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)
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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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
Under the links to the show “what we eat and what eats us”, there is a very significant, highly thought provoking book called : The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan that is not included in the list.
Pollan addresses a lot of the issues that the show brings up.
-Amy
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With the rise in cancer and other diseases, you have to wonder about why this is the case. Obviously, there are way more packaged foods now than there used to be. Of course they are convenient and tasty, but they could be killing us. Thanks for making us more aware of this.
I am trying to eat more whole foods lately, but the cost for them is unreal. Our grocery bill has almost doubled. This makes it very difficult. It is evident that the packaged foods are priced much cheaper and more people will buy them.