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Nombase PodcastAs Ultra-Processed Foods Face Scrutiny, a New Certification Offers Better For You Brands an EdgeUltra-processed foods are facing growing pressure from policymakers, retailers, and consumers who are rethinking what belongs on shelf and in their carts. In this episode, Bill Creelman, Founder of Spindrift, and Megan Westgate, Founder of the Non-UPF Verified program and the Non GMO Project, discuss a new certification designed to evaluate both ingredient integrity and how products are actually made. Spindrift recently became the first beverage brand verified under the Non-UPF standard. Bill shares what the verification process required behind the scenes, how sourcing and manufacturing decisions affect certification, and why it offers a clearer w...
2026-02-1748 min
FutureKindElements of Autumn: A Seasonal MeditationIn this special seasonal episode of FutureKind, Megan guides a meditation for the fall equinox. Moving through the elements of earth, water, air, and fire, this practice invites you to feel the balance of the season not only around you but within you. A gentle pause to reflect, release, and root more deeply as the light shifts and autumn unfolds.Explore more of our food systems work on our website https://www.foodintegritycollective.org/To follow us on Instagram, click HERETo connect with Megan Westgate, click HEREMusic Credits:
2025-09-1615 min
Eat. Drink. Think.Ultra-Processed Foods De-coded: Megan Westgate, founder of the Non-GMO Project introduces a new NonUPF verification programMegan Westgate, founder of the Non-GMO Project, introduces a new standard, NonUPF Verified, that will help consumers understand and make choices about ultra-processed foods. Drawing on the success of the Non-GMO Project in driving widespread market changes, Westgate emphasizes the power consumers have to influence the food system through their purchasing decisions. Listen in to find out when you might see the new Non-UPF Verified labels on packages and some of the brands who are early adopters of the movement.Find the transcript and show notes here.The Eat.Drink.Think. Podcast is brought to...
2025-09-0857 minFutureKindEpigenetics, Energy, and Relationship with Dr. Rasheeda HawkBiophysicist and systems thinker Dr. Rasheeda Hawk joins FutureKind to explore how our genes are shaped not just by DNA, but by the worlds we live in—internal and external, energetic and ancestral. From community gardens in South Central LA to breast cancer research at Caltech, Dr. Hawk brings a rare and powerful integration of scientific rigor, ancestral wisdom, and lived experience.In this conversation with host Megan Westgate, Dr. Hawk shares her journey into epigenetics and functional medicine, inviting us to consider how nourishment, nature, coherence, and time itself affect gene expression. This is a conversation ab...
2025-08-2255 minFutureKindReclaiming Power Through Food with Loren CardeliFood systems strategist and storyteller Loren Cardeli joins FutureKind to illuminate how food is not just sustenance—it’s power, politics, and culture. As founder of A Growing Culture, Loren works alongside peasant and Indigenous communities around the world to challenge industrial agriculture’s dominance and restore narrative sovereignty to those who feed us. In this episode, Loren and host Megan Westgate explore the root causes of food injustice, from seed laws to social erosion, and invite listeners to consider how reclaiming agency begins with listening, solidarity, and a deeper understanding of who holds power—and why. This is a conver...
2025-07-241h 01FutureKindSummer Solstice: A Light Feast MeditationThe summer solstice calls us home to something our souls remember - that we are meant to live in rhythm with the earth's cycles. When we align our nourishment with the seasons, magic happens. Our bodies know exactly what they need, and the earth provides it perfectly.This isn't just about food — it's about remembering who we truly are as beings connected to something infinitely larger than ourselves. Join us for a special solstice meditation that will awaken your deepest knowing about abundance, presence, and what it means to feast on light itself.Delve into hu...
2025-06-2510 min
Christ Church Anglican Newport SermonsCombined Pentecost Service 2025Today we celebrate Pentecost with a combined service with Newport Baptist, The Bridge Church Williamstown and Westgate Vineyard. Ps Megan Jung of The Bridge Church Williamstown brings us the message of Pentecost from Acts 1:1-5 and 2:1-13.
If you've made a decision to follow Jesus, want more information about discipleship or for more info about Christchurch Anglican Newport and to get in touch with us, we'd love to hear from you by clicking here.
2025-06-0930 minChrist Church Anglican Newport SermonsCombined Pentecost Service 2025Today we celebrate Pentecost with a combined service with Newport Baptist, The Bridge Church Williamstown and Westgate Vineyard. Ps Megan Jung of The Bridge Church Williamstown brings us the message of Pentecost from Acts 1:1-5 and 2:1-13.
