Food For You and the Planet

Alexis Andiman is a Senior Attorney at Earthjustice. Earthjustice is the premier nonprofit public interest environmental law organization. It wields the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people's health, to preserve magnificent places and wildlife, to advance clean energy, and to combat climate change. Earthjustice is here because the earth needs a good lawyer. Alexis Andiman is a senior attorney with the Sustainable Food & Farming Program, based in New York. Prior to joining Earthjustice, Alexis completed fellowships with the Conservation Law Center at Indiana University and the Center for Biological Diversity. She received her J.D. with honors and a Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law from Lewis & Clark Law School. While in school, Alexis worked as a legal writing teaching assistant and interned with a variety of environmental and conservation organizations, including Columbia Riverkeeper, Advocates for the West, and the Earthrise Law Center. TOPICS EXPLORED 0:00 – 1:24 – Introduction 1:24 – 2:16 – What is Earthjustice and what type of work does it do? 2:16 – 4:17 – What are some of the sustainable food and farming issues Earthjustice is working on? 4:17 – 5:52 – How does Earthjustice work with scientists and local people on these issues? 5:52 – 10:12 – What are some of the key victories Earthjustice has helped achieve related to pesticides? 10:10 – 13:46 – What are some of the key victories Earthjustice has helped achieve related to slaughterhouse pollution? 13:46 – 16:41 – What are some of the key victories Earthjustice has helped achieve related to farm worker safety? 16:41 – 24:08 – What sustainable food and farming issue are you most passionate about addressing right now through your work? 24:08 – 25:52 – What actions can people take to advocate for sustainable food and farming? 25:52 – 26:04 – Things to share and wrap up EARTHJUSTICE INFORMATION Earthjustice: https://earthjustice.org/ Earthjustice Instagram: @earthjustice RESOURCES Earthjustice Sued the EPA to Restrict Water Pollution from Slaughterhouses and Won: https://earthjustice.org/experts/alexis-andiman/we-sued-the-epa-to-restrict-water-pollution-from-slaughterhouses-and-we-won Pollution from the Largest, Dirtiest Meat and Dairy Production Facilities Worsens Injustice. We're Calling for Change: https://earthjustice.org/experts/alexis-andiman/pollution-from-largest-dirtiest-meat-dairy-facilities-worsens-injustice Disparities of Industrial Animal Operations in California, Iowa, and North Carolina: https://earthjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/quistreport_cafopetition_oct2022.pdf In Response to Petition, EPA Announces New Federal Advisory Committee on Industrial Animal Factory Pollution: https://earthjustice.org/press/2023/in-response-to-petition-epa-announces-new-federal-advisory-committee-on-industrial-animal-factory-pollution Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA): https://www.epa.gov/epcra FOOD FOR YOU AND THE PLANET PODCAST INFORMATION Apple Podcasts: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7pkAIuXxl9dzD48b7qMOL1 RSS: https://feeds.libsyn.com/506343/rss Podcast Instagram: @foodforyouandtheplanet TAGS Food Environment Health Earthjustice Environmental Law Environmental Advocacy Environmental Justice Sustainable Food Sustainable Farming

