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The Dr. Hyman Show

How Innovators Are Disrupting Our Broken Food System

The Dr. Hyman Show

Dr. Mark Hyman

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Medicine

4.68.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens and Paleovalley.

 

Our current food system is not working. Food waste is at an all-time high, food deserts exist in many neighborhoods, and our produce is falling short in flavor and nutrients. The good news is that innovators in various fields are implementing ideas that promote better access to fresh, nutritious, and tastier food for everyone.

 

In today’s episode, I talk with Kavita Shukla, Tobias Peggs, and Dan Barber about a creative way to reduce food waste, growing the number of farmers in urban areas, and ideas to improve the flavor and nutrition profile of produce.

 

Kavita Shukla is the founder and CEO of The FRESHGLOW Co. and the inventor of FreshPaper, a simple innovation taking on the massive global challenge of food waste by keeping food fresher longer. FreshPaper is used by farmers and families across the globe, and The FRESHGLOW Co. has partnered with some of the largest retailers in the world, from Whole Foods to Walmart, so that people everywhere can take advantage of this incredible product and the goodness of real food.

 

Tobias Peggs is the cofounder and CEO of Square Roots, the Brooklyn-based urban farming company known for changing the way people think about growing local food and training the country’s future generations of farmers. Previously, he led Aviary, a mobile photo-editing company, as its CEO until its acquisition by Adobe and was also CEO at OneRiot, a social media analytics company, since acquired by Walmart. Tobias grew up in England and has a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from Cardiff University. 

 

Dan Barber is breaking the conventional ways we eat, cook, and think about food. He is the chef and co-owner of Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns and the author of The Third Plate. He also cofounded Row 7 Seed Company, a seed company bringing together chefs and plant breeders in the development of new varieties of vegetables and grains. Dan has received multiple James Beard awards including Best Chef: New York City (2006) and the country's Outstanding Chef (2009). In this episode, it’s clear how mutually passionate Dan and I are about changing the current food system and doing so in a way that promotes health and supports the environment.

 

This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens and Paleovalley.


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0:00.0

Coming up on this episode of the doctor's pharmacy, this is one of those global challenges that every single person can actually do something about just being aware of the fact that food waste is of challenge can make people start to reduce their own food waste in their homes.

0:15.0

Hey everyone it's Dr. Mark. People are always surprised when I tell them that even with a Whole Foods diet rich in plants we can still be nutrient deficient.

0:24.0

And addressing nutrient deficiencies is one of the lowest hanging fruits for optimizing our health and feeling better at any age.

0:31.0

And that is why I'm a huge fan of AG1 from athletic greens. Since our soils are so damaged the plants can't extract the nutrients because there's no living matter anymore.

0:41.0

And we're up against issues like chronic stress and toxicity and sleep deprivation like never before and our bodies need some extra help getting all the right information to work properly.

0:52.0

Now that information comes in the form of vitamins and minerals and phytonutrients and good bacteria all of which help our selder remember how to efficiently tackle their important jobs.

1:02.0

So one of the things that every data support my diet is AG1 from athletic greens.

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1:59.0

Now so many of my patients ask me how I manage to work multiple jobs travel frequently well not so much anymore and spend time with my family and still focus on my health.

2:08.0

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2:19.0

So recently I discovered paleovali beef sticks. I keep these beef sticks at home and at the office so I know that whenever I'm in a food emergency I have a healthy and delicious option to keep me on track.

2:31.0

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2:55.0

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3:15.0

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