If you've made a decision to follow Jesus, want more information about discipleship or for more info about Christchurch Anglican Newport and to get in touch with us, we'd love to hear from you by clicking here.
2025-06-0930 minFutureKindThe Work That Calls Us with Mohammad SalehiEntrepreneur, humanitarian, and regenerative thinker Mohammad Salehi joins FutureKind to share the extraordinary story behind Heray Spice—a mission-driven company sourcing premium saffron through a farmer-owned cooperative in Afghanistan. From growing up on a farm during the Soviet occupation to working as a U.S. Army linguist and launching a thriving business in Chicago, Mohammad’s journey is one of deep courage, service, and vision.In this powerful conversation with host Megan Westgate, Mohammad reflects on what it means to live a purpose-led life, the challenges of upholding food safety and gender equity under Taliban rule, and why...
2025-05-2654 minFutureKindReNourishing the Food System with Lauren TuckerStrategist, systems thinker, and regenerative leader Lauren Tucker joins FutureKind to explore how true evolution begins at the root—within ourselves, our businesses, and the very frameworks we use to think. Lauren shares the path that led her to launch ReNourish Studio and its offerings for food system changemakers. Alongside host Megan Westgate, she reflects on the trap of incrementalism, why nourishment must come before transformation, and how a truly thriving food system can only emerge through relational, co-creative process. This episode weaves personal healing, business design, and deep systemic insight into a powerful invitation: to shift not only wh...
2025-04-271h 11FutureKindEating with Reverence: Food, Power, and Interdependence with Kia RuizLeader, scientist, and world-walker Kia Ruiz explores the essence of interdependence and its vital role in addressing our most pressing challenges. Drawing from her diverse background in biology, indigenous wisdom, and social justice, she offers a unique perspective on how we can navigate complex systems with humility and consciousness. This insightful conversation delves into her work with food systems, the power of stillness in a chaotic world, and practical approaches to self-regulation that help us remain present and effective in times of crisis. Throughout, Kia reminds us that our connections—to each other, to our food, and to the na...
2025-03-2959 minFutureKindThe Wisdom of Flavor with Mark SchatzkerAuthor and journalist Mark Schatzker explores the vital relationship between flavor and nutrition that has been disrupted by our modern food system. Drawing from his books "The Dorito Effect" and "The End of Craving," he explains how our innate nutritional wisdom is being confused by ultra-processed foods that create a mismatch between what our brains expect and what our bodies receive. This illuminating conversation covers how animals and humans naturally seek the nutrients they need through flavor, why modern foods have lost their nutritional integrity, and how reconnecting with real food can restore our natural ability to nourish ourselves...
2025-03-1358 minFutureKindBusiness Beyond Extraction with Heather TerryEntrepreneur and CEO Heather K Terry shares her journey from Broadway actress to food system innovator, exploring how business can be transformed from extractive to regenerative. Drawing from her experience with GoodSam, she discusses the challenges of raising capital as a woman founder, the importance of building relationships directly with farmers, and how financing structures can either nourish or deplete communities and ecosystems. This thought-provoking dialogue explores food justice, impact investing, and the courage to say "no" to systems that don't align with a vision of a more nourishing future.For more information:...
2025-02-271h 03FutureKindFeeding the Future: Land, Ancestors, and Liberation with Langston KahnLangston Kahn, author of "Deep Liberation," explores how reconnecting with the earth, our ancestors, and indigenous wisdom can help us move beyond the modern myth of separation. Drawing from his experiences as a teacher, practitioner, and participant in the Black farming movement, he discusses how cultivating deeper relationships with land, food, and community can help us become the humans our future needs. This wide-ranging conversation covers spiritual practice, energy body work, ancestral healing, and creating regenerative relationships with the earth through farming and food systems.For more information about Langston's work, visit: https://langstonkahn.com/
2025-02-121h 00FutureKindBeyond Ultra-Processed: Rebuilding Our Food FutureNutritionist Rob Hobson, author of "Unprocess Your Life," shares practical strategies for reducing ultra-processed foods in our diets while navigating modern food environments. Drawing from 20 years of experience, he discusses how small dietary changes can lead to meaningful health improvements while exploring the cultural and systemic challenges we face. This wide-ranging conversation covers school food policies, family nutrition, and how reconnecting with real food can help create a healthier future.For more information about Rob Hobson, please visit https://robhobson.co.uk/ and www.instagram.com/robhobsonnutritionistKey Moments: [00:14:17] Clear breakdown of what makes foods "...