28 Feb 202426min

Corbett Nash is the Seafood Watch Outreach Manager at Monterey Bay Aquarium. The Monterey Bay Aquarium launched Seafood Watch in 1999 as a special exhibit about the impacts of seafood. People found the information useful, so it was made a permanent conservation program. The original mission was to help people navigate purchasing sustainable seafood through the seafood ratings and tools like the pocket guides. The program and its scope have grown over the past 25 years. Today, Seafood Watch's science-based assessments are a primary resource for understanding sustainable seafood around the world. As a ratings program, Seafood Watch assess how fisheries and aquaculture operations perform against science-based standards for environmental sustainability. These ratings are used to create sustainability recommendations for wild-caught and farmed seafood. Seafood Watch also works to transform how seafood is fished and farmed through partnerships with businesses, governments, other NGOs, and producer groups so that people and the planet can thrive now and in the future. Corbett Nash is a science communicator who aims to connect science and knowledge with understanding and action. He advocates for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program. TOPICS EXPLORED 0:00 – 0:54 – Introduction 0:54 – 1:25 – What is Seafood Watch and how does it fit into the overarching aims of the Monterey Bay Aquarium? 1:25 – 5:39 – When was the first Seafood Guide created and how frequently is it updated? 5:39 – 12:08 – Can you explain the criteria that make a type of seafood fall into the "best choice," "certified," "good alternative," or "avoid" categories for wild caught and aquaculture? 12:08 – 13:35 – What types of academic research are you looking at to inform the criteria you are using? 13:35 – 14:39 – What are some of the benefits of wild-caught vs seafood that has been cultivated via aquaculture systems, and vice versa? Are some species better wild-caught and others farmed? 14:39 – 17:46 – Are there some examples of wild caught and aquaculture species that are the best to consume? 17:46 – 19:35 What are some of the most common issues related to transparency and traceability in the seafood industry? 19:35 – 21:04 – What are some of the most sustainable seafood options, and things people should look for as they shop for seafood? 21:04 – 22:18 – Things to share and wrap up SEAFOOD WATCH INFORMATION Seafood Watch: https://www.seafoodwatch.org/ Seafood Watch: @seafoodwatch RESOURCES 25 Years of Seafood Watch: https://www.seafoodwatch.org/stories/25-years-seafood-watch Seafood Watch Consumer Guides: https://www.seafoodwatch.org/recommendations/download-consumer-guides FOOD FOR YOU AND THE PLANET PODCAST INFORMATION Apple Podcasts: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7pkAIuXxl9dzD48b7qMOL1 RSS: https://feeds.libsyn.com/506343/rss Podcast Instagram: @foodforyouandtheplanet TAGS Food Environment Health Seafood Seafood Watch Sustainable Seafood Wild Caught Wild Caught Seafood Aquaculture Sustainable Aquaculture

21 Feb 202422min

Elizabeth Whitlow is the Executive Director of the Regenerative Organic Alliance. Elizabeth has been working in the field of organic agriculture for over 20 years. She began her career as an advocate for shade-grown, fair-trade, and organic coffee growers in Central America. Since then, she has worked across the spectrum of elevated certifications, both in farming and ranching, earning high-level placements with organizations such as CCOF and EarthClaims. Her greatest honor is to serve a planet that is in tremendous need of each and every one of us. The Regenerative Organic Alliance (ROA) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit group of experts in farming, ranching, soil health, animal welfare, and farmer and worker fairness. Led by Rodale Institute and spearheaded by Dr. Bronner's and Patagonia, other founding members of the Alliance include Compassion in World Farming, Fair World Project, White Oak Pastures, and the Textile Exchange. The Regenerative Organic Alliance has been established to continuously review and update the Regenerative Organic Certified guidelines. Regenerative Organic Certified is a revolutionary new certification for food, fiber, and personal care ingredients that represents the highest standard for organic agriculture in the world, with stringent requirements for soil health, animal welfare, and social fairness. It uses the USDA Certified Organic standard as a baseline. From there, it adds important criteria and benchmarks that incorporate the three major pillars of regenerative organic agriculture into one certification. The Regenerative Organic Alliance envisions a world free of poisonous chemicals, factory farming, exploitation, soil degradation, habitat destruction, pollution, short-term thinking, corporate bullies, greenwashing, and fake food. TOPICS EXPLORED 0:00 – 1:41 – Introduction 1:41 – 3:51 – What is the Regenerative Organic Alliance and what type of work does it do? 3:51 – 11:17 – How is Regenerative Organic Certification similar or different from USDA Certified Organic? 11:17 – 16:31 – Why is it important to have USDA Certified Organic as a foundation for Regenerative Organic Certified? 16:31 – 22:48 – How does Regenerative Organic Certified differ from other certifications that may use the word "regenerative" in their title or the phrase "regenerative" that some large corporations are using that may not have gone through the process of becoming Regenerative Organic Certified? 22:48 – 28:34 – What are the steps a farm must take to become Regenerative Organic Certified? 28:34 – 32:32 – Can you share an example or two of a Regenerative Organic Certified farm either here in the United States or internationally and some of the practices they are using? 32:32 – 34:40 What do you see as the future of the Regenerative Organic Certified movement and how can people become involved and support it? 34:40 – 35:17 – Things to share and wrap up REGENERATIVE ORGANIC ALLIANCE AND REGENERATIVE ORGANIC CERTIFIED INFORMATION Regenerative Organic Certified: https://regenorganic.org/ Regenerative Organic Certified: @regenerativeorganic RESOURCES Regenerative Organic Alliance Resources Library: https://regenorganic.org/certification-resource-library/ FOOD FOR YOU AND THE PLANET PODCAST INFORMATION Apple Podcasts: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7pkAIuXxl9dzD48b7qMOL1 RSS: https://feeds.libsyn.com/506343/rss Podcast Instagram: @foodforyouandtheplanet TAGS Food Environment Health Agriculture Organic Regenerative Regenerative Organic Alliance Regenerative Organic Certified Regenerative Agriculture Regenerative Organic Regenerative Farming Regenerative Organic Farming

