On this week's episode of What Doesn't Kill You , Katy is joined by documentary filmmaker Lydia Tenaglia of Zero Point Zero Production to talk about Lydia's film Wasted! The Story of Food Waste . Through the eyes of chef-heroes like Massimo Bottura, Dan Barber and Danny Bowien, the film shows how the world’s most influential chefs battle food waste — transforming what most people consider garbage, scraps, and rejects into incredible dishes that feed more people, impact the bottom line, and creat...
Sep 18, 2017•41 min•Ep. 234
Marc Brazeau started the Food and Farm Discussion Lab several years ago to unite his many interests: agriculture, restaurants, social justice, and culinary education. The group grew to over 6,000 members at its peak. He just shut it down. We are going to talk about what the major themes of discussion were, how they changed, and what ultimately led him to close the forum. What Doesn't Kill You is powered by Simplecast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice a...
Sep 11, 2017•51 min•Ep. 233
Chuck Abbott, the Ag Insider, gives up the skinny on Sam Clovis set to head up the Science Department at USDA, along with some opinions on Sonny Perdue and what he is likely to get up to. Plus, he explains why farm incomes are heading down after recent highs five years ago...though it all depends on what kind of farming is in question. What Doesn't Kill You is powered by Simplecast . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not...
Jul 31, 2017•55 min•Ep. 232
Former Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food at the UN, and one of the masterminds behind Plate of the Union, Olivier de Schutter discusses food policy and politics at the global level. What Doesn't Kill You is powered by Simplecast . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Jul 24, 2017•50 min•Ep. 231
Journalist Carey Gillam has been rooting around in the glyphosate archives and comes up with some studies from 1985 that show tumors in mice, but those were neatly suppressed. Tune in to hear what else she found out. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jun 26, 2017•51 min•Ep. 230
Tom Driscoll, Director of the NFU Foundation and Conservation Policy describes the biggest challenges facing farmers today. Whether its the 50% reduction in income projected for this year, or the market consolidation in commodities and agriculture, farmers are being squeezed up and down the supply chain. Listen up for a fast paced discussion of the state of American farming and its future. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#...
Jun 19, 2017•50 min•Ep. 229
Twenty Questions with Marion Nestle. We celebrate her ten years of Food Politics, consider the Farm Bill, discuss school food, imagine a food policy, visit probiotics and wind up with an optimistic view of individual states doing the right thing with soda tax, school food, and other promising developments that show that the food movement is unbowed by the Trumpsters, and forging ahead. Its always a joy with Dr. Nestle. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice...
Jun 12, 2017•51 min•Ep. 228
A wide ranging discussion of all things in the world of retail gourmet foods. Steve talks about his new import company, why grocery stores are boring and whose writing he likes the best. Never a dull moment with this one. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jun 05, 2017•50 min•Ep. 227
This week on What Doesn't Kill You , host Katy Keiffer is joined in the studio by Andrew F. Smith, a writer and lecturer on food and culinary history. His latest book is the three volume set Food In America , which focuses on food controversies related to the environment, nutrition and health, and the economy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
May 22, 2017•53 min•Ep. 226
In his quest to reveal the solutions beneath our feet, David Montgomery introduces us to innovative farmers who practice regenerative agriculture. Montgomery shows that restoring fertility to the land is not an either-or choice between modern technology and time-tested traditions. Ending with a call for action beyond the fields, Growing a Revolution is an inspiring addition to the bookshelf of anyone seriously concerned with the future of food and farming, our relationship with nature, and the f...
