food

Host Don Fitz and guests Erin O’Reilly and Dr. Abbe Sudvarg discuss the importance of nutrition on health. They look at walking, antibiotics in meat and sugar and salt in prepackaged food. This Green Time (No. 325) includes Dr. Rosa Kincaid speaking on healthy diets, especially vegetarian ones, at the panel on “Quality Health Care For All” during the 2008 Surviving Climate Change roundtable. It is produced by the Gateway Greens in conjunction with KDHX. Call 314-727-8554 or contact fitzdonaol [dot] com for info.

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Host Don Fitz and guest Daniel (digger) Romano of the Independent Media center question whether lack of food is the cause of hunger and if genetically modified foods will really help. In the second portion of his speech “Everything You Have to Know about Genetically Modified Foods,” Jeffrey Smith explains that the Bt toxin put into plants can exacerbate allergies in humans and is thousands of times more concentrated when used via genetic modification. This Green Time (No. 332) is produced by the Gateway Greens in conjunction with KDHX.

In his speech “Everything You Have to Know about Genetically Modified Foods,” Jeffrey Smith documents that rats are one of several species refusing food routinely given to children. He charges that the Food and Drug Administration allows food companies to decide for themselves if what they use is safe. Host Don Fitz and guest Daniel (digger) Romano of the Independent Media center discuss claims of food safety by the biotech industry. This Green Time (No. 331) is produced by the Gateway Greens in conjunction with KDHX. Call 314-727-8554 or contact fitzdonaol [dot] com for info.

Rev. Audrey Hollis, Director of Greater St. Mark Community Food Organizing Committee, is well aware of how devastating limited access to energy can be to low income people. At the October 2007 Black & Green Wednesday she presented slides showing how Cuba was able to adapt to having far less petroleum after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Her discussion focuses on land use and urban gardening. This Green Time (No. 284) is produced by the Gateway Greens in conjunction with KDHX. Call 314-727-8554 or contact fitzdonaol [dot] com for information.