14 Feb 202435min

Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD directed the Heart Disease Prevention and Reversal Program at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute where nearly 2,000 patients have participated in his program. Brian Hart is the Executive Director of the Esselstyn Foundation. The Esselstyn Foundation is committed to healing the world through the promotion of whole food, plant-based nutrition. TOPICS EXPLORED 0:00 – 1:37 – Introduction 1:37 – 3:29 – Can you share what inspired you to become a doctor? 3:29 – 4:56 – Can you share what your career was like as the Director of the Heart Disease Prevention and Reversal Program at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute? 4:56 – 6:00 – What physical state were many of the patients in prior to participating in your program? 6:00 – 10:05 – Can you describe the program patients participated in? 10:05 – 12:44 – What are some of the health outcomes that people experienced after participating in your program? 12:44 – 13:23 – How many patients have you helped overcome these health challenges using your program? 13:23 – 16:46 – What further studies or reports could people read to learn more? 16:46 – 21:57 – Some people try to remove meat and dairy from their diets and state that they feel tired and are concerned about nutritional deficiencies. What are some ways people can ensure they are receiving all the right nutrients? Are there any foods people need to really focus on getting high levels of to avoid any potential deficiencies? 21:57 – 24:34 – Can you share what the Esselstyn Family Foundation is and the type of work that it does? 24:34 – 27:50 – What is a plant-based diet? How is it different from vegetarianism and veganism? 27:50 – 32:23 – Aside from health, what are other reasons why people may want to choose a plant-based diet? 32:23 – 39:14 – What types of resources and activities are available to people if they would like to explore plant-based diets? 39:14 – 42:38 – Whole food plant-based recipes featuring Ann Esselstyn 42:38 – 45:12 – Things to share and wrap up DR ESSELSTYN AND THE ESSELSTYN FOUNDATION INFORMATION Dr Esselstyn: https://www.dresselstyn.com/ Dr Esselstyn Instagram: @dresselstyn Esselstyn Foundation: https://esselstynfamilyfoundation.org/ Esselstyn Foundation Instagram: @esselstyn_foundation RESOURCES AND RESEARCH A Way To Reverse CAD? https://dresselstyn.com/JFP_06307_Article1.pdf Resolving the Coronary Artery Disease Epidemic Through Plant-Based Nutrition: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1520-037X.2001.00538.x Dr Esselstyn's Story: https://esselstynfamilyfoundation.org/the-esselstyn-story/dr-esselstyns-story/ FOOD FOR YOU AND THE PLANET PODCAST INFORMATION Apple Podcasts: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7pkAIuXxl9dzD48b7qMOL1 RSS: https://feeds.libsyn.com/506343/rss Podcast Instagram: @foodforyouandtheplanet TAGS Food Environment Health Agriculture Organic Whole Food Plant-Based Diet

