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De golfstroom in de Atlantische Oceaan dreigt binnen 100 jaar stil te vallen, concluderen wetenschappers van de Universiteit Utrecht. Dat heeft grote gevolgen voor het klimaat in West-Europa. Deze aflevering in het kort:⇨ Een college over golfstromen⇨ Een nieuwe ijstijd in Noordwest-Europa⇨ Pfas in groente en fruit René van Westen is hoofdonderzoeker van het team dat met deze conclusie komt. Door het smelten van de Groenlandse ijskap komt er meer warm water in de Atlantische Oceaan terecht. Deze ontwikkeling vertraagt de AMOC, zoals deze golfstroom wordt genoemd. Daardoor wordt er minder hitte uitgewisseld over de hele planeet en dat heeft vooral impact op het klimaat op ons continent. Voedsel- en watertekorten Als de AMOC stilvalt, dan kan het in Noordwest-Europa 5 tot 15 graden kouder worden. Op het zuidelijk halfrond wordt het daarentegen warmer. Er zijn wetenschappers die denken dat deze veranderingen tot grote voedsel- en watertekorten kunnen leiden in de wereld. ‘Tot nu toe wisten we eigenlijk niet binnen welk tijdsbestek dit zich zou gaan voordoen. Onze conclusie is nu dat het wel eens veel sneller kan zijn dan eerder gedacht, binnen nu en honderd jaar. Daarvoor is wel meer onderzoek nodig.' Pfas in fruit en groente Harm windt zich intussen op over de conclusies uit een nieuw rapport van PAN Europe, het Pesticide Action Network. Wat blijkt namelijk? Nederlandse groente en fruit wordt volop bespoten met pfas-pesticiden. Tussen 2011 en 2021 werden in de EU in groenten en fruit residuen van 31 verschillende pfas-pesticiden aangetroffen. Het aantal groenten en fruit met residuen van tenminste één pfas-pesticide in de EU is in tien jaar verdrievoudigd.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Detoxing goes way beyond a juice fast or a few visits to the sauna. When you consider what contributes to your toxic burden, Jess and Xandra encourage you  to examine your whole life. Every change you make, however big or small, can make a powerful difference and in this conversation, they show you how.When it comes to our food, do we think about what's nourishing us and what is harming us?  We can make positive changes easily and cheaply by buying in bulk, going straight to the producer, batch cooking, avoiding inflammatory oils and considering organic where possible. Visit the Pesticide Action Network and see which foods are on their Dirty Dozen list.Looking at your home environment, what about the air we breathe? The water we drink? The mattress we sleep on? If you're planning a house renovation, what can you consider to make it as clean as possible?We love the natural and organic mattresses from Natural Mat and they have kindly offered our podcast listeners 10% off Naturalmat and Naturalmat Baby branded products online or in-store until 31st May 2024. Use the code NATURALDOCTORS at the checkout or at one of their UK showrooms. We also love Air Doctor purifiers and paint from Earthborn. Food wise, we're big fans of Unicorn Grocery and Gazegill Organics. Our favourite cleaning products are from Ecover, Bio-D and Method.  And watching Nancy Birtwhistle on Insta! :)

Pesticides and herbicides are all over Iowa. These things have consequences. Donna and Lonna talk to farmer, Rob Faux about the lasting effects of pesticide drift on his farm and his work with the Pesticide Action Network to address the problem. 

2023 was expected to be a big year for Europe in reducing harm from agrochemicals. But in a surprise move in November, European Parliament rejected a law to halve pesticide use. That same month, The European Commission stated it would renew the controversial approval of glyphosate for another 10 years. What happened? Alasdair talks to Dr Martin Dermine, Executive Director of Pesticide Action Network Europe, about why EU regulation of agrochemicals is moving so slowly.Further reading: 'Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup, is showing up in pregnant women', The Conversation, December 2023'EU Commission hosts a secret 3-day meeting with the pesticide industry as their exclusive guest', Pesticide Action Network, December 2023'Green Deal is dead', Pesticide Action Network, November 2023'Beneath the orange fields: Impact of Glyphosate on soil organisms', Pesticide Action Network, November 2023'Conservative backlash kills off EU's Green Deal push to slash pesticide use', Politico, November 2023'EU to renew herbicide glyphosate approval for 10 years', Reuters, November 2023'Long-term evidence for ecological intensification as a pathway to sustainable agriculture', Nature Sustainability, 2022Listen to our previous episodes on Monsanto, EU lobbying, and Neonics.Click here to visit The Future Unrefined, our curated collection of articles and podcasts on raw materials and extraction. Find more podcasts and articles at www.landclimate.org

Did you know that most synthetic pesticides are petroleum-based? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Margaret Reeves, Ph.D., Senior Scientist at the Pesticide Action Center of North America. Reeves discusses the Pesticide Action Network's new report: “Pesticides and Climate Change: A vicious cycle.” She describes how pesticides contribute to climate change and explains the smoke and mirrors behind some “climate smart” terms and practices. Related website:  Report “Pesticides and Climate Change: A vicious cycle:” https://www.panna.org/resources/pesticides-and-climate-change-vicious-cycle-report and webinars: https://www.panna.org/resources/webinar-recording-pesticides-and-climate-change

