What’s Wrong With School Food – And What’s Right?

Food with Mark Bittman

Sweetness and Light

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4.9 • 947 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Kendal Chavez, Food and Hunger Advisor in the office of New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham; Curt Ellis, co-founder of FoodCorps; and Stephanie Lip, Senior School Food Operations Specialist at the Chef Ann Foundation talk to Mark about all things school food – "the biggest restaurant chain in the country." Why what we feed our kids is fundamental to our democracy, why school food is a political football, who's got the power to shape school food now, and all the great work that's happening.

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome back to Food. I'm Kate Bitman. Before we get
0:08.5	started, our audience survey is still going and if you have a couple minutes we'd so appreciate you filling
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0:16.0	We want your thoughts on how we can make our show as awesome as it can be.
0:20.3	Thank you.
0:21.3	And for any other thoughts, questions, or feedback, email us at food at markbitman.com.
0:27.7	You can also find us online at bitman project.com. Last week week Mark wrote about his time in Morocco, where he
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