Dr. Liza Dunn is an emergency physician and medical toxicologist who went to Haiti twice on humanitarian missions and came home thinking about golden rice. She explains why pesticides protect public health, why glyphosate is safe, and why the history of insecticides is actually a story of preventing mass death.
Can we trust the information we hear about nutrition? Why does nutritional advice change? Does it have to be this confusing? Does the source of science funding matter? Michele and Eliz are joined by Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Elieke Kearns for a lively discussion about the science of nutrition and why you shouldn’t believe everything you read on Facebook, but you should trust science – especially during a pandemic.
Steve Tucker didn’t set out to become a regenerative farmer. He set out to stay in business. Hear how a Nebraska producer moved from wheat and summer fallow to 14 crops, tripled his soil organic matter, and discovered that the elevator was never his real customer.
Has an increase of leisure time during the pandemic made us more distrustful of science? Can we pick and choose what science we believe like we do flavors of ice cream? Michele and Eliz are joined by two scientists, Dr. Meghan Wulster- Radcliffe and Dr. Stuart Smyth to discuss science, misinformation and odd flavored ice cream.
Dr. Meghan Wulster- Radcliffe & Dr. Stuart Smyth on food bullying
This episode features a wide-ranging conversation with a veterinarian about how farmers care for their animals, the challenges of being a vet, and the story of Fairlife Milk.
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