About this episode

Dani Nierenberg discusses the impact of GLP-1 drugs on food waste with Dana Gunders and Emily Broad Leib, while also addressing global food crises and environmental issues.

On Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Dani speaks with Dana Gunders, President of ReFED, and Emily Broad Leib, Clinical Professor of Law and Director of Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation. They discuss how the adoption of GLP-1 drugs is impacting food waste at the household and retail levels, how grocers and restaurants can respond to shifting eating habits, and what's happening at the state and federal level to keep food out of landfills. Plus, the dismantlement of USAID continues to impact global communities, Ebola cases rise in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the fuel crisis in Cuba becomes a food systems crisis, the U.S. House advances legislation to allow the year-round sale of E15 ethanol blend, China restores trade for U.S. agriculture products, and the undamming of the Klamath river restores salmon populations, reconnects ecosystems, and returns river access to Indigenous communities. While you're listening, subscribe, rate, and review the show; it would mean the world to us to have your feedback. You can listen to "Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg" wherever you consume your podcasts.

People in this episode

Host: Dani Nierenberg

Guests: Dana Gunders, Emily Broad Leib

Topics covered

• food waste
• GLP-1 drugs
• food systems crisis
• Ebola
• fuel crisis
• agriculture trade
• ecosystem restoration

Keywords

• food waste
• GLP-1
• Ebola
• Cuba fuel crisis
• agriculture
• Klamath river
• sustainability

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ReFED, Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation

Places: Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Cuba, U.S., China, Klamath river

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