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Dietitian Melinda Hemmelgarn helps listeners “think beyond their plates,” connect the dots between food, health and agriculture, and find food truth.
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Will Harris, White Oak Pastures. (opens the original)
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Did you know that Will Harris’ White Oak Pastures regenerative farm provides 170 jobs to people in his community? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Will Harris, fourth generation cattleman at White Oak Pastures, and worldwide leader in humane animal husbandry and environmental sustainability . Harris discusses “regenerative” vertical farming, a farm’s potential to be a rural economic engine (as opposed to data centers), trends in b
Fred Plotkin, discusses Italian food culture and Slow Food (opens the original)
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Did you know that Slow Food is a global movement dedicated to promoting good, clean, and fair food for everyone? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Fred Plotkin, MS, author and expert on Italian food culture. Plotkin discusses his relationship with Carlo Petrini, father of the Slow Food movement, Italian culinary history, food culture, and his philosophy on eating and living as a “pleasure activist.” Related Websites: https://www.sl
Susan Kaplan, JD, author of A Healthy Union: How States Can Lead on Environmental Health (opens the original)
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Did you know that as national environmental agencies and regulations are whittled away, states may hold the key to protect public health? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Susan Kaplan, JD , Research Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago, and author of A Healthy Union: How States Can Lead on Environmental Health . Kaplan provides case studies of bi-partisan action where communities and states took the lead on pr
Ari Bargil, senior attorney with the Institute for Justice discusses “Right to Garden” laws. (opens the original)
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Did you know that some local governments make it illegal to have vegetable gardens or greenhouses on residential properties? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Ari Bargil, senior attorney with the Institute for Justice where he leads the Zoning Justice Project , and spearheaded Florida’s and Illinois’ passage of the Right to Garden Act —a reform that makes it unlawful for local governments to ban residential vegetable gardens. Relat
Amanda Maria Edmonds, MS, University of Michigan, discusses the cyclospora outbreak. (opens the original)
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Did you know that Michigan is “ground zero” for the cyclospora outbreak affecting multiple states in the U.S.? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Amanda Maria Edmonds, MS, sustainable food systems consultant and faculty member in the University of Michigan’s Program in the Environment. Edmonds discusses food system resilience in light of our industrial food system’s push for “efficiency” and resulting vulnerability. Edmonds invites
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