“When was the last time you changed YOUR mind?” - Tamar Haspel  Tamar Haspel is a James Beard award-winning Washington Post columnist. She has been on the food and science beat for the best part of two decades and is knee-deep in the public food conversation. Tamar speaks frequently at venues where the debates about our food supply play out, including the National Academy of Sciences, food- and ag-related conferences, and SXSW. When she’s tired of the heavy lifting of journalism, Tamar helps her husband on their oyster farm, Barnstable Oyster, where they grow about 300,000 oysters a year in the beautiful waters off Cape Cod. Tune in to this episode to learn about: How and why Tamar started writing about nutrition Tamar’s opinion and insight about cultivating productive conversations about food and nutrition Tamar’s thought-provoking question that makes people stop and think differently about their own opinions and biases Why it’s important to appreciate the fact that personal experience has the ability to override research findings Why we have the tendency to try and connect the dots (and leap to cause and effect conclusions) and what we can do about it For more information visit: www.SoundBitesRD.com/151