7 Feb 202445min

Kourtney Houk is the Food Business Manager at Compassion in World Farming. Compassion in World Farming was founded in 1967 in England by Peter Roberts, a British farmer who became horrified by the development of intensive factory farming. Compassion in World Farming is dedicated to reforming a broken food and farming system and introducing a more humane, fair, and sustainable one. TOPICS EXPLORED 0:00 – 1:20 – Introduction 1:20 – 2:19 – What is Compassion in World Farming and what type of work does it do? 2:19 – 3:08 – What are some of the key animal welfare issues that exist with industrial scale agriculture, specifically confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs)? 3:08 – 5:35 – What are some of the animal welfare issues Compassion in World Farming has worked on, and some of the positive changes it has helped create? 5:35 – 7:04 – What are some of the most humane ways to slaughter animals? 7:04 – 8:57 – What role can different animal welfare certifications play in helping people choose meat that has been raised in an ethical way? 8:57 – 10:14 – If someone were to purchase food from a small farm that did not have those certifications yet, what are some of the practices they should ask the farmer about and try to look for? 10:14 – 11:28 – How can livestock practices such as raising animals on pasture improve animal welfare? 11:28 – 13:55 – What are some of the animal welfare issues that are most difficult to address, and how could people campaign to address these issues? 13:55 – 15:18 – Are there any campaigns that you are working on right now that may interest listeners? 15:18 – 17:28 – Things to share and wrap up COMPASSION IN WORLD FARMING INFORMATION Compassion in World Farming: https://www.ciwf.com/ Compassion in World Farming Instagram: @ciwf and @compassionusa RESOURCES AND RESEARCH The Compassionate Food Guide: https://www.ciwf.com/media/7429739/us-food-buying-guide-final.pdf ChickenTrack: https://www.ciwf.com/food-business/chickentrack/ EggTrack: https://www.eggtrack.com/en/ FOOD FOR YOU AND THE PLANET PODCAST INFORMATION Apple Podcasts: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7pkAIuXxl9dzD48b7qMOL1 RSS: https://feeds.libsyn.com/506343/rss Podcast Instagram: @foodforyouandtheplanet TAGS Food Environment Health Agriculture Humane Livestock Farming

31 Jan 202417min

Andrew Smith, PhD is the Chief Operating Officer at the Rodale Institute. The Rodale Institute has been conducting groundbreaking research on regenerative organic agriculture since 1947. TOPICS EXPLORED 0:00 – 1:16 – Introduction 1:16 – 5:14 – What is the Rodale Institute and what type of work does it do? 5:14 – 9:32 – Why is transitioning to organic agriculture critical? 9:32 – 17:53 – What is the Farming Systems Trial and what are some of its key findings? 17:53 – 21:33 – What is the Vegetable Systems Trial and what are some of its key findings? 21:33 – 26:42 – What are the environmental and climate benefits of raising livestock on pasture rather than in confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs)? 26:42 – 31:04 – How can livestock be integrated into cropping systems to improve soil health and what does it look like in practice? 31:04 – 34:12 – What can people do to help our current agriculture system transition to one that is more sustainable and focused on organic agriculture? 34:12 – 37:16 – Things to share and wrap up RODALE INSTITUTE INFORMATION Rodale Institute: https://rodaleinstitute.org/ Rodale Institute Instagram: @rodaleinstitute RESOURCES AND RESEARCH Farming Systems Trial: https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/farming-systems-trial/ Vegetable Systems Trial: https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/vegetable-systems-trial/ Choosing the Best Cover Crops for Your Organic No-Till Vegetable System: https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/choosing-the-best-cover-crops-for-your-organic-no-till-vegetable-system/ FOOD FOR YOU AND THE PLANET PODCAST INFORMATION Apple Podcasts: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7pkAIuXxl9dzD48b7qMOL1 RSS: https://feeds.libsyn.com/506343/rss Podcast Instagram: @foodforyouandtheplanet TAGS Food Environment Health Agriculture Organic Farming

24 Jan 202437min