Fixing the Food System, One Generation at a Time
Food with Mark Bittman
Sweetness and Light
4.9 • 947 Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
John Ikerd, one of the leading experts in the world on the economics of sustainable agriculture, and environmental activist Mackenzie Feldman talk to Mark about how they learn from each other, despite — or perhaps because of — their age gap; why recreating local food systems is so important; and what people in their 20s are most concerned about when it comes to food and agriculture.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there and thank you for being with us here at Food with Mark Bittman. This is Mark. |
| 0:08.0 | If you want to reach us, our email is Food at markbitman.com and please visit us at bitman project.com where there are tons of recipes |
| 0:19.1 | food policy reporting essays about all things food, |
| 0:23.2 | lots of how to cook guides, reporting on food. |
| 0:27.4 | There's something for everyone who cares about food. |
| 0:30.1 | That's Bitman Project.com. Welcome to Able and Cole where inconvenience is a good thing. We'll only deliver to your area once a week. |
| 0:52.8 | It reduces carbon emissions. |
| 0:54.4 | Our food costs a bit more. |
| 0:56.2 | We pay farmers fairly. |
| 0:57.5 | And our broccoli won't last as long. |
| 0:59.5 | Because we don't do preservatives or unnecessary plastic. |
| 1:02.0 | An inconvenience store is better for the planet and tastes better too. |
| 1:06.0 | Join the thousands of people choosing inconvenience. |
| 1:10.0 | Search Abel and Cole and order Order Groceries Online Today. |
| 1:13.2 | Difficult tastes better. |
| 1:14.8 | Able and Cole. |
| 1:15.8 | As many of you know, I recently got back |
| 1:21.2 | from a Regent Seven Seas cruise from Hong Kong to Tokyo, and of course I was amazed by so much of it. |
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| 1:31.0 | Jetleg is minimal because there's so little pressure to hit the |
| 1:35.0 | ground running. You don't need to find a restaurant, you know where you're going to sleep for |
| 1:39.1 | the next, whatever number of nights. You can wake up at 3 in the morning and do whatever you want. You can choose |
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