May 15, 2017•41 min•Ep. 225
Schweid & Sons has focused on making great ground beef, and finding the best possible sources for it. As a result, their sales are up by about 12%, while sales of conventional ground beef have only risen by 2%. Why that is and how consumers are voting with their forks is the subject of this conversation. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
May 08, 2017•47 min•Ep. 224
Land Grabbing is a strategy being deployed by many countries to boost their food production, grow crops for manufacturing purposes, or just to hold for investment. Anuradha Mittal explains how this predatory behavior plays out for indigenous populations, their ability to grow food, and the environmental impacts of the practice on its unwitting victims. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
May 01, 2017•39 min•Ep. 223
Jeff Tripician, general manager of Niman Ranch, gives a tour of their new line of charcuterie, a natural extension of the Niman commitment to sustainable farming. Along with the new line, Niman is working hard to bring new farmers along for next generation farming with programs that help new farmers get financial and legal assistance as well as mentoring and a new series of how-to videos! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#d...
Apr 24, 2017•50 min•Ep. 222
Executive Director of the National Young Farmers Coalition, Lindsay Lusher Shute explains the impact on young and beginning farmers should the Trump budget prevail. The barriers to entry in farming are formidable, and discretionary spending from the USDA helps fund a multitude of programs that encourage and assist people who are looking to get into farming. Losing that money could mean a lot of younger farms wither on the vine. This has major implications for the future of our food supply as our...
Apr 17, 2017•50 min•Ep. 221
Join Scott Nichols, founder of Food's Future and an expert in aquaculture as he explains the new technologies that will make aquaculture a more environmentally friendly, cost effective source of protein for the future population. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Apr 10, 2017•53 min•Ep. 220
This week on What Doesn't Kill You , host Katy Keiffer is joined by Will Carey and Lesha Pierson, volunteers for the 2017 Panhandle Fire Relief organization. On March 6, wildfires swept through an estimated 1.5 million acres in Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Colorado. Thousands of cattle were lost, and homes were destroyed, yet this story remains largely underreported in the mainstream news media. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/pri...
Apr 03, 2017•41 min•Ep. 219
On this week's What Doesn't Kill You , host Katy Keiffer is joined by Joe Fassler and Sally Lee. Joe Fassler is Senior Editor for New Food Economy , where he covers the politics, economics, and culture of the changing food system His food reporting for TheAtlantic.com has been a finalist for the James Beard Foundation Award in Journalism. Sally Lee works directly with poultry farmers and manages Rural Advancement Foundation International’s Contract Ag Reform program. She has a background in soci...
Mar 27, 2017•51 min•Ep. 218
This week on What Doesn't Kill You , host Katy Keiffer is joined by Bill Stowe, CEO of Des Moines Water Works, to discuss an Iowa Supreme Court ruling that the utility cannot win damage payments from drainage districts accused of sending fertilizers and other pollution unchecked into the Raccoon River. The utility hoped to recover damages in its lawsuit to make up for the costs of running its nitrate removal facility. But the court upheld nearly a century of precedent that drainage districts are...
Mar 20, 2017•43 min•Ep. 217
This week on What Doesn't Kill You , Tom Philpott joins us to talk about the new regime for our agricultural sector: no more earthy crunchy stuff like supporting Know your Farmer, Know your Food. Who is Sonny Perdue and what can the AG sector and the food movement expect from his office in the coming four years? Hint: bye bye to any regs around food safety, pollution, consolidation etc. Whoopee! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/pr...
Mar 06, 2017•56 min•Ep. 216
This week on What Doesn't Kill You , host Katy Keiffer is joined by Mike Callicrate, a native of Evergreen, Colorado, who has spent his career as a farmer-rancher, business entrepreneur, and family farm advocate. Frustrated by the monopoly control corporations were exerting over the markets and the “bigger is better” mentality common to agriculture, he began to forge a new path, forming a pasture-to-plate marketing company in 2000 named Ranch Foods Direct. He chose to locate his processing and r...
Feb 20, 2017•47 min•Ep. 214
This week on What Doesn't Kill You , host Katy Keiffer is joined by Tim Fitzgerald, director of the Impact Division of Environmental Defense Fund’s Fishery Solutions Center – leading its global programs on training, seafood markets, supply chain engagement and fisheries finance. Tim also serves on the boards of Ecofish LLC and GulfWild, and is an advisor to Fair Trade USA, the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Noti...
