It’s All About Food

It‘s All About Food - DJ Cavem, Eco-Hip Hop

Dr. Ietef “DJ Cavem” Vita, Eco-Hip HopDr. Ietef “DJ Cavem” Vita the O.G. (organic Gardener) is an eco-hip hop artist, educator and vegan chef from Denver. His songs are about climate change, food justice and eating healthy. He’s performed at the White House, and has been featured in Oprah Magazine and on the Rachael Ray Show. His latest album BIOMIMICZ was released as a seed pack to spur listeners into action. He’s shared the stage with Moe Def, Nick Jonas, Rick Ross, The Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy, Snoop Dogg, Wyclef Jean, among others.
On the web:facebook.com/veganchefietefinstagram.com/ieteftwitter.com/ietef
Music links:https://smarturl.it/DjCavem-Biomimicz
#ECOHIPHOP #VEGAN. New BIOMIMICZ EP available in seed packs @ chefietef.com
  Starting November 11th for one week only join dozens of Hip Hop, sports and entertainment stars for They’re Trying To Kill Us which blows the lid off the institutional racism that has led to abhorrent rates of diabetes, cancer and other chronic diseases among Americans of Color. You can download the film for 7 days only on the website at https://www.theyretryingtokillus.com/ starting 11/11 at 11:00 am ET. 

It‘s All About Food - Frances Moore Lappé, 50th Anniversary Edition – Diet For a Small Planet

Frances Moore Lappé is the author or co-author of twenty books about world hunger, living democracy, and the environment, beginning with the three-million-copy Diet for a Small Planet in 1971. She has been featured on the Today show, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Fox & Friends, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, the CBC and BBC, and other news outlets. Frances is the cofounder of three organizations including the Oakland-based think tank Food First and the Small Planet Institute, which she leads with her daughter, Anna Lappé. The pair also cofounded the Small Planet Fund, which channels resources to democratic social movements worldwide.
LINKS mentioned in the program:www.smallplanet.orgwww.dietforasmallplanet.orghttps://www.democracymovement.us Coalition For Healthy School Food Gala

It‘s All About Food - Vanita Rahman, MD, Simply Plant-Based

Part I: Vanita Rahman, MD, Simply Plant-BasedVanita Rahman, MD, is a board-certified internal medicine physician, certified nutritionist, and personal trainer. A native of the Washington, D.C., area, she earned her undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Virginia and completed her internal medicine residency at the Washington Hospital Center.
Prior to joining the Barnard Medical Center, Dr. Rahman spent more than 15 years practicing internal medicine with Kaiser Permanente, where she launched a very popular and successful plant-based weight loss program. At the Barnard Medical Center Dr. Rahman conducts programs on diabetes management and weight loss emphasizing a plant-based diet.
While medications and surgical procedures can be necessary and lifesaving, Dr. Rahman firmly believes that nutrition and lifestyle play a crucial role in the prevention and management of most common diseases. She maintains that it is important to address all aspects of a patient’s health, including diet, exercise, sleep habits, and stress management.
Simply Plant Based: Fabulous Food for a Healthy Life (2021) is her third book. She also wrote Vegan Style (2017) and Stronger with Plants (2016). She enjoys spending time with her family and friends, traveling, exercising, and experimenting with plant-based recipes.
Part II: Hartglass & De Mattei, Feeding Companion AnimalsHartglass and De Mattei review some recent research on feeding cats and dogs. They touch on Halloween and choosing chocolate. And for Italian Heritage month, Gary celebrates his Italian heritage by cooking up a gorgeous Pasta with Spinach Pesto.
LINKS mentioned in the program:
The Baked Bagel
Pesto RecipesCreamy Kale PestoCreamy Vegan Pesto
Emotional support animal (ESA)
A cross-sectional study of owner-reported health in Canadian and American cats fed meat- and plant-based diets
Assessment of protein and amino acid concentrations and labeling adequacy of commercial vegetarian diets formulated for dogs and cats
The Welsh Collie Bramble lived to 25 years old and at the time of her death was the world’s oldest bitch.
This book documents Bramble’s care regime and vegan diet.
Can dogs eat broccoli?
Can dogs eat chocolate?
Can birds eat apples?
The UTZ label stands for more sustainable farming and better opportunities for farmers, their families, and our planet. What does the UTZ label mean?Food Empowerment Organization Chocolate List
The Chocolate Report

It‘s All About Food - Olivier Mankondo, The Transformation

Part I: Olivier Mankondo, The Transformation
Olivier Mankondo is a speaker, author, weight loss and wellness coach with a passion for self-help books. He empowers people with the knowledge of a plant-based nutrition so they can make good dietary and lifestyle choices. Throughout his talks, he has been able to inspire and change a lot of people. He is the author of the book, The Plant-Based Nutrition: How It’s Going to Change Your Life. Olivier can speak 4 languages including French.
 