Lawns into Meadows: Rebuilding Biodiversity Guest Owen Wormser, Landscape Designer, Abound Design Imagine planting native wildflowers in pots on a terrace or transforming a section of your high-maintenance lifeless lawn into a low maintenance meadow habitat, rich with biodiversity.  Recent satellite photographs show that lawns now occupy 45.6 million acres, about three times the size of New Jersey, making the American lawn the largest irrigated crop in the U.S. in terms of surface area.  Perfectly manicured grass lawns were marketed as an essential feature of the American dream in the 1940's and 50's. Today, lawn maintenance demands evermore precious resources - time, money and water. Lawns require labor, expensive motorized equipment and fuel consumption.  They also involve toxic treatment applications – synthetic fertilizers, weed killers and insecticides – that poison life. In this episode landscape designer Owen Wormser explains how to replace the deadscape we call lawn with beautiful, low-maintenance meadows, that sequester far more carbon than a lawn.   Owen is the author of Lawn into Meadows: Growing a regenerative landscape, an award-winning book published by Chelsea Green.  Owen received a degree in landscape architecture in 1998 before founding his own landscape business, Abound Design.   He offers consulting, installation and sustainable landscape design services inspired by permaculture and deep ecology.  His work serves as a means for sharing his deep connection with nature, while further cultivating that connection within himself.   He actively practices the skills and perspectives necessary to effectively weave people and the natural world back together. MEADOW GARDENING RESOURCES Purchase Owen's book, Lawn into Meadows - https://stonepierpress.org/store/lawns-into-meadows-second-edition Visit Owen's Abound Design website - https://abounddesign.com/ Download the Meadowscaping Activity Guide from Kids Gardening - https://kidsgardening.org/the-latest-meadowscaping/ Shop for seeds and plants at American Meadows - https://www.americanmeadows.com/ View this Pesticide Action Network webinar on Pesticides and Climate Change - https://www.panna.org/resources/webinar-recording-pesticides-and-climate-change PerusePollinator Pathway native plant lists - https://www.pollinator-pathway.org/native-pollinator-plant-lists Take the NO MOW MAY Challenge - https://www.pollinator-pathway.org/rethink-your-lawn Follow ReSeedingRI on instagram. Join the Story Walking Radio Hour group on facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/StoryWalkingRadio Learn more about Food Forest Abundance – https://foodforestabundance.com/get-started/?ref=WENDYFACHON Learn more at www.storywalking.com ,  https://netwalkri.com email wendy@netwalkri.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards. Subscribe to Wendy's blog Writing with Wendy at www.wendyfachon.blog. Join Wendy on facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/StoryWalkingRadio

Als Nicole van Dam in den USA lebt, putzt eine Mitbewohnerin ihr Obst und Gemüse mit Bürste und einer speziellen Obstseife. Das findet die Professorin für Molekulare Interaktionsökologie damals übertrieben, aber jetzt muss Sie zugeben: Wahrscheinlich hatte ihre Mitbewohnerin recht. Das Pesticide Action Network Europe hat öffentliche Daten ausgewertet und festgestellt, dass immer mehr Obst und Gemüse in der EU Rückstände von Pestiziden aufweist, obwohl der Einsatz dieser giftigen Stoffe bis 2030 um 50 Prozent reduziert werden sollte. Die Ursachen dafür können sehr unterschiedlich sein, erklärt Nicole van Dam im Klima-Labor von ntv. Unsere Vorliebe für Süßes hängt damit genauso zusammen wie die wirtschaftlichen Rahmenbedingungen für Landwirte. Neue Anbaumethoden aber, die zum Beispiel in Afrika schon verwendet werden, zeigen, wie Landwirte ihre Ernte auch ohne Pestizide um 20 bis 30 Prozent verbessern können.Sie haben Fragen an uns? Schreiben Sie eine E-Mail an podcasts@n-tv.de oder wenden Sie sich direkt an Clara Pfeffer oder Christian Herrmann. Unsere allgemeinen Datenschutzrichtlinien finden Sie unter https://datenschutz.ad-alliance.de/podcast.html Unsere allgemeinen Datenschutzrichtlinien finden Sie unter https://art19.com/privacy. Die Datenschutzrichtlinien für Kalifornien sind unter https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info abrufbar.

This week we are revisiting our interview with Professor Dave Goulson. Dave Goulson is a Professor of Biology at the University of Sussex (England), who specializes in bee ecology. Professor Goulson has published more than 300 scientific articles on the ecology and conservation of bumblebees and other insects, plus seven books, including the Sunday Times bestsellers “A Sting in the Tale” (2013), “The Garden Jungle” (2019), and “Silent Earth” (2021). In 2015 he was named number 8 in BBC Wildlife Magazine's list of the top 50 most influential people in conservation. In 2018, 2019 and 2020 he was named as a “Highly Cited Researcher” by Thompson ISI. He founded the Bumblebee Conservation Trust in 2006, a charity which has grown to 12,000 members and is a trustee of the Pesticide Action Network, as well as an “Ambassador” for the UK Wildlife Trusts, and president of Pesticide Free Scotland. Tune in to learn more about: His latest book “Silent Earth”, in which in the tradition of Rachel Carson's groundbreaking environmental classic Silent Spring, he explains the importance of insects to our survival, and offers a clarion call to avoid a looming ecological disaster of our own making; His fascination about insects that started from an early age and why they are important to us and to our lives; The pollination factor, even coffee and cocoa need pollinators; The difference between bumblebees and honeybees, and the unknown fact that there are over 20,000 of known bees species; Neonicotinoids and their negative impact on soil, streams and bees;  Insects as food - and how 80% of the world actually eat insects; Global warming and the impact on insects; His wish for each one of us is to welcome nature, to plant pollinator friendly flowers and don't spray any pesticides and also to buy local, organic food. To learn more about Professor Goulson's work go to https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p126217-dave-goulson. 

