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Earth Eats is a show about food and farming. It’s storytelling, recipes, farm visits, and kitchen sessions. We have conversations with scholars, chefs, growers, and food justice activists. We hear from authors, artists, scientists, poets, and people who love to eat. Earth Eats is a production of WFIU Public Radio and Indiana Public Media.
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Therese "Tee" Forton-Barnes, is a Household Toxins Health Specialist. For over 40 years, she has been researching, studying, and talking about toxins in your life and home and how they can affect your health. She helps you reduce your exposure to chemicals that are in your personal care and cleaning products, food, and other items in your home that expose you to harmful chemicals. She guides you in having a low-tox lifestyle that can reduce the risk of potentially chemical-induced illnesses, ...
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Green Living Chats is a platform to discuss solutions to emerging environmental issues and challenges in and around the world and to promote environmental-related projects. We are looking forward to making a positive impact on our planet. So let's build up a community and learn together. GLC podcast is brought to you by Eco Amet Solutions Ghana. Be INFORMED!.
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The Green Elephant in the Room: Solutions To Restoring the Health of People and the Living Planet
Rico Verde
We all know about the doom and gloom associated with environmental issues. We need to tell ourselves a new story. Instead let's talk about energy independence, green jobs, livable cities, clean water, clean air, and healthy children. This is where politics, perceptions, and life-style meet the catastrophe that is unfolding in front of our eyes. Here's a suggestion — subscribe, tune-in, and stop doom-scrolling.
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Starting Sustainability: Sustainable Living: eco-friendly: environment: green: recycle: zero-waste
Kaylin Chenoweth
From the popular blog www.startingsustainability.com we have created a podcast to help you learn the simple ways you can incorporate sustainable practices into your lifestyle. Follow Kaylin along with her triumphs and fails of navigating a sustainable lifestyle. Everyone can do more than re-usable bags and cups. Getting everyone to do an extra few steps towards sustainability will have a greater impact than just one person doing it perfectly. To learn more check out www.startingsustainabilit ...
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This week Tee welcomes Dr. Nayan Patel for an in-depth introduction to glutathione and how it may assist with fighting chronic disease and aging. Dr. Patel is a sought-after pharmacist, wellness expert, and thought leader in his industry. He has been working with physicians since 1999 to custom-develop medication for their clients and design a pati…
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“So, I like to say that bees are just like us. So, bees have a society, and they live in a built environment, [they have a] little house, just like we have a little house, and they communicate through dance. I don’t know if we communicate through dance, but I think dance is also a thing that humans do…” This week on the show we’re talking with micr…
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It's easy to despair. Too easy. The future hasn’t already been decided. The future is as uncertain as it’s ever been. Knowing this, there is still a chance to seize the best-case scenario rather than surrender to the worst. Taking action is the best way to live in conditions of crisis and disruption. Although individual choices and actions are impo…
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This week, Tee is thrilled to welcome Dr. Whitney Donohue, a naturopathic physician and applied kinesiologist, to discuss the importance of addressing the root causes of illnesses rather than merely medicating symptoms. Dr. Donohue, who earned her doctorate from the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, Arizona, is the owner and lead…
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“Imagine, we have dinner at 7, 8 pm–my baba would take all of the çörek to the bakery and have it baked and he’s back home at 10pm–doesn’t matter! Fresh tea, hot tea, feta cheese, olives, breakfast–that’s like your night breakfast the day before Eid.” This week on the show, we spend time in the kitchen with Derya Dogan. She is a PhD candidate in Ed…
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In this episode, Tee dives into a profound and enlightening conversation with Dr. Tom O'Bryan, a distinguished expert in food sensitivities, autoimmune diseases, and environmental toxins. Dr. O'Bryan shares his remarkable journey from a natural foods baker to a globally recognized figure in functional medicine. Together, they explore the critical r…
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“There is a beautiful Hindustani saying, ‘Kosa kosa per pani badle, chare kosa per vani,’ which means "Every two miles the water changes, and every four the language." So that, in fact, is the geography of taste and terroir in India.” This week on the show, we talk with sociologist Krishnendu Ray about place and food and caste in India and how iden…
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This week Tee is thrilled to welcome Andrea Dahr for a chat about the life-changing power of switching to clean products. Andrea is a clean living advocate and founder of Switch Natural a revolutionary app that helps women & men live cleaner lives by altering daily product purchases and quickly and easily identifying any potentially harmful ingredi…
