Podcast Topic: Food Banks, Food Pantries & Soup Kitchens
The Leading Voices in Food
Podcast Topic: Food Banks, Food Pantries & Soup Kitchens
E79: Andy Fisher on Exploring the Connection Between Industry and Food Banks
July 20, 2020
E79: Andy Fisher on Exploring the Connection Between Industry and Food BanksThis podcast is part of a series focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic is exposing a deep flaw in the country’s food system, namely stunning levels of food insecurity, but also the transformation of emergency food assistance into what some have characterized as an industry as food charity become big business. Andy Fisher, our guest today is a leader in the Food Security and Food Justice Movement. He founded and led The National Community Food Security Coalition and led Federal Legislation campaigns to gain more than $200 million for community-based food security and farm to school projects.
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E57: How FoodCorps and Walmart are Driving Food Security in the US
November 7, 2019
E57: How FoodCorps and Walmart are Driving Food Security in the USImagine you would like to address food, and food insecurity in particular, and could start with a blank slate. What kind of programs and practices would make sense given the incredible array of possibilities? Our guests today, Curt Ellis and Karrie Denniston have addressed this issue in their own work. Welcome to The Leading Voices in Food.
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E25: Christopher Carter on Looking at Food Theologically
February 19, 2019
E25: Christopher Carter on Looking at Food TheologicallyHow should society balance people’s needs and wants for meat and eggs against the needs and wants of farmers and farm animals? What do theologians and ethicists have to say about factory farming, animals and marginalized communities. It’s a complicated subject that triggers strong feelings about moral economics, racial equity, nutrition, and environmental sustainability will explore these issues today on The Leading Voices in Food podcast with our guest, Methodist pastor Christopher Carter, who’s also an assistant professor of theology and religious studies at the University of San Diego.
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E4: Billy Shore on Politics, Food and our Children’s Future
January 11, 2019
E4: Billy Shore on Politics, Food and our Children’s FutureIf you had the opportunity to shape the country’s agenda for addressing hunger, what solutions would you suggest and how would you drive this needed change? The Leading Voices in Food interviews Billy Shore, executive chairman of No Kid Hungry and its parent organization Share Our Strength.
Related podcasts: Advocacy & Food | Child Development & Nutrition | Food Banks, Food Pantries & Soup Kitchens | Food Insecurity | Food Policy | School Meals |