{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Food Justice Rock Star w\/ Anna Lapp\u00e9","description":"The state of our nation\u2019s food industry is in complete disarray. From pesticide use to over-farming to ads for sugar-laden drinks and snacks targeting our children, we need to completely overhaul the system. Anna Lapp\u00e9 is here to talk about food sustainability, health, and justice. Anna is a best-selling author and advocate for food justice and sustainability who is working to implement systemic changes to improve our food chain. While she\u2019s making a lot of positive impacts and helping people realize the role they play in the food system, many don\u2019t believe they can afford to eat healthy food. Anna knows that the real issue isn\u2019t the cost of food: it\u2019s the policies around housing, healthcare, and food, including the cost of living and what constitutes an actual living wage. Anna explains how the food industry has ended up in its current state of crisis. Sadly, it\u2019s had a lot of influence from chemical companies and other industries seeking to keep the nation in the state that it\u2019s in. She shares what we can do, as consumers, to help change the industry. Unfortunately, our current society isn\u2019t truly built to allow us total control over our food choices. Unlike the European Union, America hasn\u2019t banned many toxic chemicals, artificial flavorings, and antibiotics that seriously impact the quality of the food. We also don\u2019t have easy access to fresh food markets like many European countries do. The biggest question Anna gets asked is where you\u2019re supposed to find the time to create healthy meals for your family when you work full-time, have a commute, and frankly can\u2019t afford a lot of the healthier choices. Anna has a lot of empathy for parents in this situation and encourages batch cooking and freezing of easy meals you can make when you\u2019re short on time. Anna also explains what impact pesticide use is having on our nation\u2019s biodiversity. We are in a state of crisis: from the very real climate threat to the insect population being just half of what it once was.  It\u2019s not all doom and gloom, though. Anna shares who her most unlikely partners are - farmers making complete organic changes to the way they farm. She also tells us how we can start to improve our and our family\u2019s diets starting today. Do you eat organic food? How can you be a more conscious consumer? What ways can you start building your family\u2019s healthy eating habits?   In This Episode: Why the cost of food isn\u2019t the main issue; we need to look at the policies around housing, healthcare, and food How the food industry and nutrition has gotten into the state it\u2019s currently in What you can do as a consumer to help change the food industry What impact our built and economic environments have on our food choices Where you can find the time to make healthy meals for your family What impact pesticide use is having on our nation\u2019s biodiversity Where you can start to improve your diet   Quotes: \u201cThe real crisis in our food system isn\u2019t a crisis in our food system, it\u2019s a crisis in our democracy.\u201d (4:14) \u201cNone of us, as individuals, should feel any sense of failure if we\u2019re unable to make the meals we dream of having with our families.\u201d (35:00) \u201cThe level at which we use pesticides in this country is creating a crisis for public health as well as for biodiversity, which I would argue is at the basis of public health.\u201d (45:46) Links Find Anna Lapp\u00e9 Online Find Anna Lapp\u00e9 on Twitter  Real Food Media on Facebook  Food MythBusters on Facebook   Check out the complete episode page here  Learn more about Powerful Conversations Online  Find Powerful Conversations on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Medium ","author_name":"Powerful Conversations: Interviews with best-selling authors, executives, and innovators","author_url":"https:\/\/www.sparkpluglabs.co\/powerful-conversations","html":"