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"It really revolves around the environmental justice issues. These operations are popping up in communities of color, where they don't really have a lot of political clout. But these people have fought back." This week on the show a conversation with Sherri Dugger and Craig Watts with Socially Responsible Agriculture Project. We talk about the work…
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An Imagined Scenario from 2024—2028. Presenting a very special Green Elephant Podcast Episode. Having just come off a 3-Part Podcast Series entitled: “The Most Dangerous Organization in History: The Republican Party” we wanted to give the GOP a chance to redeem themselves. At this moment in time, the only way to accomplish this was to write a ficti…
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In this enlightening episode, Tee is delighted to welcome Dr. Erin Ellis to share her journey from restaurant management to becoming a naturopathic doctor, driven by her own health battles with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Erin emphasizes the significance of gut health in overall wellness, discussing the differences between naturopathic and conventional…
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Many of the farmers talked about the ability to be out in nature with other members of their family and other members of their community and several of them also talked about the benefits of being able to interact with people from other communities. This week on the show, we talk with geographer Pablo Bose about innovative resettlement projects tha…
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In this episode, Tee is excited to welcome Seth Jones to discuss the hidden dangers of mold and mycotoxins in homes and workplaces. Seth is the CEO of Hygieia Living Corp and the creator of Superstratum, a product line designed to combat these toxins. Seth shares his journey from international DJ to mold remediation expert, spurred by his personal …
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“As you walk through the doors, whether you like to cook or you don’t like to cook, you feel welcome, and things are accessible…” “What our vision is, is to make it a better world through breaking bread at the kitchen table, if you will.” This week on the show, we talk with co-owners of Bloomington’s independent, locally-owned kitchen supply store,…
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Eco-bad guys who had a change of heart and taking a closer examination of our bright renewable future.
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1. Meet people whose profession was destroying the planet that had a change of heart. Not only did they quit what they were doing, but became advocates for what they had been working against. Meet a rancher, logger, fisherman, and author who experienced an about-face and made positive contributions to the health of the planet. 2. Unquestionably ren…
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This week Tee is delighted to welcome Amy Todisco for a wonderful confession about her journey to Organic Living. Amy's 30-year expertise in green living, health, and wellness isn't just theoretical—she lives it every day, helping to run an organic farm in Vermont with her partner, Dave. She leads retreats, tours, and workshops on the farm, offers …
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“As Greeks, we don't really shop from supermarkets. Everyone knows someone who knows someone who comes from a village and has access to olive trees and olive oil.” On today’s show, a conversation with Greek chef and anthropologist Nafsika Papacharalampous. She shares a recipe for Greek comfort food, and talks with me and Ogla Kalentzidou about the …
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Jennifer Brower: Author of Silent Killers Shares Her Journey Through Complex Illness and Healing
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In this episode, Jennifer Brower shares her 25-year struggle with Lyme disease, mold toxicity, mercury poisoning, and coronavirus. Starting from a spider bite in 1998, Jennifer's journey led her to write her book 'Silent Killers' to inspire and guide others facing similar health battles. She discusses misdiagnosis, the limitations of traditional me…
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SHOWNOTES In this, the third podcast in a three-part series, we start buy discussing the fundamental difference between Republican and Democrat voters. Next, a deep dive on how Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 — by not winning the popular vote, and how he could easily do it again. Then, insights on how the nation has to prepare itself on ele…
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“We know that there are all sorts of good chemicals that come out of the dirt and working with land–working with plants–that are beneficial to our mood and our health. For refugee populations that have had to be on the run or had to live in refugee camps for decades, having a little piece of land that you can tend to that you can take care of and t…
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This week Tee is delighted to welcome Cindy Vallone. Cindy was born and raised in South California. She is a busy wife, a mom to 2 teenage boys, and an entrepreneur. She and her family have been using essential oils for over 7 years and have made strides to reduce their toxic load. Today, they use doTERRA essential oils as their first line of defen…
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“At least 100 years ago, the last robber barons, we got nice libraries out of it. This one, it’s like ‘oh, what is the family using its money for? To gut public education via charter school networks?’ It’s kind of Machiavellian–it’s Machiavellian in a really sad way” This week on the show, I’m talking with Austin Frerick, the author of Barons: Mone…
