TODAY’S ECO WAKE-UP CALL: Eight hundred million people, most of whom live in the poor countries of the developing world, lack access to the food they need. The World Health Organization reported last year that undernourishment and malnutrition is the foremost cause of illness and death on the planet. In the United States, as many as 5,000 people die and 325,000 are hospitalized annually as a result of ingesting bacterial and viral pathogens, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Source: www.AmericanScientist.org)

 

 What We’re Eating. What’s Eating Us. [59:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (5104)

In today’s show, we take a comprehensive look at our relationship with food from what we’re consuming to what’s consuming us. Our guest is Ari Derfel from Back to Earth Organic Catering in Berkley, California.

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Show Links
Guest: Ari Derfel at Back to Earth and Organic Catering

Books and Film
Diet for a Small Planet, Francis Moore Lappe

Diet for a Dead Planet, Christopher Cook

Stolen Harvest, Vandana Shiva

Food Politics, Marion Nestle

The Future of Food, Deborah Koons Garcia (FILM)

Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser

Natural Capitalism, Amory and Hunter Lovins with Paul Hawken

Biomimicry, Janine Benyus

The Unsettling of America, Wendel Berry

Being Peace, Thich Naha Hahn

Blessed Unrest, Paul Hawken

Intro and Outtro Music:
A special thanks to Kevin Hays for his song “What Survives” off the Kevin Hays Trio CD. PLEASE, if like this music, check him out at KevinHays.com

TODAY’S ECO WAKE-UP CALL: A stern warning that global warming is nearing an irreversible tipping point was issued today the director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, James Hansen. His study just published shows that greenhouse gases emitted by human activities have brought the climate to a danger point.
(Source: www.ens-newswire.com)

 

 Nell Newman of Newman’s Own Organics [38:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (4340)

TODAY’S SHOW we talk with Nell Newman of Newman’s Own Organics. Nell is building environmental awareness in a big way through her organic products and book, “The Newman’s Own Guide to a Good Life.” Nell shares with us simple approaches to an organic and environmentally friendly life.

Resources

Newman’s Own Organics

Organic Consumers Association

Organic Trade Association

Book: The Newman’s Own Organic’s Guide to a Good Life by Nell Newman and Joseph D’Agnese

Nell’s personal passion: Peregrine Falcons

Nell’s recipes: Click here

Intro and Outtro Music:
A special thanks to Kevin Hays for his song “What Survives” off the Kevin Hays Trio CD. PLEASE, if like this music, check him out at KevinHays.com

TODAY’S ECO WAKE-UP CALL: Controversy is raging over the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recent initial conclusion that food from cloned cattle, pigs and other livestock is as safe to eat as food products from conventionally grown animals. Proponents maintain that cloning can offer more consistent and higher quality meat and dairy products. Opponents say health risk studies are inadequate. They also question they ethics of the inefficient cloning process which too often produces stillborn or deformed offspring. (Source: The Christian Science Monitor and Washingtonpost.com)

 

 Organic Valleys Social Experiment [38:12m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2875)

Today’ show we talk with one of the nation’s foremost organic agriculture advocates, George Siemon, CEO of Organic Valley, America’s largest and oldest cooperative of organic farmers and one of the nation’s leading organic brands. George is best known for his leadership in organizing farmers and building market support for organic agriculture for nearly two decades.

Resources
Organic Valley Family of Farms

Organic Consumers Association

Organic Trade Association

Films
The Future of Food