Feb 13, 2017•43 min•Ep. 213
CEO Andrew Dahl of Zivo BioScience joins Katy to discuss the applications and virtues of microalgae as a feedstuff for livestock and humans. Algae has the potential to take a leading role in animal nutrition, taking the pressure off of arable land to grow corn and soy for feed. Will this be the game changer in meat production we need if we are going to keep up with demand? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-in...
Feb 06, 2017•49 min•Ep. 212
In a recent article for Forbes magazine, journalist Nancy Huehengarth parses the divides within the progressive food movement between those that want immediate and complete change and those who work within the channels to effect change from within. Later she discusses the incoming administration and the fight for a food policy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Jan 30, 2017•57 min•Ep. 211
This week on What Doesn't Kill You , host Katy Keiffer is joined in studio Sari Kamin. Also a host at Heritage Radio Network, today Sari is sitting on the guest's chair as she chats with Katy about election fake news, Donald Trump, Women's March, and more. Don't forget to check out Sari's The Morning After . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Jan 23, 2017•41 min•Ep. 210
This week on What Doesn’t Kill You , host Katy Keiffer is joined by Molly Anderson. Anderson is part of the Food Studies program at Middlebury College in Vermont, where she teaches about hunger and food security, fixing food systems, and sustainability. She is especially interested in multi-actor collaborations for sustainable food systems, sustainability metrics and assessment, food system resilience, human rights in the food system, food security and the right to food in the U.S. and other ind...
Jan 16, 2017•51 min•Ep. 209
On the season premiere of What Doesn't Kill You , host Katy Keiffer is joined by Ted Genoways, award-winning writer and editor, and author of The Chain: Farm, Factory, and the Fate of Our Food, a finalist for the James Beard Foundation Award for Writing and Literature. Tune in to hear them discuss the failings of the media throughout the recent election cycle, the dangers of forcing voter demographics to conform to stereotypes, the proliferation of anti-intellectualism, and the vital importance ...
Jan 09, 2017•57 min•Ep. 208
What is a sustainable food system? Former undersecretary of the USDA, Kathleen Merrigan, Executive Director of Sustainability at George Washington University talks about what's possible, what's happening and what to hope for. At George Washington University, Dr. Merrigan leads the GW Sustainability Collaborative, GW Food Institute, and serves as Professor of Public Policy. She serves as a Co-Chair for AGree, Board Director for the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture and FoodCorps, a memb...
Dec 12, 2016•57 min•Ep. 207
This week on What Doesn't Kill You , host Katy Keiffer is joined by Christopher Leonard, a former national business reporter for the Associated Press and author of The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America’s Food Business . His work has appeared in Fortune , Bloomberg , Businessweek , Slate , and The Wall Street Journal . He is a Schmidt Family Foundation fellow with The New America Foundation, a nonpartisan public policy institute in Washington, DC. He is currently writing his second book...
Dec 05, 2016•58 min•Ep. 206
This week on What Doesn’t Kill You , host Katy Keiffer brings us an intriguing phone conversation with Baylen J. Linnekin, food lawyer and an adjunct professor at George Mason University Law School, where he developed and teaches Food Law & Policy. His new book, Biting the Hands that Feed Us , calls for less food regulations in our school lunch program, addressing four major areas where he believes government interference is getting in the way. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy...
Nov 28, 2016•54 min•Ep. 205
This week on What Doesn't Kill You , host Katy Keiffer is joined by Jonathan Gelbard, lead scientist at Grasslands Alliance and conservation scientist and sustainable agriculture specialist at Conservation Value, which serves clients interested in developing and implementing programs that benefit our environment, climate and economy alike. In partnership with other conservation entities, Dr. Gelbard’s work for Grasslands Alliance and Conservation Value focuses devising innovative programs for di...
Nov 21, 2016•56 min•Ep. 204