Part II: Hartglass & De Mattei, Is there a Future for Lab-Grown Meat?Hartglass & De Mattei continue the conversation on lab-grown meat citing studies that off insight.  LINKS MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST
Fake meat as fast food. How impressed are Americans?
Plant-based menu items are infiltrating fast food — and meat-eaters are all over them
Faux Meat Falters at the Drive-Thru
Lab-grown Meat is Supposed to be Inevitable. The Science Tells A Different Story.
Gary’s French Scramble
McDonalds French FriesFrench Fries Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (canola Oil, Corn Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Natural Beef Flavor [wheat And Milk Derivatives]*), Dextrose, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate (maintain Color), Salt. *natural Beef Flavor Contains Hydrolyzed Wheat And Hydrolyzed Milk As Starting Ingredients.Contains: Wheat, Milk.

It‘s All About Food - Desirèe Marzan, Veganic Wanderings

Desirèe Marzan is a veganic subsistence farmer working for Will Bonsall, the Director of the Scatterseed Project on his farm, Khadighar in Industry, ME.
 
She is a Nuyorican from Jackson Heights, Queens whose journey is to bring back self-reliance in the form of subsistence growing to New York City. Her focus is to bring nutritious food to underserved communities in densely populated cities. She believes in a life of health, clarity, and personal choices that are in the people’s best interests. Food, and herbal medicine are the first steps in shifting personal awareness inward and gaining answers to what is really meaningful in our lives.
 Links mentioned in the programThe Scatterseed Project: Collecting, Preserving, and Sharing Our Horticultural Heritage

It‘s All About Food - Vicki Hird, Rebugging the Planet, The Remarkable Things that Insects (and Other Invertebrates) Do – And Why We Need to Love Them More

Vicki Hird is Head of the Sustainable Farming Campaign for Sustain: The Alliance for Better Food and Farming, and she also runs an independent consultancy. An experienced and award-winning environmental campaigner, researcher, writer and strategist working mainly in the food, farming and environmental policy arenas, Vicki has worked on government policy for many years and is the author of Perfectly Safe to Eat?: The Facts on Food. Vicki’s passion is insects. The first pets she gave her children were a family of stick insects, and she received a giraffe-necked weevil tattoo for her 50th birthday. Vicki has a masters in pest management and is a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society (FRES).  Links mentioned in the program:CELEBRATING INSECTSInvertebrate WelfareLight pollution from street lamps linked to insect loss

It‘s All About Food - Hartglass & De Mattei: After the Storm

Hartglass & De Mattei discuss the weather and global warming, the Jewish New Year, Labor Day, the premier of the film Eating Our Way to Extinction, NYC mayoral candidate Eric Adams, the US Open, Shishito Peppers and they share some new recipes.
 Links mentioned in the program:
Wall Street Journal article on Eric Adams: Will New York Come Back? Will New Yorkers?
Premieres September 16: Eating Our Way to Extinction
Cilantro Lime Dressing
Magic Cookies

It‘s All About Food - Hartglass & De Mattei: Cross Country Road Trip Report

Hartglass & De Mattei are back from their cross country road trip. They share their thoughts on the UN Climate Change Report; global warming and animal agriculture; GMO corn being grown across the nation for animal feed, oil, sweeteners and fuel; being uplifting to those who talk about their ailments and medical procedures; and California Cuisine supporting fresh, locally grown plant foods.
 LINKS MENTIONED IN THE PODCASTUN Climate Change Report, IPCC report: ‘Code red’ for human driven global heatingHandheld Catering, serving San Jose, Silicon valley and San Francisco Bay Area since 2012The BEST Buckwheat CrepesCalifornia Cuisine, Chez Panisse

It's All About Food - Linnea Ryshke, Kindling

Linnea Ryshke was born in Los Angeles, CA and received her MFA in Visual Art from Washington University in St. Louis, and her BFA in Painting from Pratt Institute. She creates paintings, drawings, artist books, and poetry that seek to restore the value of nonhuman animals as kindred beings worthy of our adoration, respect, and empathy. Alongside her art practice, she is an educator and has served as the Administrative Director for Culture Push, Inc., a non-profit arts organization in New York City. She currently resides in St. Louis, MO. You can learn more about her work at www.reembodimentproject.com.
 

It's All About Food - Jonathan Balcombe, SUPER FLY, The Unexpected Lives of the World’s Most Successful Insects

Jonathan Balcombe was born in England, raised in New Zealand and Canada, and has lived in the United States since 1987. He is a biologist with a PhD in ethology, the study of animal behavior. He is the author of four popular science books on the inner lives of animals, including Pleasurable Kingdom, Second Nature, and What a Fish Knows, a New York Times best-seller. He has published over 60 scientific papers and book chapters on animal behavior and animal protection. Formerly Department Chair for Animal Studies with the Humane Society University, and Director of Animal Sentience with The Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy, Jonathan works as an independent author, and performs editing services for aspiring and established authors. He also serves as an Associate Editor for the journal Animal Sentience, and he teaches a course in animal sentience for the Viridis Graduate Institute. A popular speaker, Jonathan has lectured on six continents (the penguins eagerly anticipate his arrival in Antarctica). Jonathan currently lives in southern Ontario, where in his spare time he enjoys biking, baking, birding, Bach, and trying to understand the squirrels in his neighborhood.