On this weeks after Words Program Ellen Silbergeld talks about that new form farming efforts affect consumers. Ellen is a pleasure to have you here. Here i am this port city boy who became secretary of agriculture which is one of the greater jobs ive ever had as congressman beforehand but before we talk about your book which is my father and Atticus Finch i thought maybe you might talk about yourself. How did you get into this whole area of agriculture especially the industrialization of agriculture as you call it . Guest at something of a story that begins with the Chesapeake Bay and this was this mysterious eruption of a toxic organism in the water that is some kind of a narrow toxin causing fish to die and a lot of reported illness and fishermen. It was never really figured out that one of the stimulating factors that was described was the amount of inputs from poultry waste that went into the water. That was kind of the first thing but the main thing that got me into this was going
Endangers workers, animals and consumers, i thought you might talk a little bit about yourself. How do you get into this whole area of analyzing agriculture, especially the industrialization of agriculture as you call it . Well, its something of a story. It begins with syria and the Chesapeake Bay and this was this mysterious irruption of a toxic organism in the water that produced some kind of a neurotoxin that caused millions of fishto die and a lot of reported illness in fishermen. They never really figured it out but one of the stimulating factors that was described was the amount of inputs of nutrients poultry waste that went into the water so that was kind of the first thing but the main thing that got me into this was going to a lecture and listening to the speaker talk about food borne infections and how these were really big problems and he said it was particularly a problem because many of them were drugresistant and i knew nothing about the subject. So Infectious Diseases li
Has 2016 comes to a close, many publications and media organizations are offering their picks for best books of the year. Heres some of the titles that National Public radio has selected. Louisa thomas recalls the life of americas first foreignborn first lady, Kathryn Adams in louisa. Glass universe, the women who acted as Human Computers at Harvard College observatory in the mid 19th century and their impact on astronomical discoveries. That enslaved men of native americans in his National Book award nominated the other slavery. Nprs notable book of 2016 continues with rebecca traced her, writer at large for new York Magazine that details the contributions of unmarried women throughout American History in all the single ladies. Inborn crime, daily show host trevor know it remembers his childhood and apartheid era south africa. Well, i was born at a time in south africa and apartheid and my parents werent allowed to be in any shape or form in contact with one another. I grew up during