Join host and food policy grad student Alana Williams on a dive into what's happening in national food politics in America, conveyed in a way that makes sense.
Cancel CAFO’s, aims to bring to light the environmental degradation done by intensive animal agriculture in the state of California, and how listeners can shift the tide towards environmentally restorative food consumption.
When the Trump Administration’s latest budget proposal came out earlier this year, there weren’t all that many surprises, with the exception of our food assistance program, which was proposed to be drastically revised. Once I started digging into it, I found all kinds of ways this administration seemed to be attacking Americans on food stamps
For more information, look into the organization Farmworker Justice, read I am Not a Tractor by Susan L Marquis to learn about how a grassroots movement really did improve working conditions for agricultural workers picking tomatoes in Florida. Or, pick up Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies by Seth Holmes which follows the plight of migrant life for indigenous communities living in Mexico.
What if where you lived directly affected your health? Today we’ll be talking about the studies linking food dyes to childhood hyperactivity and the policy solutions proposed around the world.
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