The Healthy Planet Radio Show.
The Healthy Planet Radio Show, a consistent award-winner, airs on WUSB, 90.1 FM every second Friday from 6-7 PM (following Democracy Now!). We’re honored to have received 3rd Place for Environment Radio at the 2025 Press Club of Long Island (PCLI) Media Awards, building on our 2nd Place achievement in 2023.
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The Joy and Rewards
of Eating (Green)
With iEat Green’s Founder,
Chef, Longtime Green Activist
Bhavani Jaroff
LISTEN HERE: The Joy and Rewards of Eating (Green) with Bhavani Jaroff
Show Description:
Many would agree that one of life’s greatest joys is the act of eating. While most of us are fortunate enough to eat every day, each meal can still manage to be an exciting and welcome event. Consider how much more fulfilling this act would be if every bite we took not only contributed to our own vibrant personal health but also helped create a more balanced, sustainable ecosystem.
Join HealthyPlanet’s Bob DiBenedetto for a discussion that explores both the joys and benefits of eating a diet that honors the land it’s grown on, the body it sustains, and the farmers who cultivate it. He and guest co-host Dominic Lampasi engage in a probing conversation with Bhavani Jaroff, a natural food chef specializing in vegan international cuisine, longtime green food activist, and founder of iEat Green.
Founded on a passion for delicious food, healthy lifestyles, and reducing one’s global footprint, iEat Green provides chef services, cooking classes, organic teaching gardens, and educational demos to everybody from organizations to families.
This engaging conversation delves into the pleasures of the table, how eating as a social experience for families, friends and co-workers can help to transform our world, one bite at a time. Bhavani shares her passion for food, while outlining the important work of organizations dedicated to safeguarding our growing lands, such as Slow Food and the Northeast Organic Farming Association.
Listen in to deepen your connection to the planet that sustains us, the community that supports us, and to our bodies that make our journey through this life possible.
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 part of our team!
Related Links and Resources: Organizations
- iEat GreenOpens in a new tab
- iEat Green Cooking Classes!Opens in a new tab
- EWG's Dirty Dozen list of the 12 fruits and vegetables were most contaminated with pesticidesOpens in a new tab
- EWG: These 15 items had the lowest amounts of pesticide residues, according to EWG’s analysis of the most recent USDA data.Opens in a new tab
- Slow Food North ShoreOpens in a new tab
- Slow Food Snail of Approval: Good, clean and fair food in your neighborhood. and beyond! Opens in a new tab
- EWG: MAHA’s moment of truth: Powerful promises – already broken?Opens in a new tab
- Green Street Eatery in Levittown, NYOpens in a new tab
- Dominic Raves About!: Lulu's Organic Juice Bar, Lindenhurst, NYOpens in a new tab
- Rock n Roots Vegan Eatery, Williston Park, NY -- Top-Rated Restaurant in Williston ParkOpens in a new tab
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About Bhavani Jaroff:
– Bhavani Jaroff is the owner of iEat Green, LLC, a multi-faceted organization providing chef services, cooking classes, organic teaching gardens, and educational demos. She is a Natural Foods Chef, specializing in international vegan cuisine and is host of the iEat Green Radio Show on the Progressive Radio Network. She is an educator and activist, the chair of Slow Food North Shore, a board member of NOFA-NY, and former Farm to School Coordinator for the City of Glen Cove School district.
Bhavani holds a Masters of Education from Antioch University and a Bachelors of Fine Arts from SUNY Purchase. Since the pandemic, Bhavani has returned to her roots and is working with her husband at Jaroff Studio, an architectural metal and glass design firm, creating inspirational spaces in New York City and beyond.
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 part of the team!
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Winner of 2nd Place at the 2023 Press Club of Long Island Media Awards for Environment Radio
Hear The Healthy Planet Radio Show twice monthly at 6PM, with Bob DiBenedetto on the first and third Fridays of each month, on WUSB, 90.1FM, or Live Stream at: http://wusb.fm/
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