Podcasts
Is enough being done to protect us from chemicals that could harm us? Watch "Toxic America," a special investigative report with Sanjay Gupta, M.D. on CNN. Environmental group says "Dirty Dozen" of produce contains 47 to 67 pesticides per serving - Studies have found association between pesticides and health problems.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/06/01/dirty.dozen.produce.pesticide/
The British guru of organic farming, Patrick Holden, talks to Nick Galvin about the likelihood of a global food crisis. As we chat about global warming, the oil crisis and the possibility of food riots, Patrick Holden confesses he is a little distracted by a more "local" issue, 17,000 kilometres away in West Wales. Lisen to the Podcast here...
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/foraradio/stories/2009/2494125.htm
A new study of local children in Mercer Island, Washington leaves little doubt about the passage of pesticides from food to humans. The report studied diets of organic and non-organic foods with amazing results. Scientists found pesticides detected in children eating a diet of non-organic products disappreaded less than two days after switching to an organic diet.
http://www.king5.com/health/stories/NW_013008WAB_pesticides_food_SW.74456616.html
Chances are that your holiday meals weren't completely natural. But where is the dividing line between 'real' food and some sort of artificial pseudo-food-substitute? In this segment, Ira talks with author Michael Pollan about his latest book, "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto." He suggests that people can improve their eating tremendously through relatively simple rules, including 'Don't eat anything that your great-grandmother would not recognize as food.' Pollan boils down his philosophy of nutrition to just seven words: 'Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.' We'll find out more about his ideas, and how to apply them to your local grocery store.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200801043
Links
International Olive Oil Council
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
Organic Federation of Australia Inc
Palasis and Associates