Did you know that pesticides are not necessary to “feed the world,” and that American taxpayers pay for pesticide-related harm to our environment and health? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Kristin Schafer, Former Executive Director of the Pesticide Action Network of North America. Schafer discusses highlights of her 25-year career with PAN, summarizes the best farming methods for resilient agriculture; and, explains how policy must help protect children from pesticide harm. Read more about Schafer's work experiences in her reflection series: https://www.panna.org/blogs/kristin-schafer, and learn about how the pesticide industry influences EPA in this Catalyst article: https://www.panna.org/sites/default/files/PANnews2021n03.pdf Learn about SB 3283 Protect America's children from toxic pesticides act:  https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3283 Related website:  www.panna.org 

Entomology has been intertwined in fly fishing from the beginning. Studying insects may be the oldest part of fly fishing. A long time ago fish were observed eating insects and artificial bugs were created to fool the fish. There were a lot more bugs back then. A fraction of those organism exist today due to the need for human's to control nature.. How are you going to match the hatch when the hatch isn't there? Rob invited entomologist Dave Goulson on the show to discuss the insect apocalypse. Dave is a Professor of Biology at the University of Sussex. He has published more than 300 scientific articles on the ecology and conservation of bumblebees and other insect. He is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, a trustee of Pesticide Action Network, and an Ambassador for the UK Wildlife Trusts. His most recent book Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse Is out now.  Dave Goulson Dave's Books Produced by Jason Reif Buy Flies To Support the Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Goulson is a Professor of Biology at the University of Sussex (England), who specializes in bee ecology. Professor Goulson has published more than 300 scientific articles on the ecology and conservation of bumblebees and other insects, plus seven books, including the Sunday Times bestsellers “A Sting in the Tale” (2013), “The Garden Jungle” (2019), and “Silent Earth” (2021). In 2015 he was named number 8 in BBC Wildlife Magazine's list of the top 50 most influential people in conservation. In 2018, 2019 and 2020 he was named as a “Highly Cited Researcher” by Thompson ISI. He founded the Bumblebee Conservation Trust in 2006, a charity which has grown to 12,000 members and is a trustee of the Pesticide Action Network, as well as an “Ambassador” for the UK Wildlife Trusts, and president of Pesticide Free Scotland. Tune in to learn more about: His latest book “Silent Earth”, written in the tradition of Rachel Carson's groundbreaking environmental classic Silent Spring, where he explains the importance of insects to our survival, and offers a clarion call to avoid a looming ecological disaster of our own making; His fascination about insects that started from an early age and why they are important to us and to our lives; Pollination facts, even coffee and cocoa need pollinators; The difference between bumblebees and honeybees, and the unknown fact that there are over 20,000 of known bees species; Neonicotinoids and their negative impact on soil, streams and bees;  Insects as food - and how 80% of the world actually eat insects; Global warming and the impact on insects; His wish for each one of us is to welcome nature, to plant pollinator friendly flowers and not to spray any pesticides, as well as to buy local and organic food. To learn more about Dave Goulson's work go to https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p126217-dave-goulson.

Leading up to the recent Tokyo Olympics. athletes Annet Negesa of Uganda and Maximila Imali of Kenya both had their Olympic dreams crushed because of rules set by the track and field global governing body, World Athletics. They are just two—of many—elite women athletes who have been told their natural testosterone levels, if not lowered through medication or surgery, disqualify them from competition at the highest levels of sport. Join us for an in-depth conversation about intersex biology and the history of sex testing in women's athletics ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. About the Speaker In February 2021, Eliza Anyangwe became the editor of As Equals, CNN's ongoing gender inequality project. She began her career working for nongovernmental organizations Action Against Hunger and then the Pesticide Action Network, where she was Organic Cotton Officer, but has spent more than a decade in media, working for The Guardian, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, and most recently The Correspondent, where she was managing editor. The Guardian Opinion series she commissioned and wrote for, a "Week in Africa," was longlisted for a One World Media award. In 2016, Eliza founded The Nzinga Effect, a media project focused on telling the stories of African and Afro-descendant women, and delivered that work through partnerships with organizations such as The Serpentine Galleries and The British Council. In 2018 she was awarded a development reporting grant by the European Journalism Centre to tell stories about the African women breaking taboos and carving out space to talk about sex and sexuality.  Eliza has written for The Independent, Financial Times, Al Jazeera and Open Democracy; has appeared on broadcast programs, including "Newsnight," "BBC World Service," PRI's "The World," and the podcast "Our Body Politic"; and has spoken at events, among them SXSW, D&AD Festival, The Google News Initiative Summit, the International Journalism Festival, Africa Utopia, The Web We Want Festival and the Next Einstein Forum. Eliza is a contributing author to Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century, published by Routledge. SPEAKERS Eliza Anyangwe Journalist; Editor, As Equals, CNN Gender Inequality Project; Twitter @elizatalks; Instagram @Elizatookthis Michelle Meow Producer and Host, "The Michelle Meow Show," KBCW TV and Podcast; Member, Commonwealth Club Board of Governors; Twitter @msmichellemeow—Co-Host John Zipperer Producer and Host, Week to Week Political Roundtable; Vice President of Media & Editorial, The Commonwealth Club—Co-Host In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on October 4th, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leading up to the recent Tokyo Olympics. athletes Annet Negesa of Uganda and Maximila Imali of Kenya both had their Olympic dreams crushed because of rules set by the track and field global governing body, World Athletics. They are just two—of many—elite women athletes who have been told their natural testosterone levels, if not lowered through medication or surgery, disqualify them from competition at the highest levels of sport. Join us for an in-depth conversation about intersex biology and the history of sex testing in women's athletics ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. About the Speaker In February 2021, Eliza Anyangwe became the editor of As Equals, CNN's ongoing gender inequality project. She began her career working for nongovernmental organizations Action Against Hunger and then the Pesticide Action Network, where she was Organic Cotton Officer, but has spent more than a decade in media, working for The Guardian, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, and most recently The Correspondent, where she was managing editor. The Guardian Opinion series she commissioned and wrote for, a "Week in Africa," was longlisted for a One World Media award. In 2016, Eliza founded The Nzinga Effect, a media project focused on telling the stories of African and Afro-descendant women, and delivered that work through partnerships with organizations such as The Serpentine Galleries and The British Council. In 2018 she was awarded a development reporting grant by the European Journalism Centre to tell stories about the African women breaking taboos and carving out space to talk about sex and sexuality.  Eliza has written for The Independent, Financial Times, Al Jazeera and Open Democracy; has appeared on broadcast programs, including "Newsnight," "BBC World Service," PRI's "The World," and the podcast "Our Body Politic"; and has spoken at events, among them SXSW, D&AD Festival, The Google News Initiative Summit, the International Journalism Festival, Africa Utopia, The Web We Want Festival and the Next Einstein Forum. Eliza is a contributing author to Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century, published by Routledge. SPEAKERS Eliza Anyangwe Journalist; Editor, As Equals, CNN Gender Inequality Project; Twitter @elizatalks; Instagram @Elizatookthis Michelle Meow Producer and Host, "The Michelle Meow Show," KBCW TV and Podcast; Member, Commonwealth Club Board of Governors; Twitter @msmichellemeow—Co-Host John Zipperer Producer and Host, Week to Week Political Roundtable; Vice President of Media & Editorial, The Commonwealth Club—Co-Host In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on October 4th, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An interview with Nick Mole, Policy Officer with the Pesticide Action Network (PAN),  the only UK charity focused solely on tackling the problems caused by pesticides and promoting safe and sustainable alternatives in agriculture, urban areas, homes and gardens. PAN works tirelessly to apply pressure on governments, regulators, policymakers, industry and retailers to reduce the impacts of harmful pesticides to both human health and the environment. Their work includes campaigning for change in policy and practices at home and overseas, coordinating projects which help smallholder farming communities escape ill-health and poverty caused by pesticides, and contributing our wealth of scientific and technical expertise to the work of other organisations that share their aims. Charlie Moores spoke with Nick shortly after the release of PAN's latest ‘dirty dozen' research – an analysis of data the government gathers as it monitors pesticide residue levels in or on food consumed in the UK. It was hard to know where to begin with this interview because it's genuinely shocking stuff, but Charlie began by asking Nick to start with a quick overview of the government research PAN's analysis was based on…which, despite the already truly disturbing results and if he was understanding things correctly, the government appeared to be cherry-picking to make things seem better – or less bad - than they actually are…Pesticide Action Network WebsitePesticide Action Network Twitter feed and InstagramPesticide Action Network The Dirty Dozen Pesticide Action Network The Cocktail Effect

