Journalist Christina Cooke joins to discuss her lead off piece in a five part series on worker safety in animal agriculture called Injured and Invisible. Today we discuss the plight of workers who have been long left out of OSHA safety regs extended to every other industry. Heritage Radio Network...

President of the Humane League, a non profit animal rights organization, discusses the game-changing release of internal reports that were previously available only via FOIA requests. What is to be learned, and what to do next is the subject of this episode. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit...

Democratic State Representative Art Staed has put forth a bill that demands a moratorium on building new CAFOs for the next five years. He won't name names, but he tells a story of how an industry has co-opted the state legislature that is the signature of our era, whether state...

Corwin Heatwole, Founder and CEO of Farmer Focus, joins to talk about creating a whole new model for industrial chicken production: "farmer-focused", organic, and certified humane. How did he achieve that?? Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support What Doesn't Kill You by becoming a member...

Is there a meat shortage looming? Are working conditions on large-scale farms safe? How is there food waste when some grocery stores are rationing inventory? With all of these questions looming, consumers are becoming more aware than ever before about where their food comes from and how it’s grown. We’re...

Is plant-based meat really the meal of the future? Alison Rabschnuk, Director of Corporate Engagement for the Good Food Institute explains how this organization is supporting companies making huge strides in the field of research and development for meat substitutes for the future. It isn't just companies such as Impossible...

This week on What Doesn't Kill You, host Katy Keiffer is joined by Christopher Leonard, a former national business reporter for the Associated Press and author of The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America’s Food Business. His work has appeared in Fortune, Bloomberg, Businessweek, Slate, and The Wall Street...

Water is one of the most important issues in the world right now. Access, supply, regulation, law... H20 is central in almost every agricultural conversation. Today on What Doesn't Kill You, Katy Keiffer is joined by Brooke Barton, senior director of Ceres' water program, directing the organization's research and engagement...

What are beta agonists? Beta-agonists are a class of non-hormonal compounds fed to livestock. Why should we care? Well, for a number of reasons - including both animal and consumer safety. On this week's episode of What Doesn't Kill You, Katy Keiffer is here to catch you up to speed...

This week on What Doesn't Kill You, Katy Keiffer focuses on two separate reports, one by the Pew Commission and the other by the Animal Agriculture Alliance, regarding the state of animal agriculture. Katy talks with Emily Metz Meredith of the Animal Agriculture Alliance. Emily serves as the Communications Director...