America’s Food Crisis with Ronnie Cummins

America's food system is in crisis. Our combined food decisions drive world politics, enrich multi-national corporations, cause skyrocketing rates of diabetes, heart disease and cancer, and accelerate our already perilous climate situation. On this edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug welcome friend and colleague Ronnie Cummins, founder and international Director of the Organic Consumers Association, an organization that has been fighting for common sense food policy for more than 25 years.

The Key to Healthy Outdoor Grilling

Denise Snyder of Duke University talks with Patti and Doug about how to safely grill food outside to avoid creating harmful chemicals.

The Insidious Marketing of Junk Food

Dr. Aarti Ivanic, associate professor of marketing at the University of San Diego, talks with Patti and Doug about the ways in which junk food advertising on radio and TV targets black and Hispanic communities, and the downstream impacts on public health.