What Doesn't Kill You

Katy Keiffer is flying solo today on What Doesn't Kill You and she's got plenty to say. First, she recaps some news - from legal pot to cheese in cat food. Later, she talks about the industrial food industry at large and identifies some of the worst and best aspects of the current system we have. Tune in for some sharp insights and timely topics! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and...

Tune into a brand new episode of What Doesn't Kill You as Katy Keiffer is joined by Sandy McLeod, director of Seeds of Time. Seeds of Time is a documentary about preserving our agricultural heritage, featuring Dr. Cary Fowler, a pioneer in identifying the global threat to food security posed by losing seed diversity. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...

Will the Trans-Pacific Partnership bring to livestock agriculture? Listen to a couple of fire-breathing ranchers and activists duke it out on a brand new episode of What Doesn’t Kill You. Host Katy Keiffer is joined by Bill Bullard of R-Calf and Steve Dittmar of AgFreedom.org. Things get very heated – this is a must listen for anybody following the cattle industry. See Privacy Policy at https://ar...

On this week's episode of What Doesn't Kill You , host Katy Keiffer is joined in the studio by Andrew F. Smith, a writer and lecturer on food and culinary history. Andrew serves as the general editor for the Edible Series, published by Reaktion Press, and teaches Food Studies at the New School University in New York. He is also the author of the new book Fast Food: The Good, the Bad and the Hungry...

On this week’s episode of  What Doesn’t Kill You , Katy welcomes Daisy Freund and Robert Hensley of the ASPCA to discuss North Carolina’s “Anti-Sunshine” Law. A coalition of animal protection, consumer rights, food safety, and whistleblower protection organizations recently filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the law, which is designed to deter whistleblowers and undercove...

This week on “What Doesn’t Kill You”, Katy Keiffer opens with her aches and pains regarding new and creative ways teenagers are getting a buzz on. Later, she chats with Leah Garces, e **xecutive director of Compassion in World Farming USA, about Target’s and other large chain’s dedication to end cage and crate farming. ** “We can’t address climate change unless we address our animal product consum...

Saru Jayaraman is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United) and Director of the Food Labor Research Center at University of California, Berkeley. After 9/11, together with displaced World Trade Center workers, she co-founded ROC, which now has more than 18,000 worker members, 150 employer partners, and several thousand consumer members in over 30 ci...

This week on _ **What Doesn’t Kill You, ** _Katy Keiffer is joined by Claire Benjamin, Executive Director of Food Policy Action .  Food Policy Action was established in 2012 through a collaboration of national food policy leaders in order to hold legislators accountable on votes that have an effect on food and farming. Our goal is to change the national dialogue on food policy by educating the pub...

On today’s episode of What Doesn’t Kill You , journalist Richard Manning shows the link between big agriculture and big money in politics. Manning is an environmental author and journalist, whose work has explored the enormous impact that agriculture has had on human civilization and evolution. One of the consequences of this reliance on a steady food supply is the issue of agricultural pollution...

Learn more about a precedent setting lawsuit against upriver counties for municipal water pollution in Des Moines, Iowa on today’s episode of What Doesn’t Kill You . Katy Keiffer is joined by Bill Stowe, CEO of Des Moines Water Works. In 1919, Des Moines Water Works (DMWW) was formed as an independently owned and operated public utility, deriving its legal status from the Constitution of the State...

Katy Keiffer is charged up and is continuing her politically themed shows with a brand new episode of What Doesn’t Kill You that features special guest ** ** Congressman Tim Ryan. Tim Ryan has been a strong advocate for progressive agricultural policy. He’s also the author of The Real Food Revolution: Healthy Eating, Green Groceries, and the Return of the American Family Farm.  Learn more about hi...

This week on _ What Doesn’t Kill You _, host Katy Keiffer is on the line with Twilight Greenaway , Managing Editor of Civil Eats .  Civil Eats is a daily news source for critical thought about the American food system, publishing stories that shift the conversation around sustainable agriculture in an effort to build economically and socially just communities.  The duo comment on the biggest food...

Is the fossil fuel industry too big to be held accountable by the US Government? Tune in for a spirited conversation on our government, the environment, lobbying mechanisms and how they work as Katy Keiffer is joined by Senator from Rhode Island to the US Congress, Sheldon Whitehouse. Sheldon is the junior United States Senator from Rhode Island, serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democrati...