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SHOWNOTES In this second of three episodes in series, we are delving into what an unnatural force of nature, Donald Trump will be. Worse than any fire, flood, or hurricane, for the future of our planetary systems, and also on human institutions that will have to deal with the magnitude of the consequences of his policies. That’s a strong statement,…
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This week Tee is honored to welcome Amy Ziff. Amy is the founder and executive director of Nontoxic Certified & the MADE SAFE® Certification. Amy pioneered the rigorous MADE SAFE® seal; the revolutionary Ecosystem Screening Process, MADE SAFE® Banned List, and the Red List Powered by MADE SAFE. MADE SAFE® is America’s first independent, 3rd party c…
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“And that’s why we call it a food value chain.You know, it’s a supply chain but it’s based on the values that you have as far as how the land is treated, how people are treated, what kind of nutrition contents in your food–all those things [that] people up and down–from the farmer to the consumer have an interest in. And so, this system that we’re …
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This is the first of three episodes about how Donald Trump, if elected, will strangle Climate and Environmentalism in it’s crib. In this episode: Trump and his party have a new climate-strategy — acknowledging that change is happening, but refusing to actually do anything to stop it. Also, considering how shokingly unfit Donald Trump is for leading…
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This week Tee dives deep into the relationship between toxins and the autoimmune disease Hashimotos with guest Divya Gupta. Divya is a functional nutrition coach and educator. She helps busy professionals who want a healthier future. Divya creates personalized plans to help them regain their health and live life on their own terms. With her own exp…
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“When you have to make those decisions do you buy the nicest ingredients to make your food, since that’s why people are there? Or do you pay your employees two dollars more an hour? Or do you rent the building that’s gonna put you in the location that gives you the highest chance of success? I think that in many ways restaurant owners have one of t…
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This week Tee is happy to welcome Matty Lansdown. Matty is a scientist, nutritionist, and emotional eating and binge eating coach who specializes in helping women build their confidence and shift their food & body weight challenges. Starting out in the field of nutritional epigenetics and spending several years working in hospitals as part of a can…
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"...one of which is sorghum sudan grass, and if you don't mow that, it gets to be like ten feet tall. And so we had pigs that were running through there, that reminded us of the velociraptors in Jurassic Park–you know, you can't see the animal, you just see the top of the plant waving back and forth. And so we were always on safari when we had to g…
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This week Tee is excited to welcome human performance expert Justin Frandson. In this enlightening episode, Justin shares insights into the harmful effects of electromagnetic fields (EMF) and 5G technology on human health. Drawing from his extensive experience working with top athletes, Frandson highlights how wearable technology and environmental …
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“Animal agriculture creates more greenhouse gas emissions than all transportation combined. Yet, as individuals we’re often told ‘you should take public transportation and ride bikes,’ all of which are good things but not very frequently are we told, ‘let’s reduce our consumption of animal products, and that will have a tremendous impact on the env…
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I'm back!!! It was a nice summer break and now it is back to the grind. The first 20 minutes of this episode is catching up with Kaylin. Learn about the garden, traveling to Texas, HR stories, work drama, Ruger, family life, etc. If you want to go straight to the embarrassing secret it is shared at the 20:45 mark.…
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This week Tee is excited to welcome Risa Groux, a Functional Nutritionist and Certified Autoimmune Coach in private practice in Newport Beach, California. Risa has always been passionate about nutrition and good health. Today she is also passionate about cooking and creating healthy, nutritious food. She works with a wide array of clients from prof…
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“Speaking directly to Black women and wanting Black women to know that their bodies are not the problem. The way that our bodies are treated and problematized and pathologized, we’re often taught that it’s our fault, that it’s our problem to fix or we just need to love our bodies out of societal oppression.” This week on the show a conversation wit…
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This week Tee is delighted to welcome Erin Yuet Tjam, PHD to the show for an in-depth conversation about the many myths that surround skincare routines, exfoliation, and moisturizing. Erin is a bicultural, bilingual health scientist and an adjunct professor whose work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals. Over the course of her car…
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