I'm joined this week by Baylen Linnekin, an expert in food policy and law. We discuss his recently published book, in which he explores how American food law is toxic to our environment. I jump in to explain how it's toxic to human health.
Rachael and I discuss her recent findings on salt foraging in honey bees and its dependence on salt in their food sources, with implications for evolution, nutrition, immunology, and or course human health. Text of pre-podcast prep can be found
Charles and I discuss the importance of ecosystem services provided by biodiversity to the local and global populace. We talked about Zika, Lyme, orangutans, palm oil, and much, much more.
Andrew Margenot, PhD and soil science post-doc at UC Davis talks about what healthy soil is, what healthy soil isn't, and how healthy soil is essential to human health.