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October 8, 2013 – Segment 3
October 8, 2013 – Segment 3We will discuss how the government shutdown is affecting food and agriculture on the latest edition of Sound Bites! Tim Murphy, a reporter in Mother Jones‘ DC bureau, and Michael J. Wilson, Director of Maryland Hunger Solutions, will join us in this discussion.
Then we move into a discussion about new restrictions on arsenic in animal feed with Keeve Nachman, Director of the Center for a Livable Future‘s Farming for the Future Program and co-author of a report on arsenic-based drugs used in chickens.
Finally, we turn to a massive free trade agreement called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, and examine how its implementation may affect food safety. Our guests include: Daren Bakst, Research Fellow in Agricultural Policy for the Heritage Foundation; and Mitch Jones, Director of the Common Resources Program at Food and Water Watch.
