Food Sleuth Radio
Episodes
Josh Golin Interview
08 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Josh Golin, Executive Director, Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood, discusses how marketers target children at home and school, and the ch...
Zen Honeycutt Interview
25 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Zen Honeycutt, Founder and Director of Moms Across America describes her organizations mission to protect childrens health, raise awareness abou...
Carrie Balkcom Interview
18 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Carrie Balkcom, Executive Director for the American Grassfed Association, and Certified Executive Chef, based in Denver, Colorado, defines grass...
Will Harris Interview
11 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Will Harris, 4th generation cattleman, describes his philosophy on raising livestock humanely, in cooperation with nature, on White Oak Pastures...
Percy Schmeiser Interview
04 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Percy Schmeiser, canola farmer from Saskatchewan, Canada, describes his legal battle with Monsanto following the contamination of his land with ...
Keeve Nachman Interview
28 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Keeve Nachman, Ph.D., Director of the Center for a Livable Futures Food Production and Public Health Program at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Scho...
Peter Menzel Interview
21 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Anthony Flaccavento Interview
14 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Anthony Flaccavento, organic farmer, founder of Appalachian Sustainable Development, national thought-leader on sustainability, and author of Bu...
George Leventhal Interview
07 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest George Leventhal, immediate past president of the Montgomery County Council (Maryland), describes the challenges and ultimate success in banning...
Jane Grover Interview
30 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Jane Grover, DDS, Director of the Council on Access, Prevention and Interprofessional Relations for the American Dental Association discusses so...
Ken Roseboro Interview
23 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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 foo...
Kristin Schafer Interview
16 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Kristin Schafer, co-author of Kids on the Frontline: How Pesticides are Undermining the Health of Rural Children, describes the risks rural chil...
Garrett Broad Interview
09 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Garrett Broad, Ph.D., author, More Than Just Food: Food Justice and Community Change, describes the power of media and storytelling in promoting...
Tao Orion Interview
02 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Tao Orion, author of Beyond the War on Invasive Species: A Permaculture Approach to Ecosystem Restoration helps us rethink invasive species, des...
Laura Lengnick Interview
26 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Laura Lengnick, Ph.D., soil scientist and author of Resilient Agriculture: Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate, discusses the Paris ...
Laura Lengnick Interview
19 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Laura Lengnick, Ph.D., soil scientist and author of Resilient Agriculture: Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate, explains resilience ...
Carey Gillam Interview
12 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Carey Gillam, research director at U.S. Right to Know, and former senior correspondent and investigative reporter for Reuters, describes her exp...
Tod Cooperman Interview
05 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Tod Cooperman, M.D. President and Founder of Consumerlab.com, describes risks and benefits of some of the most popular dietary supplements, plus...
Richard Louv Interview
28 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder, The Nature Principle, and most recently, Vita...
Charles Benbrook Interview Part 2
21 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Charles Benbrook, Ph.D., agricultural economist, describes the nutritional benefits of organic food. Part IIOrganic vs non-organic food
Charles Benbrook Interview Part 1
14 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Charles Benbrook, Ph.D., agricultural economist and member of the USDAs AC 21 biotechnology Agricultural Committee, describes safety, environmen...
Liz Carlisle Interview
07 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Lisa McDowell Interview
31 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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 fo...
Bill Marler Interview
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Bill Marler, foodborne illness lawyer and expert in food safety, discusses ways to prevent national foodborne illness outbreaks in general, the ...
Kathleen Delate Interview
17 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Kathleen Delate, Ph.D., professor of horticulture at IA State University describes her research on the benefits of organic farming systemsIowa S...
Reed Mangels Interview
10 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Reed Mangels, Ph.D., R.D. Nutrition advisor for the Vegetarian Resource Group, and nutrition professor at the University of Massachusetts Amhers...
Amanda Hitt Interview
03 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Amanda Hitt, Director of the Government Accountability Project Food Integrity Campaign, describes the role food industry whistleblowers play in ...
Doug Crabtree Interview
25 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Doug Crabtree, M.S., organic heirloom grain and pulse (legumes, lentils, beans, peas) farmer, explains his conservation-based land ethic for sus...
