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Terry Fuller, farmer and chair, Arkansas Plant Board discusses dicamba crop damage, and vandalism.
Did you know that farmers plant dicamba-resistant crops is defense of neighbors’ use of this herbicide? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda H...
Gladis Zinati, Ph.D., Director of the Rodale Institute’s Vegetable Systems Trial
Did you know that soil health predicts plant health and nutritional quality? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her intervie...
Leah Douglas, staff writer and associate editor at the Food and Environment Reporting Network on COVID-19 at meatpacking plants and racism in the FFA.
Did you know that meat-packing plants have been centers for Covid-19 outbreaks? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her inter...
Benjamin Cohen, Ph.D., author of Pure Adulteration: Cheating on Nature in the Age of Manufactured Food.
Did you know that food manufacturing brought into question a food’s purity? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview...
Kendra Klein, Ph.D., Senior Scientist at Friends of the Earth.
Did you know that children are more vulnerable to the effects of pesticides in our food supply and that switching to an organic diet can significantly reduce their exp...
Keri Blakinger, formerly incarcerated staff writer for the Marshall Project.
Did you know that food served in jails and prisons does not promote mental and physical health? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgar...
Monica White, Ph.D. author of Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement.
Did you know that “urban agriculture” is not new? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Monica M. White, Ph....
Kate Mendenhall, Executive Director of the Organic Farmers Association
Did you know that organic farms provide beneficial ecological services to rural communities and the planet? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melin...
Leone Jose Bicchieri, Founder and Executive Director of Working Family Solidarity.
Did you know that workers in meat packing plants are at increased risk for Covid-19, and other work-related injuries due to increasing line speeds (such as 175 birds t...
Carmen Fernholz, organic grain farmer
Did you know it’s possible to “feed the world” without the use of harmful chemicals? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her ...
Darrie Ganzhorn, Executive Director, Homeless Garden Project, Santa Cruz, CA
Did you know a community garden and social support can help end homelessness? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her intervi...
Everett Murphy, M.D., discusses CAFOs, racism and Covid-19.
Did you know that factory farms (CAFOs), racism and Covid-19 are connected? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview...
Susan Carlson, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research at the U. of Kansas (KU) School of Health Professions, discusses DHA to reduce preterm birth.
Did you know that that the long-chain fatty acid, DHA, can significantly reduce preterm birth, and that African American women are more prone to preterm births? Join F...
Donna Battle Pierce, journalist, editor, food historian, and director of the nonprofit Skillet Project.
Did you know that African Americans were purposely left out of recorded history, resulting in lost wisdom and dignity? Join Food Sleuth Radio host, and registered diet...
Cindy Leung, ScD, MPH, nutritional epidemiologist whose research focuses on diet and health disparities in vulnerable populations.
Did you know that the stress and trauma from food insecurity puts children’s mental and physical health at risk? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian,...
Aly Cohen, M.D., co author of Non-Toxic: Guide to Living Healthy in a Chemical World. Part 2/2
Did you know that water is our most important nutrient, and it is often contaminated with a variety of common contaminants? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered ...
Aly Cohen, M.D., co author of Non-Toxic: Guide to Living Healthy in a Chemical World. Part 1/2
Did you know that environmental chemical exposures impact our immune system, inflammatory response, and risk for COVID-19? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered d...
Craig Willingham, MPH, Deputy Director of the City University of NY Urban Food Policy Institute.
Did you know that food is a driver of economic and community development? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview w...
Dina Falconi, herbalist and author of Foraging & Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook.
Did you know that wild plants offer a variety of nutritional, medicinal and ecosystem benefits? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgar...
Judy Juanita, MFA, former Black Panther
Did you know that women were the core of the Black Panther Party? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Judy...
Jackie Bowen, M.S., MPH, Executive Director of the Clean Label Project
Did you know that the foundation of food safety in America is primarily focused on pathogen and microbiological contaminants? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registere...
Lisa McDowell, Registered Dietitian speaks about nutrition, immunity and Covid-19.
Did you know that good nutrition is key to a strong immune system? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Lis...
Kim E. Richman, Founding Partner at Richman Law Group discusses litigation and deceptive food marketing
Did you know that litigation can help drive legislation? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Kim E. Richma...
Axel Fuentes, Executive Director, Rural Community Workers Alliance
Did you know that the Smithfield pork processing plant in Milan, Missouri processes 10,500 hogs per day? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda ...
Karen Ehrens, Registered Dietitian discusses her trip to the U.S./Mexican border.
Did you know that Article 14 of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights declares that “Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum ...
Don Schaffner, Ph.D., Rutgers University food safety specialist discusses food safety during the pandemic.
Did you know that there is no evidence to date that people can contract COVID-19 from food? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, ...
Sarah Reinhardt, MPH, RD, Lead Food Systems & Health Analyst, Food & Environment Program, Union of Concerned Scientists
Did you know that the U.S. Dietary Guidelines are updated every five years, but have thus far not taken sustainability into consideration? Join Food Sleuth Radio host ...
Megan Lott, MPH, RD, Deputy Director of Healthy Eating Research
Did you know that 40 million fellow Americans, or at least one in nine households experience food insecurity? (These numbers are before the impact of the Corona virus ...
Chris Smith founder and Executive Director of the Utopian Seed Project and author of The Whole Okra: A Seed to Stem Celebration.
Did you know that okra doesn’t have to be slimy? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Chris Smith, founder ...
Ann Bikle, M.S., biologist, co-author, The Hidden Half of Nature.
Did you know that microorganisms in the soil impact plant health, just as gut microorganisms impact human health? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian,...