An Organic Conversation

The Brower Youth Awards: A New Generation of Change

We commonly say that we have inherited this world from our fathers and grandfathers. But another way to look at our responsibility for this planet in this lifetime is that we are borrowing our world from our children. Today we are hearing about an initiative that promotes and celebrates the next generation for their genius ideas and sustainable solutions to save the world.

Guests:

Anisha Desai, Program Director, Brower Youth Awards, San Francisco, CA

Susette Onate, 2016 Brower Youth Award Winner, Fostering Stewardship Through a Native Butterfly Garden, Hialeah, FL

Will Amos, 2016 Brower Youth Award Winner, Engineering Possibility for Impactful Change, Irvine, CA

The Function of Food: From Performance to Good Sleep

Beyond diets and health benefits, food has a specific function. It can make us sleepy, or wake us up. It can make us fast or enduring. It can make us focused, or calm. It can make us feel warm, or cold, it can make us feel great, or awful. The better we know how food acts in our bodies the more it can positively influence our lives. How can we learn what to pay attention to? Today we are starting that conversation.

Guest:

Earl Herrick, Founder & Owner, Earl's Organic Produce, San Francisco, CA

Ben Herrick, Athlete, Sonoma, CA

The 2016 Presidential Election: Voting for the Environment

In this presidential election, we have heard nearly nothing close to a real conversation on the concern for the environment. From energy to climate change, how do all four candidates hold environmental responsibility and what are their platforms for environmental leadership? We'll find out today!

Guest:

Keith Gaby, Senior Communications Director, Environmental Defense Fund Action, Washington, D.C.

Silent Spring: The Legacy of Rachel Carson

Guest: 

Dr. Linda Lear, Biographer, Historian & Founder of RachelCarson.org, Bethesda, MD

Nutrition for Children: Starting them Off Right

We all know that a diet rich in organic fruits and vegetables and unprocessed, whole foods is the foundation for overall health and well being. And we also know that even before children are born, they are already exposed to hundreds of chemicals and heavy metals, a toxic burden that could compromise the children’s health and development. And from there our young ones, just as we are, are exposed to toxins in our food and environment as they grow older. Today we are learning just how important a healthy diet is in balancing this exposure to toxins, and what a healthy children-specific diet looks like.

Guest:

Dr. Matthew Lederman, Co-Author, Forks Over Knives Family, Los Angeles, CA

Strong Bones: Optimal Food for Skeletal Health

Food is thy medicine, again today. Osteoporosis, or loss of bone density, is one of the leading causes of death in the United States and many other Western Societies. The common answer to bone loss is usually Calcium. While Calcium has an important role in our overall bone health, there is much more to the story. In this hour, we are speaking with a physician about how to prepare and combine whole foods to prevent and treat Osteoporosis naturally.

Guest:

Dr. Laura Kelly, Co-Author, The Healthy Bones Nutrition Plan and Cookbook, Topanga, CA

Good Health Starts from Within: The Stash Plan

Guest: 

Elizabeth Troy, Nutritionist & Co-Author, The Stash Plan, Westport, CT

The Epicenter of the Organic Movement: Marin County

There is a small county just north of the Golden Gate Bridge in the San Francisco Bay Area that has shaped the organic food and agriculture movement throughout the country – if not the world – forever. As the nation's only all-organic county, Marin sets an example for the future of organic farming and the evolution of the industry. How did this happen and what can be learned from this model? Listen to one of the true leaders of the organic movement, Warren Weber, owner of Star Route Farms.

Guest:

Warren Weber, Owner, Star Route Farms, Bolinas, CA

Pawpaw: America's Forgotten Fruit

How could a tropical fruit native to North American soil go under the radar for generations? Such is the story of Pawpaw - and many other plant species nearly forgotten by US agriculture. Find out what made these fruits so special to Native Americans and early settlers and what is being done today to revive the existence of indigenous nutritious foods throughout our country.

Guest:

Andrew Moore, Author, Pawpaw: In Search of America's Forgotten Fruit, Pittsburgh, PA

GMO Labeling: Consumer's Right to Know

 

Vermont, Maine, and Connecticut have all adopted GMO labeling laws. So what does that mean for the rest of the country? And what can we take away from the fact that major food corporations like Campbell's and General Mills have agreed to institute nationwide labeling policies for their products? Get the scoop from one of the most influential people advocating for our right to know, Chairman of the Just Label It campaign.

 

Guest:

Gary Hirshberg, Chairman, Just Label It, Washington, D.C.