In a feisty episode (feistier than usual, which is saying something!) we (Dominic especially) turn our ire on the Faroe Islands and the UK's Free Trade Agreement with one of the wealthiest island nations in the world; Defra and its appalling handling of  Bovine Tb and Geronimo in particular; the Charity Commission for leaking a non-event complaint about Operation Ark and Pen Farthing; and the Labour Party for seemingly ignoring animals and wildlife at its Party Conference. In his weekly analysis, Charlie slates the disgusting pheasant-killing season and the appalling shooting industry. In Heroes and Villains, we praise Derbyshire Against the Cull and the League Against Cruel Sports, and slam Sainsbury's and the pesticide industry in the wake of a report by Pesticide Action Network. Finally, we give shoutouts to Dominic's e-petition and next weekend's march against the Grind and Taiji, the Wildlife Trusts for their badger petition, and Leicestershire Against the Cull who are raising funds for a thermal imaging camera. Petition Suspend trade agreement with Faroe Islands until all whale & dolphin hunts end Daily Mirror Supermarkets urged to stop selling Faroe Islands seafood after dolphin slaughterThe Independent   Geronimo the alpaca's owner claims new test results show he did not have TBITV News Pen Farthing supporters 'really angry' as Charity Commission examines Afghanistan evacuation effortWild Justice  Today is the opening day of the Pheasant-shooting seasonLeague Against Cruel Sports   Website, Twitter feed, and Facebook pageDerbyshire Against the Cull  Twitter feed and Facebook PagePesticide Action Network  The 'dirty dozen'Wildlife Trusts Petition  UK Government - speed up badger & cattle vaccinationsLeicestershire Against the Cull  Thermal Imaging Camera Appeal 

Did you know that the commonly used fungicide, fludioxonil may cause oxidative damage to human cells? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Tristan Brandhorst, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, University of WI – Madison who discusses his investigation into the toxicity of the commonly used fungicide fludioxonil. Brandhorst has researched the fungicide's mechanism of toxicity and its effects on off-target organisms – from earth worms to humans. Brandhorst has been studying the physiology of pathogenic fungi for 20 years with research into fungal metabolites, toxicity factors, and mechanisms of virulence.  His research group stumbled upon evidence that the fungicide fludioxonil did not work by its widely accepted “safe” mechanism, and has published his findings that fludioxonil acts on a sugar-metabolizing enzyme common to all cells. His research indicates that the complexity of pesticide effects on cells and enzymes in the body, and organisms generally, are not understood to the extent that they should be. To find out where you might find residues of this fungicide in your food, see The Pesticide Action Network's What's On My Food? https://www.whatsonmyfood.org/pesticide.jsp?pesticide=B23. And to hear Brandhorst's presentation at the 2021 Beyond Pesticide Forum, see: www.beyondpesticides.org Related website:   www.youtube.com/watch?v=GICBdP8bQGQ&list=PLkjxw2sUkRMOtImBlXkgW1pgw1ZZOQTWS 