2025-01-2954 min
The Girl On The LeftBurnout, Breathwork & Police Wellness | Abbie WestgateAbbie is here to get real about what happens when the job you love starts chipping away at the person you are. As a first responder, she’s been in the trenches—burnout, trauma, and stress were part of the gig until they weren’t. In this unfiltered and heartfelt episode, Abbie opens up about hitting her breaking point and how she traded survival mode for a life of breathwork, balance, and badass reinvention.
Ever felt like you’ve lost yourself in the hustle? Are you holding it together on the outside while falling apart behi...
2025-01-1554 minFutureKindRemembering Our Sacred Role, with Dr. Lyla JuneIn this inaugural episode of FutureKind, Dr. Lyla June shares profound insights about humanity's forgotten role as ecosystem architects. Drawing from her groundbreaking research on indigenous food systems and her personal journey of healing, she explores how ancient wisdom can help us transform our relationship with food, land, and ourselves. Dr. June challenges the "pristine myth" of wilderness and reveals how indigenous peoples historically cultivated thriving ecosystems across North America, offering hope for how we might rebuild our connection to the living world today.Learn more about Dr Lyla June JohnstonLyla...
2025-01-131h 07FutureKindWhat is FutureKind?How do we become the humans that the future needs? Humans who know how to be in a mutually nourishing relationship with life. I think, at the root of this is a deep remembering of our belonging to nature, of our place in the web of life. And food is a huge part of that. With every bite of food, we literally form our body from the body of the earth. We are what we eat. But a lot of what we're eating now isn't even food. So, what is that doing to our bodies, our consciousness, our communities...
2025-01-0802 min
Food Sleuth RadioMegan Westgate, Executive Director of the Non-GMO ProjectDid you know that sales of non-GMO verified products continue to grow in consumer popularity and sales? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Megan Westgate, Executive Director of the non-profit Non-GMO Project. Westgate explains what the non-GMO Project’s butterfly label tells consumers, why the verification matters, and how the FDA’s label for “bioengineered” food is confusing and misleading to consumers who want to avoid GMO food ingredients. Westgate emphasizes consumer power in the marketplace to shape our food system and create a more resilient future.Related website: www.nonGM...
2023-03-3128 min
Turning Season: Conversations with Changemakers in Our Adventure Toward a Life-Sustaining SocietyThe Non-GMO Project, Right Relationship & How Powerful Each of Us Truly Is (with Megan Westgate)Have you ever noticed that little butterfly on some packaged foods, labeled "Non-GMO Project VERIFIED?" Maybe you even look for the butterfly before you buy, and feel better about eating what's inside because of it. That's you exercising your power in one of the most intimate ways possible: how you take food into your own body.In this conversation, I'm joined by my dear friend and admired collaborator in the Great Turning, Megan Westgate, founder of The Non-GMO Project and respected speaker on the issue of genetically modified foods....
2022-07-1353 min
The Healing CollectiveMegan the Earth ShamanIn this episode we speak with Megan Westgate and allow flow to lead and to guide us to truth, hope and grace.
2021-08-261h 32
Book Lounge by LibbyIt's an August books preview, y'all!IT'S A MONTHLY BOOK PICKS EPISODE. YOU KNOW WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN!Books mentioned in this episodeThe People We Keep by Allison LarkinA Slow Fire Burning by Paula HawkinsEdie in Between by Laura SibsonThe Heart Principle by Helen HoangThe Reading List by Sara Nisha AdamsThe Turnout by Megan AbbottMy Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham JonesVelvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-GarciaDamnation Spring by Ash Davidson
2021-07-2930 min
Go Green RadioSpecial Encore Presentation: What You Should Know About GMO'sAre genetically modified seeds and crops safe for human consumption? Are they already in our food supply? Should genetically modified food be labeled as such, so consumers can decide for themselves if they wish to purchase it? Today we're joined by Megan Westgate, Executive Director of the Non GMO Project (www.nongmoproject.org). Megan will discuss GMO's from the perspective of consumers, farmers, and the future of our global food supply.
2012-05-1056 minFood Sleuth RadioMegan Westgate InterviewGuest Megan Westgate, Executive Director of the non-GMO projectNon GMO Project
2012-02-1028 minGo Green RadioWhat You Should Know About GMO'sAre genetically modified seeds and crops safe for human consumption? Are they already in our food supply? Should genetically modified food be labeled as such, so consumers can decide for themselves if they wish to purchase it? Today we're joined by Megan Westgate, Executive Director of the Non GMO Project (www.nongmoproject.org). Megan will discuss GMO's from the perspective of consumers, farmers, and the future of our global food supply.
2012-02-0356 min