Exploring School Lunch In Meghalaya, India

Food with Mark Bittman

Sweetness and Light

Nutrition, Arts, Food, Culture, Cooking, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.9 • 947 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Mark and Kathleen talk to each other from Meghalaya, in the east Khasi hills, where the government provides just 5 rupees per child per day for school lunch – about 6 cents – plus rice. They talk about the funding that's underway for a group of schools in Meghalaya to change meals there, plus what the schools can do to maintain these positive changes when the funding runs out.

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0:00.0	Hello dear friends this is Food I'm Kate Bittman. We are thrilled that you're
0:08.9	listening and also would like to encourage you to visit us at bitman project.com
0:15.0	where you'll find smart and unpretentious food writing in more than a thousand recipes.
0:21.0	Last week, Mark wrote about all the things he's been reading and
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