Colette Cosner Interview
18 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Colette Cosner, former Executive Director of the Domestic Fair Trade Association, explains how free trade agreements impact farm workers and imm...
Jim Goodman Interview
11 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Jim Goodman, organic dairy farmer, member of Family Farm Defenders, and the Organic Consumers Association defines food security, food sovereignt...
Dave Seddon Interview
04 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Dave Seddon, Registered Dietitian, Board President and CEO of the Maine Farm and Sea Cooperative, Americas first farm-institution food service c...
Gail Hansen Interview
28 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Gail Hansen, DVM, MPH, discusses the increasing risk of antibiotic-resistant infections resulting from rising rates of misuse and abuse of antib...
Valerie Segrest Interview
21 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Valerie Segrest, M.S., Native American nutritionist, co-author of Feeding the People, Feeding the Spirit: Revitalizing Northwest Coastal Indian ...
Robert Shetterly Interview
14 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Robert Shetterly, artist and founder of the Americans Who Tell the Truth project, explains his humanitarian work: painting portraits and telling...
Jonathan Lundgren Interview Part 2
07 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Jonathan Lundgren, Ph.D. Award-winning entomologist discusses his research on neonicotinoid pesticides, their pervasive use, harmful effects, an...
Jonathan Lundgren Interview
31 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Jonathan Lundgren, Ph.D., Agroecologist and Entomologist, discusses his 20-years of research on bugs, pesticides, and why he left his USDA lab t...
Representative Louise Slaughter Interview
24 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Representative Louise Slaughter, M.S., Congresswoman, 25th District New York State discusses her efforts to pass legislation -- the Preservation...
Aimee Code Interview
17 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Aimee Code, M.S., Pesticide Program Director at the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, will discuss the widespread use, and unintende...
Kelay Trentham Interview
10 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Kelay Trentham, R.D., oncology dietitian discusses the role medical cannabis can play in relieving cancer treatment side-effects, challenges of ...
Catherine Badgley Interview
03 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Catherine Badgley, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at U. of MI defines biodiversity, why it is essential for surv...
Bruce Hemming Interview
30 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Bruce Hemming, Ph.D. President and CEO of Microbe Inotech Laboratories, Inc., St. Louis, MO, describes how glyphosate' s metal chelating actions...
Nicolette Hahn Niman Interview
26 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Nicolette Hahn Niman, author, Defending Beef: The Case for Sustainable Meat Production, describes her manifesto of an environmental lawyer and v...
Stacia Clinton Interview
19 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Stacia Clinton, R.D., Regional Direcctor, Health Care Without Harm Healthy Food in Health Care Program, and Chair of the Clinician Champions in ...
Dana Gunders Interview
12 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Dana Gunders, Staff Scientist, National Resources Defense Council and author of the Waste Free Kitchen Handbook, discusses how to reduce food wa...
David Mortensen Interview
05 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest David Mortensen, Ph.D., Professor of Weed Ecology, Penn State U., explains unintended consequences of GMO crops engineered to resist herbicides,...
Richard Oswald Interview
29 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Richard Oswald, 5th generation family farmer, journalist (Progressive Farmer, Daily Yonder), President, Missouri Farmers' Union and director for...
Nancy Zucker Interview
22 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Nancy Zucker, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Eating Disorders, Duke University Medical Center, discusses her research on picky eaters, and ex...
Laura Batcha Interview
15 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Laura Batcha, CEO and Executive Director of the Organic Trade Association, defines organic, busts myths, and explains the unique benefits of org...
Routt Reigart Interview
08 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Routt Reigart, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina, co-editor of the 6th Edition of the EPA Recog...
JoAnne Berkenkamp Interview
01 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest JoAnne Berkenkamp, M.S., Senior Advocate for the Natural Resources Defense Council, Food and Agriculture Program discusses food waste.NDRC
Robert McChesney Interview
24 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Robert McChesney, Ph.D., Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and co...
Douglas Gayeton Interview
17 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Douglas Gayeton, award-winning multi-media artist and mastermind behind the Lexicon of Sustainability, and Lexicon of Food, explains why and how...
Diana Dyer Interview
10 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Diana Dyer, M.S., R.D. dietitian and organic garlic farmer reveals the single barrier preventing her from farming in her youth; she describes th...
Katherine Pryor Interview
03 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Katherine Pryor, childrens book author and sustainable food systems educator returns to discuss the story behind her latest delightful book, Zor...
Anna Lappe Interview
27 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Anna Lappe, sustainable food advocate, and co-author of Spinning Food: How Food Industry Front Groups and Covert Communications are Shaping the ...
Richard Bickel Interview
20 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Richard Bickel, international photojournalist, captures images of the Oystermen of Apalachicola, FL, and describes environmental threats to the ...
Bill Wilson Interview
13 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Bill Wilson, Co-Founder Birds and Beans Coffee, LLC, explains how shade-grown, bird-friendly coffee protects migratory bird populations, and our...
Lani Malmberg Interview
06 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Lani Malmberg, gypsy goat herder, describes how and why she works with goats to provide a safe, natural, ecological answer to weed control and l...
Sean Sellers Interview
30 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Sean Sellers, M.A., Senior Investigator/Monitor, Fair Food Standards Council, Sarasota, FL, describes farm labor conditions in Immokalee Florida...
Jonathan Latham Interview
23 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Jonathan Latham, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Bioscience Resource Project and Editor, Independent Science News, Ithaca, NY, questions the as...
Louis Guillette Interview
16 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Louis Guillette, Jr., Ph.D., Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Director, Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Sciences, Medical Universi...
Amy Mondlach Interview
09 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Amy Mondlach, Toxic Tater Campaign Coordinator, describes how pesticide drift from potato fields owned by Ronald D. Offutt (RDO), the largest po...
Justin Sonnenberg Interview Part 2
02 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Justin Sonnenberg, Ph.D., Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, author of The Good Gut: Taking Control o...
Justin Sonnenberg Interview Part 1
25 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Justin Sonnenberg, Ph.D., Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, author of The Good Gut: Taking Control o...
Kimber Stanhope Interview
18 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Kimber Stanhope, PhD, RD, associate research nutritional biologist, University of California-Davis, discusses the relationship between sugar con...
E. G. Vallianatos Interview
11 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest E. G. Vallianatos, Ph.D., author of Poison Spring: The Secret History of Pollution and the EPA, takes us behind the scenes of his 25 year career...
Jeannie Economos Interview
04 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Jeannie Economos, Pesticide safety and environmental health project coordinator, Farmworker Association of Florida, discusses toxic Lake Apopka ...
Andy Bellati Interview
28 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Andy Bellati, M.S., R.D., explains how the food industry influences what we think about food and health, and food industry deception vs. reality...
Bruce Lanphear Interview
21 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Lanphear, M.D., M.P.H, clinician scientist at the Child & Family Research Institute, BC Childrens Hospital, and Professor at Simon Fraser Un...
Jennifer Hartle Interview
14 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Jennifer Hartle, PhD., M.H.S., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Standford University School of Medicine, and environmental health scientist talks a...
Suzanne Dixon Interview
07 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Suzanne Dixon, M.P.H., M.S., R.D., dietitian with expertise in nutrition and chronic disease prevention describes the most important steps we ca...
Lenore Arab Interview
30 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Lenore Arab, Ph.D. Nutritional epidemiologist, UCLA, explains how fruits, vegetables and unique components of tea can help protect our healthLen...
Wayne Pacelle Interview
23 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States discusses his organizations role in protecting animal welfare, our n...
Jahi Chappel Interview
16 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Jahi Chappel, Ph.D. Director of Agroecology and Agriculture Policy at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, talks about Deepening Food...
Anthony Flaccavento Interview
09 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Anthony Flaccavento, organic farmer and entrepreneur describes his local foods cost calculator to increase the the use of locally raised food in...
Stephen Ritz Interview
02 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Stephen Ritz, South Bronx educator featured in TEDx Manhattan, one of the top 10 finalists for the Global Teacher Prize describes the Green Bron...
