There’s no “gentle” way to say it. This week on Food Nation Radio Network, we learned the LA school system sending home letters to parents saying 20% of the kids in early grades are “obese”. Listen to this ridiculous story with sound clips and a description of the nutrition film star …
Read More »Guest: Atty Nathan Hansen – Jury Refuses To Convict Raw Milk Farmer
From the Food Nation Radio Interview Archives: Elizabeth Dougherty spoke with Attorney Nathan Hanson about his defense of a raw milk farmer in Minnesota which ended in jury nullification. In other words, although the farmer did not comply with some of the laws regarding raw milk, the jury found the …
Read More »FDA Deputy Commissioner, Michael Taylor’s Role, In His Words
Each week on Food Nation Radio Network we play an audio clip at the beginning of the show designed to make us think about what we are eating. This week, we played a sound clip from Michael Taylor, Deputy Commissioner at the FDA, also known as the “Food Safety Czar …
Read More »Guest: David Curtis – California Candidate Will Revoke Biz Licenses Of GMO Seed Companies
From the Food Nation Radio Interview Archives: Elizabeth Dougherty spoke with David Curtis, the Green Party candidate for Secretary of State in the State of California in 2014. He ran for office with a specific purpose in mind; getting rid of companies like Monsanto currently conducting business in the State. …
Read More »Guest: Prof Louis Virelli – The Constitutionality Of The Monsanto Protection Act
From the Food Nation Radio Interview Archives: Elizabeth Dougherty spoke with with Professor Virelli from Stetson University about what has become known as the Monsanto Protection Act. Is it constitutional for companies like Monsanto to sidestep the judicial process and plant whatever crops they want to plant? Here’s what Professor …
Read More »Guest: Mark Kastel – Who Owns Organic?
From the Food Nation Radio Interview Archives: Elizabeth Dougherty spoke with with Mark Kastel from the Cornucopia Institute about big food companies and their organic offshoots. The topics we covered ranged from the affordability factor to GMO labeling efforts and more. The graphic below is called Who Owns Organic? and was …
Read More »Bizarre ZomBees Implicated In Colony Collapse Disorder Among Bees
From the Food Nation Radio Interview Archives: Elizabeth Dougherty spoke with e with Professor John Hafernik about the bizarre zombee phenomenon and how it could be associated with colony collapse disorder. It’s not Night of the Living Dead but it’s awfully close. Here’s what the professor had to say:
Read More »Why The New York Times Is Wrong About GMO Citrus
Recently, the New York Times did a story about the Great State of Florida to explain the perspective of one large company who wants our oranges to be genetically modified. In fact, Southern Gardens Citrus thinks it is essential they grow GMO citrus. Here’s how the story was wrong and …
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