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Nancy Alderman, MES, founder and president of Environment and Human Health, Inc.
Did you know that bottle bills have the potential to reduce the waste stream significantly, yet only nine states have beverage container deposit programs in place? Joi...
Ben Halpern, Ph.D., lead author of “The Environmental Footprint of Global Food Production.”
Did you know that global food production puts enormous environmental pressure on our planet? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, ...
Christopher Hobbs, Ph.D., author of Christopher Hobbs’s Medicinal Mushrooms: The Essential Guide: Boost Immunity, Improve Memory, Fight Cancer, Stop Infection, and Expand Your Consciousness
Did you know that mushrooms are more closely related to animals than plants? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her intervie...
Gail Myers, Ph.D,, creator and director of the multimedia documentary film project, Rhythms of the Land: A Love Story of Land and Family
Did you know that Black farmers faced grave injustices, racist policies and land loss while attempting to feed their families and communities? Join Food Sleuth Radio h...
Tod Cooperman, MD, President, Founder, and Editor-in-Chief at ConsumerLab.com.
Did you know that many chocolate products contain unsafe levels of cadmium and lead? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her ...
Lena Brook, M.S., Director, Food Campaigns, Healthy People & Thriving Communities Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Did you know that organic agriculture is a key to mitigating climate change, building strong rural economies and supporting public health? Join Food Sleuth Radio host ...
Nigel Brockton, Ph.D., Director of Research at The American Institute for Cancer Research.
Did you know that alcohol consumption increases our risk for cancer? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with N...
Thomas Galligan, Ph.D., Principal Scientist for Food Additives and Supplements at the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Did you know that many food additives allowed in the U.S. have been banned in the EU? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for he...
Alison Cohen, Advocate and Coordinator of the National Right to Food Community of Practice.
Did you know that food is a key intersectional point for health, labor, human rights, agriculture, environment, and climate change? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Reg...
Jill Nussinow, M.S., R.D., a.k.a. “The Veggie Queen,” culinary educator and author.
Did you know that fiber-rich, plant-based diets are key to wellness? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with J...
Matt Simon, author of A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies.
Did you know that microplastics have infested every corner of Earth, from the highest mountains to the deepest seas? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietiti...
Theresa Stahl, R.D., Registered Dietitian certified in mind body medicine, and author of I’m Full: Remindful Eating Tips to Feel Great and Make Peace with Your Plate.
Did you know that the most popular New Year’s resolutions include losing weight and exercising more? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemm...
Teofilo Reyes, Ph.D., Restaurant Workers Bill of Rights
Did you know that restaurant workers have united to correct unfair labor practices in the workplace? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemm...
Martin Bourque, Executive Director, the Ecology Center, Berkeley, CA https://ecologycenter.org/ discusses the myths of plastic recycling.
Did you know that most plastic packaging is not recyclable? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Martin Bou...
Jill Lindsey Harrison, Ph.D., author of Pesticide Drift and the Pursuit of Environmental Justice
Did you know that pesticide drift is a widespread, largely invisible problem that disproportionately harms racially marginalized, Indigenous, and working-class communi...
Mark Winne, community food activist, writer, and Senior Advisor to the Food Policy Networks Project at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
Did you know that all the feeding assistance programs in the world won’t solve the root cause of hunger, which is poverty? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered D...
Adam Alexander, author of The Seed Detective: Uncovering the secret histories of remarkable vegetables.
Did you know that home gardeners have a critical role in helping to conserve the biodiversity of crops, which is crucial in combatting climate change? Join Food Sleuth...
Andrianna Natsoulas, Campaign Director, Don’t Cage Our Oceans
Did you know that large-scale off-shore marine finfish aquaculture operations pose a risk to our ocean commons? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, M...
Aaron Johnson, Program Manager for Challenging Corporate Power at Rural Advancement Foundational International – USA (RAFI-USA.)
Did you know that most poultry sold in supermarkets is produced by an unjust “tournament system” that pits farmer against farmer? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Regis...
Lauren Swann, MS, RD, food labeling expert
Did you know that most food labels are tightly regulated by FDA? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Laure...
Taylor Brorby, essayist, poet, environmentalist, and author of Boys and Oil: Growing up Gay in a Fractured Land.
Did you know that fracking, and other methods of fossil fuel extraction and production puts farm land, water quality and public health at risk? Join Food Sleuth Radio ...
Manny Teodoro, Ph.D., lead author of The Profits of Distrust: Citizen-Consumers, Drinking Water, and the Crisis of Confidence in American Government.
Did you know that bottled water purchases can predict political involvement? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her intervie...
Ramon Velazquez, Ph.D., researcher at the Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center at Arizona State University, discusses brain health and the herbicide glyphosate’s ability to increase neuroinflammatory compounds.
Did you know that the herbicide glyphosate can cross the blood-brain barrier, resulting in an increase of neuro-inflammation? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registere...
Bart Elmore, Ph.D., environmental historian at the Ohio State University and author of Seed Money: Monsanto’s Past and Our Food Future.
Did you know that Monsanto knew PCBs were harmful to public health, but continued to profit from their sale? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Meli...
Jenn Wheeling, holistic rancher, regenerative farmer
Did you know that pasture-based animal agriculture differs vastly from industrial feedlots? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, f...
Barry Boyd, MD, MS, integrative oncologist
Did you know that insulin resistance increases risk for chronic diseases? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview w...
Joshua David Stein, author of “Lunch from Home.”
Did you know that children who bring non-traditional foods in their lunch boxes can face bullying at school? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Meli...
Joshua Sbicca, Ph.D., Director of the Prison Agriculture Lab at Colorado State University
Did you know that over 600 U.S. prisons include agricultural activities of some kind? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her...
Sarah King, M.S., Head of Greenpeace Canada's Oceans and Plastics campaign.
Did you know that the United Nations has declared plastic pollution a global crisis? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her...
Danielle Dreilinger, author of The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live
Did you know that early home economists were advocates for justice and revolutionary scientists? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelga...