Food Sleuth Radio

Guest Philip Ackerman-Leist, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Director of the Farm and Food Project at Green Mountain College (VT), will discuss his new book: `Rebuilding the Foodshed: How to Create Local, Sustainable, and Secure Food Systems.` Rebuilding the Foodshed

Guest Kiera Mulvey, Executive Director, FairShare CSA Coalition, Madison, WI, explains the CSA model and her Coalitions new seasonal cookbook, `Farm Fresh and Fast.` Fairshare

Guest Steve Smith, Director of Agriculture for Red Gold canned tomatoes, and Chairman of the Save Our Crops Coalition, discusses a new class of genetically modified dicamba- and 2,4-D-tolerant crops, increased herbicide spray drift, and costly damage to fruit and vegetable crops Save Our Crops Coalition

Guest Penelope Jagessar Chaffer, award-winning filmmaker and childrens health advocate, talks about the effects of toxic chemicals on children, and her `Toxic Baby` app Penelope Jagessar Chaffer: Filmmaker

Guest Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director of Food and Water Watch, and author of Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America, describes exploitation and corporate influence in our food system, as well as hope for restoring our democracy Foodopoly

Guest Patricia Allen, Ph. D., talks about her book, Together at the Table: Sustainability and Sustenance in the American Agrifood System, and raises awareness of, and solutions for food injustice Save Our Crops Coalition

Guest Bill Marler, personal injury trial lawyer and national expert in foodborne illness litigation discusses his career which began when represented the most seriously injured survivor of the Jack in the Box E. coli 0157:H7 outbreak Marler Blog

Tod Cooperman, M.D., President of ConsumerLab.com, independent tester of dietary supplements discusses safety, efficacy and regulation of nutritional supplements Consumer Lab

Guest Will Daniel, Senior Vice President of operations and organic integrity with Earthbound Farm discusses food safety issues affecting leafy greens from farm to consumer Earthbound Farm

Guest Wes Jamison, Associate Professor of Public Relations at Palm Beach Atlantic University, talks about lean finely textured beef (better known as pink slime), and consumer perceptions of meat and food safety risk Wes Jamison

Guest Cynthia Connolly, owner and operator of Ladybird Organics Farm and President of Monticello Vineyards and Winery, Floridas only organic farm winery describes how worm castings eliminated her need for expensive irrigation Ladybird Organics

Guest Lynn Clarkson, President, Clarkson Grain, will talk about how and if GMO crops can co-exist with organic and non-GMO crops, and the threat of GMO amylase corn created for the ethanol industry. eXtension

Guest Julie Mennella, Ph. D., Researcher, Monell Chemical Senses Center, will talk about the biology behind childrens taste and flavor preferences Monell Chemical Senses Center

Guest Sandor Katz, aka Sandorkraut, will talk about his latest book, The Art of Fermentation: An In-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Processes from Around the World, and how he became a fermentation revivalist. Wild Fermentation

Guest Zenobia Barlow, Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Center for Ecoliteracy, will talk about her book, ECO Literate: How Educators are Cultivating Emotional, Social, and Ecological Intelligence. Center for Ecoliteracy

Guest Heather Day, co-founder and Director of the Community Alliance for Global Justice, talks about Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice, and the basics of food sovereignty CAGJ

Guest Paul Tukey, Filmmaker, author and Founder of the Safe Lawns Foundation, talks about his documentary film, Chemical Reaction, which charts the medical, legal and political fight to ban lawn pesticides in Hudson, Quebec Safe Lawns Foundation

Guest Anne Mosness, Captain of commercial fishing boats from Copper River to Bristol Bay, Alaska, will talk about the threat of genetically engineered salmon to wild fisheries, healthy coastal economies and ecosystems Center for Food Safety

Guest Lori Dorfman, DrPH, Director of the Berkeley Media Studies Group and digital marketing expert, will talk about how food marketing and media infiltrate our lives and influence youth BMSG

Guest Gail Myers, Ph. D., anthropologist who studies African American farming and youth garden projects discusses her new film, Rhythms of the Land! and describes the transformative nature of gardens Grow it! Eat it! Love it!

Guest Phil Howard, Ph. D., Michigan State University talks about his research into the consolidation of the food industry, for which he uses unique infographics to help consumers see the true narrowing of our choices in the marketplace Philip H. Howard

Guest Josh Golin, Associate Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, discusses the challenging media and screen environments in which our children live, and how parents can reclaim their children from corporate marketers CCFC

Guest Fred vom Saal, Ph. D., Curators Professor of Biology, University of MO-Columbia. Dr. vom Saal talks about his decades long investigation into Bisphenol A (BPA), how the dose doesnt always make the poison, and why it has been so difficult to remove harmful chemicals from our environment. BPA

Guest Martha Herbert, M.D., Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and author of The Autism Revolution: Whole Body Strategies for Making Life All it Can Be, will discuss the connections between diet, environmental contaminants and autism The Autism Revolution

Guest Kathy Kater, LICSW, psychotherapist and author of Healthy Body Image: Teaching Kids What they Need to Know, will discuss how to prevent eating disorders and help youth feel secure within their unique body shapes and sizes Healthy Body Image