Bugs, creepy crawlies, insects, pests. Whatever you call them, these little critters play an important part of our ecosystem and their disappearing at an alarming rate. In this episode, we chat to Dr Dave Goulson, author of the upcoming book 'Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse' with the help of comedian Alfie Packham. We cover how the decline is measured, why it's important, which insects we could maybe do without and why inner-city hipsters starting suburban beehives won't solve the problem. Expert guest: Dave Goulson is Professor of Biology at the University of Sussex. He has published more than 300 scientific articles on the ecology and conservation of bumblebees and other insects. His books include the Sunday Times bestsellers The Garden Jungle and A Sting in the Tale, which was also shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize and has been translated into fifteen languages. He is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, a trustee of Pesticide Action Network, and an Ambassador for the UK Wildlife Trusts.Comedian guest: Alfie Packham has performed at comedy clubs across the UK, including the Manchester Comedy Store and Komedia Brighton, and on radio shows like Union Jack Radio's One Night Stand. He has also performed above pubs, below pubs, and inside the walls of pubs. He was a finalist for the Komedia New Comedy Award in 2020 and a runner-up for the BBC's New Comedy Award in 2019.He has also written jokes and sketches for BBC Radio 4's The Now Show and BBC Radio 4 Extra's Newsjack. You can follow Alfie on Twitter and Instagram

Did you know that the herbicide, dicamba, threatens organic farmers’ economic viability as well as consumer access to local fresh organic fruits and vegetables? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Rob Faux, Ph.D., organic farmer and Pesticide Action Network’s Communications Associate for Iowa. Faux owns and operates the Genuine Faux Farm near Tripoli, Iowa, where he produces a wide variety of health-promoting produce for his community. There's just one problem: drift from the herbicide dicamba, used on GMO soy and corn, threatens his ability to farm, and his community’s access to health promoting food. Follow Faux’s farm updates here: https://genfaux.blogspot.com/ Related website: https://www.panna.org/blog/im-living-dicamba-nightmare

Charlotte Smith speaks to Peter Stevenson from Compassion in World Farming about their legal challenge to the Scottish Government over the live export of calves, and why those calves could be used in beef production in the UK. The Scottish Parliament has voted to to ban the unlicensed killing of mountain hares to protect grouse and young plants and trees and the shooting of seals to protect fish farms. BBC’s Scotland environment correspondent Kevin Keane has the details. How do you post an Orchid? In the grand finale to flower week Beatrice Fenton has been to meet a grower who has had to answer that question when lockdown forced him to switch from supplying supermarkets to online sales. George Eustice is looking at the regulatory framework around biopesticides but Nick Mole from Pesticide Action Network says that although they want a move away from synthetic pesticides side-stepping existing regulation may not be the best approach. Producer: Toby Field

Today on Sojourner Truth: Even as public officials scramble to come up with band-aid solutions they hope will resolve the uprising around the country, we look at what might be some of the underlying issues of protesters in addition to police abuse and murder. For young people and all of us who are facing the challenge of the destruction of the environment, we discuss the use of chemicals in U.S. agriculture. For our weekly Earth Watch segment, we delve into the latest on dicamba, a highly-toxic herbicide that is used to kill weeds in a variety of agricultural areas. Our guest is Rob Faux, the Communications Associate in Iowa for the Pesticide Action Network. Rob is also a farmer. We also look at U.S. spending on regime change and destabilization around the world. We take a look at U.S.-backed efforts against Evo Morales, who was the first Indigenous president of Bolivia. Our guest is Jake Johnston, a Senior Research Associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C.

Today on Sojourner Truth: Even as public officials scramble to come up with band-aid solutions they hope will resolve the uprising around the country, we look at what might be some of the underlying issues of protesters in addition to police abuse and murder. For young people and all of us who are facing the challenge of the destruction of the environment, we discuss the use of chemicals in U.S. agriculture. For our weekly Earth Watch segment, we delve into the latest on dicamba, a highly-toxic herbicide that is used to kill weeds in a variety of agricultural areas. Our guest is Rob Faux, the Communications Associate in Iowa for the Pesticide Action Network. Rob is also a farmer. We also look at U.S. spending on regime change and destabilization around the world. We take a look at U.S.-backed efforts against Evo Morales, who was the first Indigenous president of Bolivia. Our guest is Jake Johnston, a Senior Research Associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C.

Today on Sojourner Truth: Even as public officials scramble to come up with band-aid solutions they hope will resolve the uprising around the country, we look at what might be some of the underlying issues of protesters in addition to police abuse and murder. For young people and all of us who are facing the challenge of the destruction of the environment, we discuss the use of chemicals in U.S. agriculture. For our weekly Earth Watch segment, we delve into the latest on dicamba, a highly-toxic herbicide that is used to kill weeds in a variety of agricultural areas. Our guest is Rob Faux, the Communications Associate in Iowa for the Pesticide Action Network. Rob is also a farmer. We also look at U.S. spending on regime change and destabilization around the world. We take a look at U.S.-backed efforts against Evo Morales, who was the first Indigenous president of Bolivia. Our guest is Jake Johnston, a Senior Research Associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C.

Today on Sojourner Truth: Even as public officials scramble to come up with band-aid solutions they hope will resolve the uprising around the country, we look at what might be some of the underlying issues of protesters in addition to police abuse and murder. For young people and all of us who are facing the challenge of the destruction of the environment, we discuss the use of chemicals in U.S. agriculture. For our weekly Earth Watch segment, we delve into the latest on dicamba, a highly-toxic herbicide that is used to kill weeds in a variety of agricultural areas. Our guest is Rob Faux, the Communications Associate in Iowa for the Pesticide Action Network. Rob is also a farmer. We also look at U.S. spending on regime change and destabilization around the world. We take a look at U.S.-backed efforts against Evo Morales, who was the first Indigenous president of Bolivia. Our guest is Jake Johnston, a Senior Research Associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C.

