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011 / Carey Gillam

Today I am talking with Carey Gillam, author and an investigative journalist for 25 years both with Reuters and The Guardian. She is also the researcher director for US Right to Know, the most effective non-profit research organization exposing how corporate funding of Public agricultural Universities like UC Davis and Uni of Florida corrupt the research about the danger of agro chemicals. Her research of industrial agricultural practices and the chemicals it requires has taken her throughout ru...

Mar 15, 202136 minSeason 1Ep. 11

010 / Henk Tennekes

Henk Tennekes, Author of The Systemic Pesticides, A disaster in the Making was a Dutch Toxicologist who researched neonicotinoids, the most used agro chemicals on the planet. Henk wrote his book when he saw that these poisons would break the food chain at it's most critical link, the insect/invertebrate life system of the planet. Bayer and Academia at Wageningen University (EU equivalent to UC Davis University), who portray themselves as leaders in pollinator health, both blacklisted him and wor...

Jan 25, 202143 minSeason 1Ep. 10

009 / Amigo Bob Cantisano

Amigo Bob Cantisano who passed away December 26, 2020, was and remains a mountain of influence on the Organic Farming world, both in California and worldwide. He was one of the founders of the organic movement in the early 70's and made his life’s work about chemical free soil and farming. See the LA Times Obituary to get the full history of this remarkable man. The loss of Amigo is huge. I'm so glad he gave me the time he did and as we touched on very difficult topics for this podcast. This int...

Jan 05, 20211 hr 28 minSeason 1Ep. 9

008 / Graham White Interview #1

Graham White of the UK was an incredibly intelligent and outspoken soldier for pollinators and nature. He was the most well-researched, well read and well rounded honeybee advocate who knew everything about the chemical industry's control of our food system.

Aug 24, 20201 hr 23 minSeason 1Ep. 8

007 / Jeff Anderson

Jeff Anderson, owner of California Minnesota Honey Farms is a long time migratory beekeeper with thousands of hives and a front line activist fighting the powerful pesticide interests in our regulatory agencies, the EPA, USDA, BIP and powerful Ag Public Universities.

May 24, 20201 hr 21 minSeason 1Ep. 7

006 / Sainath Suryanarayanan

Sainath Suryanarayanan is the co-author of 'Vanishing Bees' by Rutgers University Press, Vanishing Bees is a clear eyed and rock solid assessment of how public agriculture universities, many entomology departs and beekeeper leaders work hand in glove to protect pesticide industry interests in our agriculture.

Jan 21, 202056 minSeason 1Ep. 6

005 / Tom Theobald Interview #2

Tome Theobald, plaintiff in the recent settlement by EPA and Center For Food Safety discusses why the settlement was not a victory for bees and pollinators, but instead a big win for Bayer and the EPA.

Sep 19, 201926 minSeason 1Ep. 5

003 / Jenny Cullinan

Jenny Cullinan lives in the Cape in South Africa, the richest and most diverse floral kingdom in the world. Six years ago, she and her partner, Karin Sternberg gave up their jobs and started UJUBEE, their wild bee research team.

Jul 30, 201934 minSeason 1Ep. 3

002 / Stacy Malkan

Terry Oxford Interviews Stacy Malkan of US Right to Know

Jul 30, 201929 minSeason 1Ep. 2
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