On the first episode of What Doesn’t Kill You  in 2016, Katy recaps last years news stories and prepares for the year ahead. Hear why the Future of Food Manifesto might have been the most important story of the year and get a refresher on topics like antibiotic resistance, anti-trust issues and the e-coli Chipotle outbreak! Credit: Rocky Mountain Laboratories,NIAID,NIH “When we sell agricultural p...

Blow the whistle with Amanda Hitt and Katy Keiffer on a brand new episode of ** What Doesn’t Kill You.  ** Amanda Hitt is the Director of The Government Accountability Project’s Food Integrity Campaign (FIC). Amanda oversees FIC operations and is responsible for ensuring that FIC fulfills its mission of enhancing food integrity by facilitating truth telling. To do this, Amanda works closely with p...

Director Ricardo Salvador outlines a partnership with Food Policy Action and other groups that addresses the principal issues around US food policy. Their combined initiative is called Plate of the Union. The goal is to propose common sense reforms to current food policy directions that ultimately lead to few corporations harvesting vast profit at the expense of public health and environmental saf...

Why aren’t solar powered stoves being given a green light? This week on What Doesn’t Kill You , Katy Keiffer is joined by friend of the show and photojournalist Erik Hoffner. His articles and images appear in numerous publications, from Grist to National Geographic News Watch, OnEarth, The Sun, and The Guardian. His most recent Guardian piece explored the issue of developing cleaner cooking method...

In a blistering report on the state of the poultry industry, Oxfam USA noted the appalling conditions for poultry and workers alike. Today on _ What Doesn’t Kill You _, Katy Keiffer discuss the report and its impact on industry and consumers with  Oliver Gottfried, Senior Advocacy and Collaborations Advisor at Oxfam.  Oliver Gottfried is based in Boston, MA and serves as the Senior Advocacy and Co...

Cider has the power to transform rural economies but only if people embrace drinking it and not settling for commercial hard cider made from concentrate from other parts of the world. Join Ian Merwin of Black Diamond Farm and Dan Wilson of Slyboro as they discuss the challenges of orchard work and returning Americans to their traditional beverage. “The blends are the art of cider making.” [14:00] ...

This week on _ What Doesn’t Kill You _, Katy Keiffer is talking Meat Matters by Chefs Collaborative with guests Butcher Adam Danforth, Chef Paul Ferhlibach, and Butcher and Larder Owner Rob Levitt.  With Meat Matters coming to Chicago on November 10, such events are collaborative, educational fundraisers organized by Member chefs to celebrate – and help create demand for – good, well-raised, and a...

Former sheep farmer, John Wilkes has a unique perspective on how livestock should raised and is raised. Thanks to his work with the American Livestock Breed Conservancy, Wilkes has first hand knowledge of farming practices in the US and the UK. Who is going it at better? Find out this week on _ What Doesn’t Kill  You _ as Katy Keiffer is joined by John Wilkes for a spirited discussion. Fa See Priv...

Katy Keiffer is joined by the legendary activist and writer Frances Moore Lappé on an inspiring episode of What Doesn’t Kill You. ** ** Frances More Lappé is the author or co-author of 18 books including the three-million copy Diet for a Small Planet. Frances was named by Gourmet Magazine as one of 25 people (including Thomas Jefferson, Upton Sinclair, and Julia Child), whose work has changed the...

This week on _ **What Doesn’t Kill You, ** _Dr. Urvashi Rangan from Consumer Reports discusses her recent report on the safety of ground beef in the US and looking beyond phasing out antibiotics in the meat industry. “It’s not sustainable to feed healthy animals antibiotics every day!” [18:00]   See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/priv...

Des Moines is suing upstream counties for agriculture pollution in municipal water. Is this the new paradigm? Find out on a brand new episode of What Doesn’t Kill You  as Katy Keiffer is joined by friend of the show Tom Philpot to discuss, amongst other things, water quality, nitrogen, drainage and runoff. Tom is the food and agriculture reporter for Mother Jones. Prior to that he was at Grist for...

The Other White Meat is dead. Just Mayo is.. not mayo? Tune in to a fascinating episode of What Doesn’t Kill You  as host Katy Keiffer talks about labeling, slogans and other issues in food with  **Parke Wilde, ** Associate Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, USA. He has a Ph. D. in Agricultural Economics from Cornell University. He is past chair o...