Jennifer Fearing (@jenniferfearing) is one of the most successful, innovative, and admired lobbyists in California. She left a lucrative corporate consulting career to advocate on behalf of issues that are close to her heart, especially animal issues. Jennifer successfully ran the 2008 Proposition 2 campaign, also known as the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act. She has led successful efforts to ban the sale of ivory and shark fin soup, to ban the use of hounds when hunting bears and bobcats, and championed numerous other issues related to animal welfare. Jennifer spent eight years working for the Humane Society of the United States and in 2014 founded Fearless Advocacy, a lobbying firm dedicated to advancing the public policy agendas of causes she believes in. Clients include Pew Charitable Trusts, Pesticide Action Network, Defenders of Wildlife, the California Association of Nonprofits, Oceana, California Wildlife Officers Foundation and more. A graduate of UC Davis and Harvard’s Kennedy School, Jennifer has been featured on the Capitol 100, an annual list of the most impactful people in-and-around California government.

About Anupama Joshi Anupama Joshi is the former Executive Director & Co-Founder of the National Farm to School Network. Ms. Joshi co-founded the organization in 2007, to serve as an information, advocacy, and networking hub for communities working to bring local food sourcing and food and agriculture education into school systems and early care and education sites. Ms. Joshi is a recognized leader in the field of farm to school, food justice and local and regional food systems. She is co-author of Food Justice (MIT Press, 2010) and led the development of “Evaluation for Transformation” – a pioneering cross-sectoral framework for farm to school research and evaluation. Ms. Joshi has been engaged with nutrition, agriculture and food systems issues in various countries around the world. She has worked with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the Pesticide Action Network; and consulted with various non-profit organizations in Asia. She is a Steering Committee member of the North Carolina Farm to School Coalition, an Advisor for the Blue Sky Funders Forum, USDA’s Farm to School Census and Comprehensive Review Group, and is a Mentor for the Food Systems Leadership Network. She has previously served on the board of directors for FoodCorps and the Community Alliance with FamilyFarmers. She loves to travel, and cook, especially with her son. About The National Farm to School Network The National Farm to School Network is an information, advocacy and networking hub for communities working to bring local food sourcing, school gardens and food and agriculture education into schools and early care and education settings. Farm to school empowers children and their families to make informed food choices while strengthening the local economy and contributing to vibrant communities. National Farm to School Network provides vision, leadership and support at the state, regional and national levels to connect and expand the farm to school movement, which has grown from a handful of schools in the late 1990s to approximately 42,000 schools in all 50 states as of 2014. Our network includes Core Partner and Supporting Partner organizations in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and U.S. Territories, thousands of farm to school supporters, a national advisory board and staff. National Farm to School Network was launched in 2007 by a collaborative of more than 30 organizations seeking to shape the burgeoning farm to school movement. Initially led by staff from the Community Food Security Coalition and the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental College. National Farm to School Network is now a project of the Tides Center. Learn more: Website The Podcast Our conversation ranges across topics, but always comes back to the farm-to-school movement and the importance of nutrition in our everyday lives. Starting even in pre-school, it’s incredibly important to learn about proper nutrition. Anapuma Joshi is a huge part of the movement to bring better nutrition, and thereby education, to schools across America. The topics are wide ranging, from Anupama’s life growing up in India and traveling around the world doing various non-profit work, to starting this network to bring healthy, local and sustainable food to schools. Love the show? If you love our show, please support us by: Sharing it with your friends Leaving a comment on the show notes Writing a review on iTunes or Facebook Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform Donating on Patreon Contacting us to learn about sponsorship opportunities Contacting us for a feature/interview

What's the 2040 Plan?  How are they being introduced and implemented in Minneapolis and St. Paul?  Lucy Thompson (St. Paul's Principal Planner) and Heather Worthington (Minneapolis' Planning Director) explain.  Then, Erin Rupp (Founder/Exec. Director of Pollinate Minnesota) and Willa Childress (organizer for the Pesticide Action Network) bring more awareness to the importance of pollination.

CHOOSE LIFE, EDUCATION NOT MISSILES, WORLDWIDE NUCLEAR BAN NOW, SAVE THE FUTURE, and more recently, CANCEL BREXIT...just a few of the iconic slogan T-shirts designed by this week's guest over the years. Designer Katharine Hamnett is one of the pioneers of modern British fashion. She invented the much copied slogan T-shirt, was the first winner of the British Fashion Council's 'Designer of the Year' award (in 1984), and championed organic cotton long before it was trendy. This year marks her 40th in the industry. In 1989, her research into fashion's environmental & social impact horrified her. She lobbied the industry to act for change, but with little success. She campaigned directly on issues such as the use of pesticides and the plight of cotton farmers, and badgered her licensees to reduce the environmental and social impact of her collections. But it was a war before its time. She took the decision to wind down her brand – ripping up licences – until production methods could meet her environmental criteria. Moving out of the mainstream industry, she concentrated on campaigning, political activism and collaborating with charities. Now the world has caught up with Katharine Hamnett - in 2017, she relaunched her business. In this frank, intimate discussion, you get to hear it all from her glitzy early years as a designer to what motivates her to be change agent today. We talk fast fashion, climate change, her work with organic cotton, saving the bees, but also growing up in France and being comfortable with being a minority of one.  This Episode goes live on World Environment Day 2019, as Katharine Hamnett launches her latest tee. The Global Green New Deal Now T-shirt can be purchased at katharinehamnett.com and all proceeds go to support Greenpeace and their work on climate justice.  Join the conversation - follow Clare in Instagram and Twitter Don't miss the show-notes each week on clarepress.com - they're packed with links and extra info.

Walter discusses global warming with progressive Pr. Nathan Roberts and Willa Childress from the Pesticide Action Network.

Walter discusses global warming with progressive Pr. Nathan Roberts and Willa Childress from the Pesticide Action Network.

