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We’re closing out the season with a look at “True Cost Accounting.” There is a growing movement to include “true cost accounting” or TCA when considering the cost of food -- which can be far more than what you pay in a supermarket. Our guest today, food journalist and The Farm Re ... Show More

Tom and Food Research and Action Center Ellen Vollinger and Massachusetts Congressman Jim McGovern discuss the historic permanent increase to the decades-old Thrifty Food Plan coming in October 2021.Follow Tom on Twitter and Instagram @tomcolicchio and share what you want to hear ... Show More

Tom talks with food critic and A Hungry Society Podcast host Korsha Wilson about supporting black culinary artists and relishing American dining experiences. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio ... Show More

The FEED Act was introduced in May and would help put restaurant kitchens to work feeding vulnerable Americans, including children who can’t return to school. It counts celebrity chef and founder of World Central Kitchen José Andrés among its champions — but it’s stalled along wi ... Show More

<p>An admission that the country’s food situation is “tense” is a rare glimpse into the compounding effects of pandemic policies and crop failures. Adherents of wild conspiracy theories in America tend to be white, and often evangelical. But Hispanic Americans are getting <a href ... Show More

What should we eat? Jo Fidgen talks to the influential American writer Michael Pollan about what food is - and what it isn't. In an interview before an audience at the London School of Economics and Political Science he criticises the way the food industry has promoted highly-pro ... Show More

A recent investigation by the Washington exposes Big Food's latest plot to poison America. How are they doing it? By paying off registered dietitians to push and post ‘anti-diet’ advice and advocate for junk food. Steelman yourself by staying informed. Here's what's up and what y ... Show More

The world renowned chef and humanitarian reflects on popularizing tapas in America through his celebrated restaurants, what inspired him to establish World Central Kitchen to feed people in disaster areas and being the subject of a new Ron Howard-directed documentary. Learn more ... Show More

Hi. In today's episode, we look at America's food system, why corn is in nearly everything we eat, how factory farms are bad for consumers and the environment, and why capitalism makes it so hard to eat healthy. Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1twJu3Ft1PgRBwt4ON9oH_b ... Show More