What Doesn't Kill You

Patty Lovera is the Assistant Director of Food & Water Watch. She coordinates the food team. Patty has a bachelor’s degree in environmental science from Lehigh University and a master’s degree in environmental policy from the University of Michigan. Before joining Food & Water Watch, Patty was the deputy director of the energy and environment program at Public Citizen and a researcher at the Center for Health, Environment and Justice. On this week’s episode of What Doesn’t Kill You, host Katy Keiffer talks with Patty about the current motion that the Food & Water Watch have filed to intervene in a case filed by entities in the meat industry against the EPA to shut down the gathering of basic information about CAFO’s. Tune-in to find out how Patty and the Food & Water Watch is making an impact in our food systems and regulations today. To donate to protect your food and water, be sure to visit Food And Water Watch today. This program has been sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.

“Before you know how to regulate it, you have to know what you’re dealing with.” [17:35]

— Patty Lovera on What Doesn’t Kill You

Katy Keiffer talks east coast shellfish with Bob Rheault on this week’s edition of What Doesn’t Kill You. Bob “Skid” Rheault was president of Moonstone Oysters in Narragansett, RI for 26 years. He has a Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography and is an adjunct faculty member in the University of Rhode Island’s Department of Fisheries & Aquaculture. He served as ECSGA President for five years before taking the Executive Director’s seat. Bob established the East Coast Shellfish Research Institute and has been successful in attracting several substantial federal research grants to address critical industry research priorities. He is an active member of the National Fisheries Institute and is a passionate industry advocate. Learn about the food safety considerations of eating clams and oysters, and find out if eating shellfish during the summer months is more dangerous. Hear about some of the innovations that have helped the shellfish industry. How do clams and oysters account for sales in the New England shellfish market? Find out all of this and more on this week’s episode of What Doesn’t Kill You! This program has been sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons. Thanks to Dead Stars for today’s music.

“It turns out that you can cover 50% of most bodies of water with oyster farms without environmental concern.” [28:00] — Bob Rheault on What Doesn’t Kill You

Katy Keiffer is talking antibiotic resistance as seen in ground turkey on this week’s What Doesn’t Kill You with Dr. Urvashi Rangan. Urvashi Rangan, Ph.D. leads and directs the Consumer Safety and Sustainability Group for Consumer Reports. She is responsible for managing risk analysis, policy assessments, label evaluations and consumer advice for tests, reports, and related advocacy work. Dr. Rangan serves as a primary, national spokesperson for Consumer Reports in the areas of sustainable production/consumption practices, food safety, and product safety issues related to chemical and contaminant hazards. Learn about the differences between bacteria strains found in conventional and organic, antibiotic-free ground turkey, and what it says about antibiotic resistance. Hear Dr. Rangan talk about animal welfare standards in conventional livestock agriculture, and how sub-therapeutic antibiotic usage is only the first step for better food and health. Hear what proposed legislation could curb antibiotics in the food chain. This program has been sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery. Thanks to Dead Stars for today’s music.

“We’re not stopping at antibiotics; we need systemic changes to conventional agriculture if we want to see any long term changes.” [21:00]

“We hope that we can treat sick animals for a long time, and sick humans, too.” [26:15]

— Dr. Urvashi Rangan on What Doesn’t Kill You

Will “natural” health and medicine practices save the world? On this week’s episode of Straight, No Chaser, Katy Keiffer chats with freelance journalist Nathanael Johnson about everything from microbes to community gardens. Nathanael’s first book “All Natural*: *A Skeptic’s Quest to Discover If the Natural Approach to Diet, Childbirth, Healing, and the Environment Really Keeps Us Healthier and Happier”, separates fact from faith when it comes to natural practices. Tune into today’s program to get more insight into the themes and ideas explored in the book. This program was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.

“I grew up in a family that believed it was better to embrace nature rather than using technology to protect ourselves against nature.” [02:14]

“Scientists say humans are super organisms – we’re not unique systems, we’re an incorporation of our environment in a very fundamental way” [05:45]

–Writer Nathanael Johnson on Straight, No Chaser

Leah Douglas illustrates the divisions in ag communities between pro and con CAFOs through a story for the Food and Environment Reporting Network.

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