Food labels & nutrition choices driven by dollars: Episode 121

Food labels & nutrition choices driven by dollars: Episode 121

What’s the relationship between front-of-package food labeling and consumer choice, and how can it potentially impact grocery prices? Policies can discourage consumption of less nutrient-dense foods (such as taxation) versus those that focus on access (making more nutritious food more accessible and less nutritious food less accessible), as well as the potential confusion caused by nutrition facts panels, says Dr. Chen Zhen.

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Building up data for dietitians: Episode 120

“You can’t talk about what’s on the plate if you don’t know how it got there.”

As the founder of Build Up Dietitians, Leah McGrath has created a space in which dietitians at all stages in their careers (including students), can learn more about just that – and provides avenues for evidence-based practitioners to gain a better understanding of agriculture practices.

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GMOs & bacon with a side of bullying: Episode 119

“I wish people would take a little time to understand where their food comes from and also to trust the farmer,” says farmer Wanda Patsche, who is also a proud grandma. A great perspective for RDNs to remember! Wanda Patsche, alongside her husband Chuck, farms in southern Minnesota.  They grow corn and soybeans and raise…

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Separating fact from fiction in food & farming: Episode 118

Grocery store costs are crazy, but what costs have gone up on farms? Are fields sprayed with “such harsh pesticides” that workers can’t enter the fields?  Is hydroponic farming the wave of the future when it comes to leafy greens?  Should you be worried about lead in soil?  Michele helps Nicole separate fact from fiction on these topics and more. 

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