What part do we consumers play in driving the priorities of an industrial meat production system that puts cheap meat on our plates, but at rising costs to human health, animal welfare, and environmental integrity? Farmers have turned to feeding antibiotics to their animals to prevent outbreaks, but are they unwittingly selecting for the most virulent superbugs, while putting humans at risk?
This program was funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Interview with Bill Niman, Rancher and Founder of Niman Ranch, and Nicolette Hahn Niman, Rancher, Lawyer, and Author of Righteous Porkchop
Dr. Stuart Levy, Professor of Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Medicine, Tufts School of Medicine
Dr. Lance Price, Director, Center for Metagenomics and Human Health, The Translational Genomics Institute
Dr. Jay Graham, AAAS Science and Technology Fellow
Dr. Marion Nestle, Paulette Godard Professor, Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health, New York University
Frederick Kirschenmann, Distinguished Fellow, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University
(Click on a guest's name to listen to their full unedited interview.)
Host: Mark Sommer
Senior Producer: Gregg McVicar
Associate Producers: Naihma Deady, Matt Fidler
Production Engineer: Michael Schwartz
Field Engineers: Matt Fidler and John Pemble
Music in this program: "All Day Music" - War - Avenue Records; "A United Earth I" - Alan Stivell and Youssou N'Dour - Putumayo World Music; "Unsustainable" - Eliza Gilkyson - Red House; "Save the Bones for Henry Jones" - Jackie Washington - Borealis Records; "South Dakota Farm" - The Get-Rites; "Dusty" - Daniel Lanois - Anti Records.
Duration: 55:00 minutes
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