Did you  know that exposure to pesticides puts children and farm workers in harm’s way? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Kristin Schafer, Executive Director of the Pesticide Action Network (PAN). Schafer discusses the risks of pesticide drift and harms related to exposure on children and farm workers, including neurological damage from chlorpyrifos, and increasing herbicides used on genetically engineered crops. Schafer shines a light on the politics and PR spin used by the pesticide industry, and reviews a tool kit http://www.panna.org/sites/default/files/DriftReporting-InCaseofDriftToolkit-2017.pdf designed to identify and reduce drift damage. Schafer has been lead author on several excellent PAN reports, including Chemical Trespass: Pesticides in our Bodies and Corporate Accountability; and, Nowhere to Hide: Persistent Toxic Chemicals in the U.S. Food Supply. She also co-authored both A Generation in Jeopardy and Related website: www.panna.org

Show host and Earth Island Journal editor, Maureen Nandini Mitra, talks with Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, senior scientist with Pesticide Action Network of North America and director of the PANNA's Grassroots Science Program and Patty Lovera, assistant director of Food and Water Watch, about pesticides that continue to contaminate conventionally grown fruits and vegetables and whether we really need these toxic chemicals to produce enough food to feed the world.   The post Table Talk: Pesticides in Our Produce appeared first on KPFA.

"While pesticides have been marketed as a necessity to growing food and supposedly feeding the world, what they have actually done is unravel our communities' capacity to provide healthy, nourishing food." Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, senior scientist at the Pesticide Action Network shares the alarming picture of pesticides in our food system - and what we can do to help.

Charlotte caught of up with two of the speakers from this years Seedy Sunday in Brighton; Nick Mole of the Pesticide Action Network and David Price of the Seed Co-operative. We also chat to Lyndsey Haskell of What you Sow and Emmaus Brighton. Great folk all inspiring the good fight!

Guest Margaret Reeves, Ph.D., Senior Scientist and advocate at the Pesticide Action Network describes the risks farmworkers face from pesticide exposure and the new Equitable Farm InitiativeEFI

Is your children's schoolyard routinely sprayed with pesticides? How safe your children are might depend on where you live. Today we hear about how and why one pesticide has been banned for household use, but affects the health of farmworkers and their children. Children's health is especially fragile–so why aren't we protecting them?   This program received funding from the Fund for Investigative Journalism. Featuring:   Kim Harley, Center for Environmental Research in Children's Health associate director; Isabel Arrollo, El Quinto Sol de America organizer; Jennifer Sass, Natural Resources Defense Council senior scientist; Tracey Brieger, Californians for Pesticide Reform co-director; Marina Gomez, Brian Jimenez-Gomez, CHAMACOS research participants; Margaret Reeves, Pesticide Action Network senior scientist; Valerie Bengal, family physician and UC San Francisco clinical professor; Brett Knupfer, Ohlone Elementary School principal; Marcy Mock, Ohlone special education teacher; Casimira Salazar, Ohlone migrant education teacher; Cynthia Fernandez, Ohlone 2nd grade teacher; Brett McFadden, Pajaro Valley Unified School District chief business officer; Mary Ellen Kustin, Environmental Working Group policy analyst. For More information: CHAMACOS (Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas) study   El Quinto Sol de America  Californians for Pesticide Reform Pesticide Action Network North America National Resources Defense Council Fund for Investigative Journalism Resources and reports: California pesticide use reporting “Agricultural Pesticide Use Near Public Schools in California,” Apr. 2014, California Environmental Health Tracking Program Ohlone School pesticide monitoring news, Sept. 2013 Integrated pest management of citrus, University of California, Riverside Coalition letter to California Department of Pesticide Regulation, Jan. 2014 “Chlorpyrifos Preliminary Human Health Risk Assessment,” Jun. 2011, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency “Evidence on the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity of Chlorpyrifos,” Sept. 2008, California Environmental Protection Agency Chlorpyrifos health effects, Apr. 2012, U.S. EPA's Scientific Advisory Panel Human oral toxicity study for chlorpyrifos, Kisicki et al 1999   The post Making Contact – Pesticides on the Playground appeared first on KPFA.

Is your children’s schoolyard routinely sprayed with pesticides? How safe your children are might depend on where you live. Today we hear about how and why one pesticide has been banned for household use, but affects the health of farmworkers and their children. Children’s health is especially fragile–so why aren’t we protecting them? Featuring:    Kim Harley, Center for Environmental Research in Children’s Health associate director Isabel Arrollo, El Quinto Sol de America organizer Jennifer Sass, Natural Resources Defense Council senior scientist Tracey Brieger, Californians for Pesticide Reform co-director Marina Gomez, Brian Jimenez-Gomez, CHAMACOS research participants Margaret Reeves, Pesticide Action Network senior scientist Valerie Bengal, family physician and UC San Francisco clinical professor Brett Knupfer, Ohlone Elementary School principal Marcy Mock, Ohlone special education teacher Casimira Salazar, Ohlone migrant education teacher Cynthia Fernandez, Ohlone 2nd grade teacher Brett McFadden, Pajaro Valley Unified School District chief business officer Mary Ellen Kustin, Environmental Working Group policy analyst

Is your children’s schoolyard routinely sprayed with pesticides? How safe your children are might depend on where you live. Today we hear about how and why one pesticide has been banned for household use, but affects the health of farmworkers and their children. Children’s health is especially fragile–so why aren’t we protecting them? Featuring:    Kim Harley, Center for Environmental Research in Children’s Health associate director Isabel Arrollo, El Quinto Sol de America organizer Jennifer Sass, Natural Resources Defense Council senior scientist Tracey Brieger, Californians for Pesticide Reform co-director Marina Gomez, Brian Jimenez-Gomez, CHAMACOS research participants Margaret Reeves, Pesticide Action Network senior scientist Valerie Bengal, family physician and UC San Francisco clinical professor Brett Knupfer, Ohlone Elementary School principal Marcy Mock, Ohlone special education teacher Casimira Salazar, Ohlone migrant education teacher Cynthia Fernandez, Ohlone 2nd grade teacher Brett McFadden, Pajaro Valley Unified School District chief business officer Mary Ellen Kustin, Environmental Working Group policy analyst

