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549. Amanda Leland on a Global Blueprint to End Overfishing
On Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Dani sits down with Amanda Leland, Executive Director of the Environmental Defense Fund to talk about her new book Sea Change: Unlikely Allies and a Success Story of Oceanic Proportions. They discuss the forces driving overfishing, the heroes of ... Show More
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547. SNAP Recipients Sue USDA, Researchers Tackle Avian Flu in Livestock, and a Conversation with Emily Rees on Feeding a Growing World Amid a Widening Productivity Gap
On Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Dani speaks with Emily Rees, the President and CEO of CropLife International. They discuss women's leadership in food systems, what the shuttering of the U.S. Agency for International Development means for agriculture research and development, i ... Show More
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546. Karina Gonçalves David on Regenerating Land—and Livelihoods—with Agroforestry
On Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Dani speaks with Karina Gonçalves David, a farmer and the Co-Founder of ProNobis Agroflestoral in Brazil. They talk about David's journey to becoming a farmer, how agroforestry can improve climate and economic resilience, and the empowerment of ... Show More
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