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How Food, Agriculture, And Energy Are The Cause And Solution To Environmental Collapse | This episode is brought to you by Paleovally, ButcherBox, and Athletic Greens\nThe cost of our food and personal care items is much more than what we pay at checkout. The true cost is measured by the impact that thousands of chemicals have on our health, the environment and climate, our economy, and many other facets of life. Being an informed and engaged consumer is one of the most powerful ways to turn around our toxic world, and we have some incredible resources at our fingertips to do that, like the Environmental Working Group (EWG). Today, I\u2019m excited to talk with Ken Cook from the EWG about food, conscious consumerism, and our impact on the planet.\nKen Cook is the president and co-founder of the EWG. He is widely recognized as one of the environmental community\u2019s most prominent and influential critics of industrial agriculture and the nation\u2019s broken approach to protecting families and children from toxic substances. Under Cook\u2019s leadership, the EWG has pioneered the use of digital technologies to empower American families with easy-to-use, science-driven tools to help reduce their exposure to potentially harmful ingredients in food, drinking water, cosmetics, and other household products. Capitol Hill\u2019s closely read newspaper, The Hill, regularly lists Cook in its annual roster of Washington\u2019s top lobbyists. It has said Cook\u2019s \u201cinfluence spans the country\u201d and called EWG \u201cthe tip of the green movement\u2019s spear.\u201d\nThis episode is brought to you by Paleovally, ButcherBox, and Athletic Greens.\nPaleovalley is offering 15% off your entire first order. Just go to paleovalley.com/hyman to check out all their clean Paleo products and take advantage of this deal.\nNew members to ButcherBox can get two New York Strip steaks and two pounds of wild-caught Alaskan salmon for free in your first box when you sign up at Butcherbox.com/farmacy.\xa0\nAthletic Greens is offering Doctor\u2019s Farmacy listeners a full year supply of their Vitamin D3/K2 Liquid Formula free with your first purchase, plus 5 free travel packs. Just go to athleticgreens.com/hyman to take advantage of this great offer.\nHere are more of the details from our interview:\xa0\n\nHow the great farm crisis led Ken to begin working on agricultural policy (7:41)\n\nKen\u2019s perspective on the regenerative agriculture movement (11:09)\n\nHow we can improve food and agriculture policy (13:37)\n\nHow glyphosate became the most widespread agrochemical in the world, and what we should do about it (31:16)\n\nImproving government oversight and regulation of harmful chemicals (38:00)\n\nHarnessing consumer action to drive policy and marketplace change (40:13)\n\nEWG\u2019s Dirty Dozen, Clean Fifteen, and Skin Deep resources (42:35)\n\nThe power of individual behavior and participation to create a healthier country, world, and planet (55:47)\n\nThe future of energy (1:00:10)\n\nTo learn more about the Environmental Working Group, please visit https://www.ewg.org/ and follow EWG on Facebook @ewg.org, on Instagram @environmentalworkinggroup, and on Twitter @ewg. \n \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices