NRDC attorney Avinash Kar breaks down the news that drug companies have agreed to re-label antibiotics in compliance with recent FDA guidances on their usage in livestock agriculture. In a wide ranging discussion Kar covers the loopholes in the guidances, the pending legislation co-sponsored by NRDC to regulate and monitor...

Beyond their nutritional value, mushrooms are treasured throughout the world for their medicinal uses. On this episode of Mic-ology, host Adam Warner takes on a tour of the fungi medicine cabinet. Hear how psilocybin mushrooms are helping folks with chronic cluster headaches relieve the pain! Food writer and fungus expert...

Katy Keiffer is talking antibiotic resistance as seen in ground turkey on this week's What Doesn't Kill You with Dr. Urvashi Rangan. Urvashi Rangan, Ph.D. leads and directs the Consumer Safety and Sustainability Group for Consumer Reports. She is responsible for managing risk analysis, policy assessments, label evaluations and consumer...

In 2005, after a long career in family medicine and as Nebraska's chief medical officer, Dr. Raymond was appointed Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For the next 3 years, Dr. Raymond was responsible for overseeing the policies and programs of the Food Safety and...

Matthew Bagdanoff updates traditional cocktails with herbs and ingenuity at Van Horn in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. On today's episode of Let's Eat In, Matthew joins Cathy Erway in the studio to talk about some of his favorite cocktail recipes at Van Horn, and why a good bartender doesn't muddle the...

Maryn McKenna is talking resistant bacteria with Katy Keiffer on this week's Straight, No Chaser! Maryn is an independent journalist and author who specializes in public health, global health and food policy, and a Senior Fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University. She is a blogger...

Today on Straight, No Chaser Katy Keiffer is on the phone with Dr. Richard Raymond. In 2005 after a long career in family medicine, Dr. Raymond was appointed Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For the next 3 years, Dr. Raymond was responsible for overseeing...

Jean Halloran rejoins Katy Keiffer on this week's installment of Straight, No Chaser. Jean has worked on food safety and sustainability issues at in the Yonkers Office of Consumers Union for the last 25 years, and also works with consumer organizations globally. She helped develop international standards for safety assessment...

On this week's episode of Straight, No Chaser, Katy Keiffer is joined in the studio by Jean Halloran. Jean has worked on food safety and sustainability issues at in the Yonkers Office of Consumers Union for the last 25 years. She also works with consumer organizations globally and helped develop...

This Week on Snacky Tunes welcomes legendary Brooklyn Brewery Brewmaster Garrett Oliver who dishes on a new wine-cask fermented beer that they are working on as well as their beer garden at the The Highline Park. Later they are joined by Patrick who runs Acephale Records as well as working...