More than 60 counties either ban or require labelling on GMO foods; the US is not one of them. Frustrated consumers and farmers are pushing for state or county regulations, but the seed and pesticide companies are fighting back. Today, we bring you a special episode investigating corporate control of our democracy and our dinner plates. This program is part of What the Fork, a collaboration between Making Contact, Center for Media and Democracy/The Progressive Magazine and Food Democracy Now. Featuring: Rebecca Wilce, Progressive and ALEC Exposed reporter; Marcia Ishii-Eieman, Pesticide Action Network senior scientist; Don Tipping, Seven Seeds Farm owner; Chris Hardy, Rogue valley farmer; Elise Higley, Our Family Farms Coalition leader; Magdeleno Rose-Avila, Yes on 15-119 volunteer; Barry Bushue, American Farm Bureau vice president; Klayton Kubo, Kauai citizen; Gary Hooser, Kauai County Council member; Dr. Judy Shabert, Harvard Physician; Chris Broussard, Whinney Hee, James Masey, concerned Kauai residents; Dean Okimoro, Farm Bureau Association president; David Louie, Hawaii Attorney General; Harry Stalford & Willow Coberly, Stalford Seed Farms farmers. More information: What the Fork!    Pesticide Action Network    ALEC Exposed  Progressive Magazine    Food Democracy Now  GMO Free Oregon  Our Family Farms Coalition  Food Fight Fund Vermont    Center for Food Safety Seven Seeds Farm American Farm Bureau Monsanto Hawaii Syngenta Articles: GMO debate stretches from farm to table GMO measure in Oregon's Jackson County draws big money, raises questions about local control SHUMLIN SIGNS LANDMARK GMO LABELING LAW Seeding Canola, Ceding the Willamette Oregon Passes Law Preempting Local Regulation of Seed and Biotechnology Monsanto Launches Community Engagement Campaign Center for Food Safety, Earthjustice Join Case to Defend Kauai GMO Law “Big 6” Pesticide Corporations Top the List of Food Labeling Opponents A Lonely Quest for Facts on Genetically Modified Crops Congress Wrestles With Laws on GMO Labeling Grocery Manufacturers Association GMO Talking Point Monsanto Is Going Organic in a Quest for the Perfect Veggie Videos & Multimedia: Jared's Story–YES on Measure 15-119 The post Making Contact – G.M.nO! Genetically Modified Democracy appeared first on KPFA.

The chemicalisation of our society and the chemicalisation of New Zealand, our food, our bodies …Meriel Watts from Waiheke Island, trained in agricultural science before becoming a natural health practitioner and treating people poisoned by roadside sprays. She also co-ordinates the New Zealand branch of Pesticide Action Network, providing technical information to international organisations such as the United Nations.Listen to one of only two full time, totally dedicated 'volunteer' activists against the chemical spraying of the thousands of kilometers of Auckland's suburban streets and footpaths with dangerous herbicides.This is another battle for the health of Auckland's families as well as the ecology of the beaches, harbours and marine life, where the chemicals run off after rain. Present focus:Stopping the reintroduction of chemical weed management on roadsides and streets throughout the greater Auckland Council area, when for the last 14 years Auckland and the North Shore had a very successful non-chemical management system, and now the focus is getting Auckland Council region back onto non-chemical roadside weed management. To get chlorpyrifos an insecticide banned in NZ where it is still used in agriculture, horticulture, on livestock and on roses, because prenatal exposures to even low levels interferes with brain development leaving children with neurological and behavioural issues that last a lifetime – like reduced IQ, ADHD, Autism.http://www.pananz.net/ban-chlorpyrifos.phphttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120430152039.htm Meriel also clearly identifies that right wing corporate governments, still stack the deck in that the rich get richer and the poor slide downhill and that there is no languaging of organic and health (or holistic) practices for the populace on their agenda.Where once the Greens and Labour had a food chart for buying and consuming healthy food, and that school tuck shops were once cleared of many items considered either junk food or sugar drinks, under the easily stated languaging of 'having freedom to choose' (our own poison) unhealthy food (rubbish) is now back on the National menu.Note: If we received 'conscious' direction and support from 'conscious' Government and the Department of Health, we would not have huge queues of obese and diabetic youth to middle aged people lining up for hospital beds. Because the way we are tracking very soon unhealthy ill, New Zealanders will implode the National health system, due to the huge costs of taking care of 'unconscious' and ill patients sucking the health system dry.Like what sort of civilization goes out and sprays poisonous chemicals over their food and then harvests it to eat. These are policies condoned by present 'unconscious' NZ agricultural and health policy advocates and those in power.Or in the USA, a chemical corporation that has produced a herbicide that causes cancer, as well as a breast cancer fighting drug and they also happen to own the USA's largest for profit cancer clinic in the country. They profit from making and selling a carcinogen, then profit from the drug to treat it and finally it a coup de grâce, profit from the clinic where the people pay to get treated.How 'unconscious' do we want to become?Dr Meriel Watts -  Contact -  merielwatts [at] xtra.co.nzThe Chemicalisation of Society, and halting chemical weed spraying in Auckland Council areas.

Frog in a Coalmine? These days you hear things sometimes about frogs. Frogs with mutations. Frogs that aren't developing properly. And you have always wondered what these frogs tell us about ourselves. Well, it turns out that some of the leading people on this issue are right here in the neighborhood, so we have lured them into the studio to tell us the latest on endocrine disruptors, the chemicals behind some of these frog mutations… including an EPA docket that has just been reopened on one prevalent chemical. With us in the studio will be Brian Hill, Staff Scientist with Pesticide Action Network, Nancy Evans, Health Science Consultant with the Breast Cancer Fund, and Tyrone Hayes, Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley. The post Terra Verde – April 13, 2007 appeared first on KPFA.