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The National Family Farm Coalition is advocating for the Farmland For Farmers Act introduced by Senator Cory Booker in July of this year. Agricultural land needs to stay accessible to actual farmers, rather than offer an opportunity to corporate entities to capitalize on high land prices, at the same time driving those prices into a stratosphere no mere mortal can possibly attain. Our food securit...

Western states are home to herds of grazing beasts, and to keep them in the right place, thousands of miles of fencing is required. Conservation Northwest Associate Director Jay Kehne advocates a different path: shock collars for cattle. The cattle stay put, but other wildlife (think deer, elk, and other ruminants) can run free instead of fouling the fence. A big win for wildlife, and for a ranche...

Award winning journalist and author, and favorite guest, Tom Philpott returns to talk all things Farm Bill. What will change, what is new, and what is, sigh , same old, same old? Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support What Doesn't Kill You by becoming a member ! What Doesn't Kill You is Powered by Simplecast . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/priva...

Every day a new article describes the prevalence of PFAS in our water, land, food, and bodies. David Cwiertny , professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and in Chemistry at the University of Iowa, takes us through the impacts, the options for remediation, and what to expect from regulatory bodies in the wake of increased knowledge on the ubiquity of "forever" chemicals. Heritage Radio Net...

Iowa State University Water Quality expert Chris Jones, @riverraccoon , just published a damning indictment of the governing officials of Iowa and Big Ag in overseeing the disastrous consequences of our profit over people driven agricultural model. Learn how the Department of Natural Resources and a host of other agencies collude in allowing agriculture to extract maximum payment from taxpayers, e...

Tom Philpott , author of Perilous Bounty , was prescient in his 2020 book in a lengthy description of the 1862 floods that inundated Central Valley in a once in a century flood. Now Central Valley is facing an even more catastropic scenario as climate disruption adds fuel to an already volatile area now packed with dairy farms, oil wells, and massive swaths of land planted to almonds, pistachios,...

Vermont farmer Erik Andrus is practicing an ancient form of agro-ecology from Japan. Learn how the old informs the new as Erik describes his approach and how it works. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support What Doesn't Kill You by becoming a member ! What Doesn't Kill You is Powered by Simplecast . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Cali...

Bryce Oates, a regular contributor to Civil Eats, Daily Yonder and other pubs has launched a newsletter that comes from a rural perspective. In this episode we talk about the new WOTUS controversy, and all the bluster and drama that plays out in a rule that essentially regulates nothing, but some would like us to believe our food supply is at risk from protecting water supplies. Heritage Radio Net...

Science writer and author Maryn McKenna is back to talk about her newest piece for Wired where she considers the implications of Avian flu moving to new territory and infecting new mammals, though not yet infecting people to any great degree. What does this say about our methods for raising animals in confinement, and how do we check the spread of this pathogen and others like it? Heritage Radio N...

Sherri Dugger , Executive Director of the Socially Responsible Agriculture Project , joins What Doesn't Kill You to discuss a recent meeting in Washington with advocacy groups urging the USDA and Congress to fund actual farms, rather than subsidizing commodities for animal feed and ethanol. Learn how SRAP helps communities organize against CAFO's, and how they transition farmers from the CAFO mode...

Vicky Bond , President of the Humane League , joins to discuss their campaign to transition the egg industry to cage free. Who is walking the walk and who talks the talk but doesn't walk? Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support What Doesn't Kill You by becoming a member ! What Doesn't Kill You is Powered by Simplecast . See Privacy Policy at https://art19....

Chloe Sorvino , journalist and author of Raw Deal , returns to talk about alt meat and where it's headed. Is it really better? Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support What Doesn't Kill You by becoming a member ! What Doesn't Kill You is Powered by Simplecast . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.co...

Journalist Christina Cooke joins to discuss her lead off piece in a five part series on worker safety in animal agriculture called Injured and Invisible . Today we discuss the plight of workers who have been long left out of OSHA safety regs extended to every other industry. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support What Doesn't Kill You by becoming a member...

Forbes's food writer Chloe Sorvino brings the business in her new book about the corruption of the meat industry. Exploitation, price fixing, pollution and bribery all get a turn in the barrel. Should be a fun discussion between a couple of real meat heads! Photo Courtesy of Nick Rice. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support What Doesn't Kill You by becomi...

BlueTriton has gobbled up a lot of water companies, including Nestle's water division. They say they are addressing the kinds of problems we saw in Flint. But what exactly does that mean, and what should consumers expect from a giant water company that makes its profit from selling bottled water? Chief sustainability officer Ed Ferguson will try to show us what role his company plays in maintainin...

Civil Eats reporter and former host of the Farm Report , Lisa Held , was at the conference and can give listeners an informed recap of this long overdue conference. From root causes of hunger, to expanding the role of government in nutrition science, and much more, this conference was based on 5 Pillars of action proposed by the Biden Administration. Learning what those goals are and the proposals...

On October 11, the Supreme Court heard a case that will have major implications for animal welfare standards nationwide. The case was brought forward by National Pork Producers Council against the state of California, citing unfair trade practices. Prop 12 guaranteed a better standard of living for pigs, veal calves and egg birds. NPPC et al. says otherwise. Hog farmer Ron Mardesen joins to discus...

Despite banner investments in big ag, not to mention the end of the trade wars with China and a host of other farm friendly policies, Biden gets no love. Journalist Art Cullen dissects why farmers love to bite the hand that feeds them, gives us the skinny on governor and senate races, and gets real about water. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support What...

President of the Humane League , a non profit animal rights organization, discusses the game-changing release of internal reports that were previously available only via FOIA requests. What is to be learned, and what to do next is the subject of this episode. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support What Doesn't Kill You by becoming a member ! What Doesn't...

Agriculture is getting some serious attention from the Biden administration with significant investments via the Inflation Recovery Act, and even more from Partnerships for Climate Smart Commodities. Tom Philpott from Mother Jones deconstructs. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support What Doesn't Kill You by becoming a member ! What Doesn't Kill You is Pow...

Author, activist, and professor Marion Nestle joins to talk about her "Unexpected Life in Food Politics" . A groundbreaking author and the developer of the first formal food studies program at NYU, Marion Nestle has inspired and informed the public about the many hidden issues that plague our food system and damage our health. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast networ...

Robin Madel takes us through the uses of the Water Calculator , a new tool that measures not just your water use from the tap, but the water used in growing, processing, and distributing agricultural products, clothing, appliances.. pretty much every thing you use. Jerusha Klemperer explains the Food Water Energy Nexus and the implications of our current food system on dwindling water supplies. He...

If you follow the news, you have probably noticed a lot of copy devoted to the commercial cultivation of kelp. Kelp farmer Jonathan McGee explains why farming kelp is a winner for consumers, the ocean, and climate change. HRN is home to transformative exchanges about food. Our 35+ member-supported food podcasts empower eaters to cultivate a radically better world. This month, we’re asking you to j...

Forbes journalist Chloe Sorvino describes what happened at a recent congressional hearing where meatpacking CEOs are questioned about their anti competitive, monopolistic, rip-off practices of the last 30 plus years. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support What Doesn't Kill You by becoming a member ! What Doesn't Kill You is Powered by Simplecast . See Pri...

Surprise! Those certification labels promising no antibiotics in animals are sometimes a hollow promise. Andrew deCoriolis from Farm Forward unpacks the recent studies from both the Milken Institute School of Public Health and Farm Forward's own research that show that corners can and are being cut, and no one is really minding the store. USDA/FSIS, once again, fail to deliver. Heritage Radio Netw...