On Food Talk Live: Sara Burnett, the vice president for wellness and food policy at Panera, and Iowa farmer Ron Mardesen join Dani for a conversation about how everyone in the food system can work together to build healthier and more humane food supply chains.
Poverty
New on the Podcast: Devon Klatell, Dr. Katie Wilson Talk the Role of Philanthropy, School Lunches, and Access to Healthy Food
The Managing Director of The Rockefeller Foundation Devon Klatell discusses how philanthropies can empower the food system. Then, Danielle talks with Dr. Katie Wilson about the importance of school nutrition staff employees and how policymakers can help increase access to food in a safe manner.
Chris Barrett Discusses the Ways Research Can Inform Agricultural Policy
Professor at Cornell University, Chris Barrett, discusses his research to help reduce poverty and malnutrition.
New on the Podcast: Lawrence Haddad on Promoting Nutritious Foods, Josef Schmidhuber on Agricultural Economics
Josef Schmidhuber on how economic research can build a more equitable and sustainable food system, Haddad on malnutrition and helping small businesses
New on the Podcast: Dr. Maureen Miruka Discusses Women and Agriculture and Roger Thurow Talks Global Food Insecurity Amid American Abundance
Dr. Maureen Miruka discusses women and agriculture. Roger Thurow talks about global food insecurity amid American abundance
New on the Podcast: Tony Hillery Discusses Food Justice and Chandani Punia Talks About the Connection Between Hunger and Education
Founder of Harlem Grown, Tony Hillery, and Director of Development and Innovation at Akshaya Patra Foundation USA, Chandani Punia, join Dani on Food Talk Live
At High Risk for COVID-19, Immokalee Farmworkers Demand Health Care Protections From the State of Florida
Farmworkers in Immokalee, Florida, have been deemed essential during COVID-19, but are still forced to live and work in close quarters without basic health care. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers is calling on Gov. DeSantis to fix this.
Nate Mook, CEO of World Central Kitchen Talks #ChefsForAmerica
Nate Mook talks restaurants serving meals to people in need during COVID-19.
Maureen Muketha Discusses Tule Vyema’s Efforts to Boost Food Security in Kenya with Sack Farming
On Food Talk Live, Dani speaks with nutritionist Maureen Muketha, the founder of Tule Vyema. In the city of Kiserian, Kenya, Tule Vyema teaches young women how to cultivate indigenous crops that can help them eat more nutritiously and be more food secure.
Kentucky Organization Using Pop-up Markets to Promote Fresh Food as a Human Right
The award-winning New Roots Fresh Stop Market (FSM) initiative uses pop-up markets and cooperative economics to bring fresh, healthy food to food insecure neighborhoods around Louisville.
Dan Barber and Luke Saunders on Keeping the Farm-to-Community Connection During COVID-19
Blue Hill’s Dan Barber and Luke Saunders of Farmer’s Fridge are mobilizing food access efforts during the COVID-19 crisis, with help from regional farms.
Marc Zornes, Devin De Wulfe Talk Food Waste, Food Delivery, COVID-19
Marc Zornes talks Winnow, artificial intelligence, and food waste. Devin De Wulfe discusses how Feed the Front Line NOLA and supports hospital workers with food from local restaurants
30+ Restaurants Giving Back To Their Communities With Free Meals and Groceries During COVID-19
To respond to COVID-19, restaurants have gotten creative and transformed into community kitchens. Here’s a running list of restaurants around the U.S. that have begun donating meals, selling groceries, and assembling meal kits.
Fatema Sumar Talks Oxfam America’s Response to COVID-19
“If you break the food supply chain, you can imagine how that would affect supermarket shelves”
Mike Curtin Talks DC Central Kitchen, COVID-19
“Poverty is expensive. It is hard to be poor”
Jenique Jones From City Harvest Talks COVID-19 Impact
“We’re making sure that we’re planning for, almost the unplannable”
Liz Neumark Talks Teaching Healthy Habits to Kids, COVID-19
“Our waiters who at this time last year were at black tie galas, are now delivering food to a very different slice of New York”
Saru Jayaraman Talks Fair Wages, COVID-19
“There are some similarities [to 9/11] in terms of displaced workers, in terms of need for help, but those workers actually got help after 9/11. And in this situation, I think we’re teetering on the brink of a real great depression very similar, if not worse to, what we saw in the 30’s in terms of people outside looking for food.”
Regina Anderson Talks Food Recovery Network, COVID-19
“There’s no shortage of food. That has never been the case in America- we have so much food. We can throw most of it – almost all of it- away, and still have enough food to feed everybody. It’s just a distribution issue.”
DC Greens is Helping Residents Eat Better Through Social Justice
Food justice organizations are finding ways to use locally produced food to address equity in access, affordability, and health. DC Greens’ Produce Plus Program partners with farmers’ markets to distribute over US$800,000 annually to Washington, D.C. residents to help purchase…
