Podcasts about viki radden

Viki Radden, U.S. food policy expert, chats about solutions to the challenges of feeding an exploding world population. Co-hosted by Chef Babette of Stuff I Eat restaurant in Inglewood, CA. Text from The Touch of Faith, Chapter 4 in the Harvestime Books' edition of The Ministry of Healing.

In the series "All About the Benjamins" U.S. food policy expert Viki Radden continues her insight into our food supply, soil, water, and urban farming. Radden touches on how convenience foods evolved and became millstones around the waistlines of Americans. Text begins on p. 41 of chapter 4 "The Touch of Faith" in the Harvestime Books' edition of The Ministry of Healing. 

In the first of episode of "All About the Benjamins," food policy expert, Viki Radden discusses her background in food and shares some of the history of the industries and government agencies that play a part in the explosion of health issues like diabetes, asthma, cancer, and high blood pressure that plague Americans today. The bottom line is that it's so often about the "bottom line" and executives of corporations and government agencies have not counted the costs. This series is co-hosted by Chef Babette of Stuff I Eat vegan restaurant in Inglewood, CA. The text for this episode begins Chapter 4 "The Touch of Faith" on p. 38 and ends at the top of p. 41 in the Harvestime Books' edition of The Ministry of Healing.

In EP 14, the final of a two-part series, guest Viki Radden shares knowledge that goes beyond theory on food policy.In her professional life, Viki focuses on job creating food hubs; how to reduce the impacts of climate change with urban agriculture; what your food really goes through before it gets to your plate; how you can afford good nutrition for good health; and what the government needs to do to support “clean, healthy food." This fall Viki will be launching an audio blog (podcast), FoodChatRadio on the art, science and business of food.

Co-hosts Marci Kenon and Chef Babette discuss the impact of food policy in the United States of America on the health of its citizens with expert Viki Radden of Radden and Associates. Radden is a thought leader, educator, speaker and authority on sustainable food production and policy issues. Topics discussed include GMOs, the Zika virus, cage-free eggs, repurposed chemicals, U.S.D.A., F.D.A., dwindling bee population and its effect, origins of convenience foods and their impact on the health of the nations, to name a few.  Part two of the discussion continues in EP 14.