food science

Food dyes, preservatives, canola oil, and other harmful additives to avoid — Julia Putzeys from Trash Panda app

Food dyes, preservatives, canola oil, and other harmful additives to avoid — Julia Putzeys from Trash Panda app

Julia Putzeys is the founder and general manager of the Trash Panda App. As a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Julia combined her career in software product management with her passion for health and wellness. The concept for Trash Panda was ignited when she realized how many harmful addi...

Nutrigenomics: How your DNA affects the way your body responds to food — Chef Dr. Mike

Nutrigenomics: How your DNA affects the way your body responds to food — Chef Dr. Mike

Chef Dr. Mike gives us an intro to Nutrigenomics, the study of how food affects your genes and how your genes affect the way your body responds to food. This is a different way of looking at food than nutrients (vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, etc.) but how different foods have bioactives, chemica...

Glyphosate part 2: Taking EPA to court — and winning, with Amy van Saun

Glyphosate part 2: Taking EPA to court — and winning, with Amy van Saun

Amy van Saun is a Senior Attorney in the Center for Food Safety's Portland, Oregon office. After clerking for CFS in law school, Amy joined CFS as an attorney in 2015. As part of CFS's legal team, Amy practices environmental and administrative law to defend farmers, communities, and the environment ...