A FOOD CHAIN RELEASE FROM MICHAEL OLSON

The hungry baby is crying for food. The harried parent is short on time. The solution: Give baby a baby food pouch. But that solution leads us to ask:

Do convenience pouch foods do a baby’s body good?

The Food Chain Radio Show & Podcast with Michael Olson hosts Dr. Elizabeth Dunford, Research Fellow, George Institute, Assistant Professor of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, and Author of “An Evaluation of the Nutritional and Promotional Profile of Commercial Foods for Infants and Toddlers in the United States,” for a conversation about feeding babies and toddlers.

Topics include a look at what Dr. Dunford’s study found in baby convenience foods; the possible consequence of feeding babies convenience baby foods, and what time-poor parents might do to feed their babies and toddlers good food.

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Michael Olson hosts Nicolette Hahn Niman, Author, Defending Beef: The Ecological and Nutritional Case for Beef

We have been told that cows cause the climate to change by emitting greenhouse gas. Now we are told to replace the beef we eat with patented, manufactured meat-like substances. And so we ask:

Should beef be banned?

Topics include a look at why some believe the cattle industry should be terminated to save the environment; why others believe we must work with cattle to save the environment; and a consideration of the nutritional value of eating beef.

Host Michael Olson with guest Nicholas Sullivan, Senior Researcher, Tufts University, Author of The Blue Revolution

Fishermen used to rely on good luck to haul in the big catch. But when they began relying on information, instead of luck, they almost caught all the fish in the sea. That leads us to ask:

Can we catch fish so there will be fish left to be caught?

Topics include how the world’s most productive fisheries were fished out; what some nations are doing to create sustainable fisheries; and how the farming of fish is replacing the fishing of fish.