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We talk with award-winning investigative journalist and author Carey Gillam about her book, Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science. Gillam was a long-time correspondent  for Reuters international news service, and she is research director for US Right to Know, a nonprofit looking at issues about our food system.

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Episode 127 – A vibrant pecan oasis in the desert

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Episode 126 – The food-housing nexus

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Professor Phil Warsaw noticed that in urban Black and Latino neighborhoods the price of housing near grocery stores was higher––but the same wasn’t true in more affluent White neighborhoods. Why? And how can planners balance food access and gentrification?

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