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EPISODE · Jan 31, 2020 · 28 MIN

Kevin Walker, Ph.D., author of The Grand Food Bargain and the Mindless Drive for More.

from Food Sleuth Radio · host Melinda Hemmelgarn

Did you know that there’s a price to pay for increasing food production without regard to planetary impact?  Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Kevin Walker, Ph.D., author of The Grand Food Bargain and the Mindless Drive for More. Walker discusses the myths and consequences of our industrial food system, and names animal agriculture (CAFOs) as particularly detrimental to our environment and public health. Walker explains the risk of taking food for granted.  We’ve equated abundance to food security, but the loss of biodiversity, and focus on selling more calories, has reduced nutritional quality and increased our risk for food scarcity. Nature ranked Walker’s book as one of their top ten books of 2019.Related website:   https://islandpress.org/books/grand-food-bargain 

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