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To the Point

Big Food Targets the Socially Conscious

To the Point

KCRW

News

4.4583 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2015

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Chipotle is making its burritos GMO-free, but some scientists are not impressed. As Big Food goes greener will it cater to consumers' health perceptions at the expense of science, and what effects will it have on the nation's food supply chain.

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0:00.0

From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

0:08.3

Big food targets the socially conscious, but is it healthier?

0:15.0

I'm Barbara Bogave, sitting in for Warren Olney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

0:19.5

a daily look at the issues Americans care about most. Chipotle is the first nationwide fast food chain to pledge it will

0:26.0

stop using genetically modified ingredients. Anti-GMO activists applaud the move, but a majority

0:32.1

of scientists, armed with decades of research, say GMOs are safe to humans and the food chain.

0:38.6

As Big Food tries to please health conscious millennials, will marketing trump science?

0:43.5

The future of GMOs from the salsa bar to farms in the developing world.

0:47.3

And on today's talking point, new evidence that where you live directly affects upward mobility.

0:53.8

Better neighborhoods can make for better lives.

0:56.6

First News.

1:01.2

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1:04.9

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1:09.5

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1:17.4

Support for To the Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund.

1:24.8

We're back with To the Point. I'm Barbara Bogave in for Warren.

1:34.2

Just ahead, Chepotla is making its burritos GMO free. Some scientists are not impressed.

1:39.2

As big food goes greener, will it cater to consumers' health perceptions at the expense of science and what effects will it have on the nation's food supply chain? And later on today's talking point is a change of home address all it takes to change the course of a child's life.

1:49.9

We'll hear about new research on upward mobility and what it might mean for addressing poverty.

1:54.7

First, this story. Police in Garland, Texas, released new details in the case of the two gunmen who opened fire

2:00.0

Sunday night at an event

2:01.1

where people presented cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. A police officer shot both men dead with his

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