Don’t forget to register for the Harkin on Wellness Symposium on March 11!
My guest for this episode is Kari Hamerschlag, Deputy Director of Friends of the Earth’s Agricultural Program. I’ve followed her work for a while, which includes both great work in the US and also work dealing with international institutions. What caught my eye most recently is an op-ed that Kari wrote for the Hill where she discusses something that’s being missed in many of the discussions about toxic chemicals in her food.
Namely, the dense amount of toxic contaminants that accumulate in animal tissue, fat, and milk that comes from industrial animal agriculture. In this episode, we discussed the op-ed Friends of the Earth’s extensive environmental portfolio of working on agricultural issues. And we continue our discussion of the recent nutrition guidelines.
Kari also gives some great suggestions of what her priorities are in regards to reforming our current agricultural system.
Links for the week:
Friends of the Earth’s Food and Agriculture Page
Kari’s Op-Ed: Saturated fat debate overlooks toxic chemical contaminants in industrial meat
Last week’s discussion of the Nutrition Guidelines with Professor Marion Nestle
