Dietitian Melinda Hemmelgarn helps listeners “think beyond their plates,” connect the dots between food, health and agriculture, and find food truth.
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Did you know that Michigan is “ground zero” for the cyclospora outbreak affecting multiple states in the U.S.? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Amanda Maria Edmonds, MS, sustainable food systems consultant and faculty member in the University of Michigan’s Program in the Environment. Edmonds discusses food system resilience in light…
Did you know that we have a “cyclospora season” in the United States? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Don Schaffner, PhD, food safety microbiologist at Rutgers University. Schaffner discusses the nationwide cyclospora outbreak, cuts to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s FoodNet, and what is likely multiple outbreaks…
Did you know that Arkansas is the only state that requires breastfeeding education in K-12 curriculum? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Lauren Dinour, PhD, RD, professor of nutrition, lactation consultant and advocate for “first food justice.” Dinour discusses the multiple benefits of breastfeeding, and her research looking at…
Did you know that the Agricultural Justice Project (AJP) has worked to promote farm and farm worker justice for nearly three decades? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Jon Magee, farmer, organizer, researcher and lead author of AJP’s sunsetting report, “A Season for Solidarity.” Magee shares key components and barriers related to…
Did you know that AI data centers consume large volumes of water in their cooling systems and generate polluted waste water that requires treatment? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Kelly Hunter Foster, JD, Senior Attorney, Waterkeeper Alliance. Foster discusses water use, pollutants, and overall environmental and public health…
Did you know that breakdown products of a widely used fungicide in the U.S. food system poses both environmental and public health risks? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Tristan Brandhorst, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, University of WI-Madison. Brandhorst discusses his research on fludioxonil, a widely used fungicide in…
Did you know that the majority of Americans believe the burden of pollution is being shifted onto families through medical bills and long-term health consequences, and that by a 7-to-1 margin, Americans favor strengthening or expanding the EPA rather than weakening it? (See: What Americans — including Trump Supporters — Actually Want from the EPA: https://substack.com/home/post/p-200483632 ) Join…
Did you know that there is a conceptual change in science that includes a broader understanding of how pollutants and our microbiome interact to impact the development of disease? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Robin Mesnage, PhD, toxicologist, Scientific Director at the Buchinger Wilhelmi Therapeutic Fasting program in Uberlingen…
Did you know that people who are incarcerated typically receive poor quality food that contributes to poor mental and physical health? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Jessi Silverman, MPH, RD, Deputy Director in the Programs Department at the Center for Science in the Public Interest. CSPI and the Carceral Nutrition Project…
Did you know that there is no standard legal definition of “regenerative” food and agriculture? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Kendra Klein, PhD, Deputy Director of Science at Friends of the Earth, and co-author of “Regenerative Food Labels: What’s Behind the Claim?” Klein helps us navigate organic and regenerative food labels in…
