The Healthy Planet Radio Show.
The Healthy Planet Radio Show has been airing on WUSB, 90.1 FM since January of 2007. It immediately follows Democracy Now! during “drive time,” from 6 to 7 PM. Now airing on the first and third Fridays of each month, HealthyPlanet’s Bob DiBenedetto brings you twice as much empowering, life-and-world-changing information as before.
We’re proud to announce that The Healthy Planet Radio Show has won 2nd Place at the 2023 Press Club of Long Island (PCLI) Media Awards for Environment Radio. PCLI is one of the largest pro chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists. They’re devoted to protecting and advocating for First Amendment rights, furthering ethical standards and providing ongoing training for their members. Thank you PCLI for that recognition!
WUSB is LI’s largest non-commercial, free-form radio station. The signal can be heard at 90.1 FM on most of Long Island, and in Southern Connecticut, parts of NYC (Brooklyn and Queens), and Westchester County. It also simulcasts on 107.3 FM to reach Stony Brook University campus. It can be heard over the Internet 24/7, on www.WUSB.FM.
Dawn Moncrief:
Founder, President
A Well-Fed World
Plant-Based Solutions To
Global Hunger and
Climate Change
LISTEN HERE: Dawn Moncrief of A Well-Fed World: Plant-Based Soutions To Global Hunger and Climate Change
Show Description:
According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, over 735 million people face hunger even though we have enough resources to feed everyone on our planet.
The existence of world hunger has become so normalized that despite the unfathomable reality, we treat it as if it’s unchangeable. We don’t often speak about it, and it is rarely decried by elected officials. Therefore, we assume that our own role in the solution is insignificant. We tacitly believe that the powers that be would be doing something about it if there were just a way.
Join HealthyPlanet’s Bob DiBenedetto for an eye-opening discussion with Dawn Moncrief, Founder and President of A Well-Fed World (AWFW). They discuss the facts about hunger on our planet and that while we often attribute the problem to scarcity and distribution issues, there is another factor that is not often discussed. That is, the sad reality that more than a third of the world’s precious crops are used as feed to create animal-sourced foods for those who can afford them versus feeding those in need.
The problem is exacerbated by the fact that livestock are highly inefficient converters of food, making the production of animal products “the ultimate form of food waste” on our planet. Cows, pigs, chickens, and all other animals raised for food consume much more than they produce (in calories, protein, and fiber). And much of that wasted food ends as manure wreaking havoc on our land, air, and water.
AWFW also points out that animal-sourced foods are a form of overconsumption and redistribution. They reduce the amount of available food by increasing the price of basic food staples, effectively redistributing crops from people to livestock (food vs. feed).
This dialogue illuminates the potential of plant-based diets as a crucial part of the solution to a problem that should not exist. By tuning in, you can deepen your understanding of this complex issue and learn how each of us can play a significant role in creating a fair, sustainable food system!
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If you’ve learned from, enjoyed, or grown from listening to this and other HealthyPlanet radio shows over the past 17 years, please show your support for our 501c3 nonprofit health and environmental work by making a tax-deductible contribution and becoming a HealthyPlanet member. This is a team effort, and you are part of our team!
Related Links and Resources:
- A Well-Fed WorldOpens in a new tab
- Global Hunger Numbers and MeaningsOpens in a new tab
- A Well-Fed World: Scarcity vs DistributionOpens in a new tab
- Grazing Is Not The SolutionOpens in a new tab
- A Well-Fed World Climate Friendly Food GuideOpens in a new tab
- Phys.org on Ukraine Food Crisis: Changing our diet would help absorb global food shocks, international study findsOpens in a new tab
- Coolfood – making climate action simple and deliciousOpens in a new tab
- Nationwide Shift to Grass-Fed Beef Requires Larger Cattle PopulationOpens in a new tab
- Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on EarthOpens in a new tab
- GRAZING FACTS: Solutions to improve our climate and thrive with wildlifeOpens in a new tab
- Science: Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumersOpens in a new tab
- Half a million dead hens: avian flu outbreak forces US farmers to kill flocksOpens in a new tab
* About Our Guest:
Dawn Moncrief is the founder and president of A Well-Fed World, an international hunger relief and food security organization advancing the benefits of plant-based foods and farming. She has presented throughout the U.S., U.K., Europe, and Africa. Her publications include contributions in: Food Justice: A Primer; Striking at the Roots; Circles of Compassion; and The Reducetarian Solution.
Dawn is a graduate of the Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership and holds two master’s degrees from The George Washington University: one in International Relations, the other in Women’s Studies – both with a focus on economic development.
For more than two decades, her work has highlighted the ways in which the consumption and production of animal-sourced foods increase economic disparities and exacerbate global hunger, especially for women and girls. She also draws attention to the devastating impact of animal agriculture as a major driver of natural resource depletion and climate destruction.
Dawn is the board chair of ProVeg International, board chair of Beyond Carnism, and co-chair of the Food and Climate Alliance.
Thank you for sharing this show with your friends and family!
If you’ve learned from, enjoyed, or grown from listening to this and other HealthyPlanet radio shows over the past 17 years, please show your support for our 501c3 nonprofit health and environmental work by making a tax-deductible contribution and becoming a HealthyPlanet member. This is a team effort, and you are par
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Winner of 2nd Place at the 2023 Press Club of Long Island Media Awards for Environment Radio
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