So many of the foods we eat everyday are sprayed again and again with pesticides before landing on our table. And we all learned over the years, one scandal after another, that this is no good news, either for our health or the environment. But what most people don’t know is the tight connection between pesticides and GMOs. As the European Union is about to take some critical decisions on both pesticides and GMOs, we unveil the troubling truth about that very toxic couple, which are tied by many links, with our three guests:
News samples used in the episode were taken from:
“Bayer loses third appeals case over glyphosate weedkiller”, Reuters, August 10, 2021
“What you're eating: Consumer Reports investigates GMOs in food”, CBS News, October 7, 2014
“Monsanto ordered to pay $289M to man who claimed weedkiller contributed to cancer”, CBS News, 2018
“In Chile, amateur beekeeper rescues hives from coastal tourist city”, Reuters, December 7, 2022
“Kenya's GMO maize push sowing trouble for food sector, farmers warn”, Reuters, December 17, 2022
Host: Alice Poiron
Co-host: Valentina Gritti
Post-production: Jonathan Remy
Music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes
Follow @SlowFoodEurope on twitter!
And join our Telegram group: https://t.me/+xSzaZeIyCUM1NjJk
Financed by the European Union. The contents of this podcast are the sole responsibility of the author and CINEA is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.
A project by Slow Food Youth Network
[IT] Carlo Petrini: rigenerando l’attivismo.
SFYN podcast in 2022
Youth on political activism, sustainable food systems and their relationship to the EU
COP26: What‘s on the menu for food and farming?
EU Farm to Fork Strategy: Science, Civil Society and the Planet over Corporate Interests.
SFYNers around the globe: Juan Carlos Villegas (Mexico)
SFYNers around the globe: Cornel Popa (Iceland)
SFYNers around the globe: Ruth Gutierrez (Bolivia)
SFYNers around the globe: Carlo Sumoang (Philippines)
SFYNers around the globe: John Kiwagalo (Uganda)
SFYNers around the globe: Rebecca Marcone (Scotland)
SFYNers around the globe: Siwar Maalej (Tunisia)
Resilience of indigenous communities
Slow Food EU: what’s going on with New GMOs?
Terra Madre ecosystems: urban lands & gastronomy
Terra Madre Talks: Sandor Katz & the marvels of fermentation.
Terra Madre ecosystems: water lands & women in fishing.
Terra Madre ecosystems: agroecology, identity & resistance.
Terra Madre Talks: Alice Waters and the school supported agriculture.
Terra Madre Talks: Miguel Altieri; agroecology, a cure for the pandemic?
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Commercial Edge: Unleash the Power of People
The emPOWERed Half Hour
Social Dallas Podcast
Change Church Podcast
Six Degrees with Kevin Bacon
Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | Communications
We Are For Good Podcast - The Podcast for Nonprofits