Guest Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder, The Nature Principle, and most recently, Vitamin N: 500 Ways to Enrich Your Familys Health & Happiness, explains why its critical to create a nature-rich life; and describes childrens human rights to the natural worldRichard Louv

Guest Charles Benbrook, Ph.D., agricultural economist, describes the nutritional benefits of organic food. Part IIOrganic vs non-organic food

Guest Charles Benbrook, Ph.D., agricultural economist and member of the USDAs AC 21 biotechnology Agricultural Committee, describes safety, environmental impacts and public health consequences of genetically engineered crops and their related herbicidesGlyphosate-based herbicides

Guest Liz Carlisle, Ph.D., author of Lentil Underground: Renegade Farmers and the Future of Food in America, and Fellow at the Center for Diversified Farming Systems at U.C. Berkeley, describes the power of cooperative rural communities in creating sustainable food systemsLentil Underground

Guest Lisa McDowell, M.S., R.D., Director of Clinical Nutrition and Wellness at St. Joseph Mercy Health System in Ann Arbor, MI, and team dietitian for the Detroit Red Wings, Olympic, collegiate and other pro-athletes, talks about sports and clinical nutritionPriority Health Wellness Blog

Guest Bill Marler, foodborne illness lawyer and expert in food safety, discusses ways to prevent national foodborne illness outbreaks in general, the Chipotle incident in particular, and the six risky foods he never eatsMarler Blog

Guest Kathleen Delate, Ph.D., professor of horticulture at IA State University describes her research on the benefits of organic farming systemsIowa State UniversityOrganic Agriculture Program

Guest Reed Mangels, Ph.D., R.D. Nutrition advisor for the Vegetarian Resource Group, and nutrition professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, discusses vegetarian diets.The Vegetarian Resource Group

Guest Amanda Hitt, Director of the Government Accountability Project Food Integrity Campaign, describes the role food industry whistleblowers play in stopping abuses to animals, people and the environment.Food Integrity Campaign

Guest Doug Crabtree, M.S., organic heirloom grain and pulse (legumes, lentils, beans, peas) farmer, explains his conservation-based land ethic for sustainable food production, and farm policies he would change to create greater national food security. The United Nations declared 2016 the international year of pulses.International Year of Pulses

Guest Colette Cosner, former Executive Director of the Domestic Fair Trade Association, explains how free trade agreements impact farm workers and immigration, and how we can be more educated citizen eaters.Domestic Fair Trade

Guest Jim Goodman, organic dairy farmer, member of Family Farm Defenders, and the Organic Consumers Association defines food security, food sovereignty, and discusses how the Trans Pacific Trade Partnership benefits global corporations, not family farmers.Trans Pacific Partnership Protest

Guest Dave Seddon, Registered Dietitian, Board President and CEO of the Maine Farm and Sea Cooperative, Americas first farm-institution food service cooperative. Seddon explains the social, economic and public health benefits of cooperative, regional food production and procurement. Maine Farm and Sea Cooperative

Guest Gail Hansen, DVM, MPH, discusses the increasing risk of antibiotic-resistant infections resulting from rising rates of misuse and abuse of antibiotics in animal agriculture on a global scale.Keep Antibiotics Working