Anita Poeppel Interview
26 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Anita Poeppel, Illinois farmer, speaks about the hazards of pesticide drift, and the Spray Drift Education Network, created to help report, moni...
Sanjay Rawal Interview
19 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Sanjay Rawal, director, Food Chains, discusses his documentary film that sheds light on past and present farm worker conditions with hope and ac...
Margaret Reeves Interview
12 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Margaret Reeves, Ph.D., Senior Scientist and advocate at the Pesticide Action Network describes the risks farmworkers face from pesticide exposu...
Jo Ann Hattner Interview
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Jo Ann Hattner, MPH, RD, dietitian and author of Gut Insight: probiotics and prebiotics for digestive health and well-being, describes foods tha...
Roni Neff Interview
26 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Roni Neff, Ph.D., Director of the Food System Sustainability Program at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for a Livable...
Stacia Nordin Interview
19 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Stacia Nordin, R.D., Registered Dietitian and Nutrition Advisor for the United Nations, has worked in worked in Malawi, East Africa, for 17 year...
Gary Wenk Interview
12 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Gary Wenk, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Molecular Virology at the Ohio State University, and author of Your Brain on Food: ...
Eliza Greenman Interview
05 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Eliza Greenman, owner/operator of Legacy Fruit Trees in Virginia and Director of Biodiversity for Greenhorns, an organization made up of young f...
Jim Gerritsen Interview
29 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Jim Gerritsen, owner and operator of Wood Prairie Farm in Bridgewater, Maine, and President of the Maine-based Organic Seed Growers and Trade As...
Ted Genoways Interview Part 2
22 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Ted Genoways, author of The Chain, continues his discussion revealing the true cost of cheap food, including antibiotic resistance, declining wa...
Ted Genoways Interview Part 1
15 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Ted Genoways, author of The Chain: Farm, Factory, and the Fate of Our Food, a riveting, compelling expose of the meatpacking industry, through t...
Paul Hanley Interview
08 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Paul Hanley, environment columnist with the Saskatoon StarPhoenix and author of Eleven which describes how 11 billion people on Earth by century...
Nancy Clark Interview
01 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Nancy Clark, M.S., R.D. Registered Dietitian, internationally respected sports nutritionist, athlete and author of Nancy Clarks Sports Nutrition...
Jill Nussinow Interview
25 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Jill Nussinow, M.S., R.D., dietitian and author of Nutrition CHAMPS: New Way of Thinking about Food Groups that Will Change Your Life, discusses...
Andrianna Natsoulas Interview
18 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Andrianna Natsoulas, author of Food Voices: Stories from the People Who Feed Us, describes the principles and pillars of food sovereignty, the c...
Brian Wansink Interview
11 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Brian Wansink, Ph.D., Director of Cornell Universitys Food and Brand Lab, and author of Slim by Design: Mindless Eating Solutions for Everyday L...
Eric Herm Interview
04 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Eric Herm, 4th generation TX cotton farmer and author of Son of a Farmer, Child of the Earth, and Surviving Ourselves: The Evolution of Communit...
Deborah Madison Interview
27 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Deborah Madison, Americas leading authority on vegetarian cooking, talks about her life, kitchen, garden, and latest cookbooks: The New Vegetari...
Amanda Heyman Interview
20 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Amanda Heyman, attorney, provides legal counsel for independent farmers & food businesses; she discusses legal aspects of GMO, organic and n...
Janisse Ray Interview
13 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Janisse Ray, author of the The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food, describes hopeful, collective actions to protect our sacred ...
Mary Stein Interview
06 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Mary Stein, M.S., Deputy Director, National Farm to School Network explains how increasing local food in schools from regional farms to school g...
Robert Lustig Interview
30 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Robert Lustig, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, author of Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Proc...
Robert Kremer Interview
23 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Robert Kremer, Ph.D., microbiologist formerly with the U.S.D.As Agricultural Research Service and Adjunct Professor of Soil Microbiology at the ...
Karen Collins Interview
16 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Karen Collins, M.S., RDN, Registered Dietitian and Nutrition Advisor to the American Institute for Cancer Research describes dietary strategies ...