Eating Matters
Food has emerged as a critical policy area – and it raises big questions about health, labor, sustainability and our collective future. Join host Jenna Liut for conversations with food policy experts and leaders about the issues that shape our everyday experiences of buying, cooking and eating food.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 180
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2021
Episode 20: The Tipping Point on Restaurant Wages
Are you #LivingOffTips? This week on Eating Matters, host Kim Kessler is talking to Meg Fosque, the National Policy Director of Restaurant Opportunities Centers (ROC) United. ROC United exists to imp…
00:32:37 |
Thu 26 Feb 2015
Episode 19: Prescribing Food, Part 2: Food & Healthcare
This week on the third installment of the Prescribing Food series, host Kim Kessler welcomes Dr. Deborah Frank to Eating Matters, discussing the connection between food and healthcare. Kim asks Dr. F…
00:34:00 |
Thu 19 Feb 2015
Episode 18: Wholesome Wave with Gus Schumacher
This week on Eating Matters, host Kim Kessler is talking with Gus Schumacher, Vice President and Founding Board Chair of Wholesome Wave. Wholesome Wave is a national nonprofit that is helping to resh…
00:40:30 |
Thu 12 Feb 2015
Episode 17: Prescribing Food, Part 2: Delivering Food to the Most Vulnerable
God’s Love We Deliver started in 1985, when Ganga Stone biked over a couple bags of groceries to a friend living with HIV/AIDS. When she realized that he needed more than raw ingredients, she founded…
00:33:10 |
Thu 05 Feb 2015
Episode 16: Food: When It’s Not What You Think
Do you really know what’s in the olive oil you use everyday? How about the true contents of your morning coffee blend? This week on Eating Matters, host Kim Kessler is joined by Michael Roberts, Exec…
00:33:20 |
Thu 29 Jan 2015
Episode 15: Prescribing Food, Part 1: Making Hospitals Healthier
Hospital food often gets a bad rap: it’s often unappetizing, unbalanced, and definitely unhealthy. This week on Eating Matters, host Kim Kessler is addressing the issue head on. After spending over 2…
00:34:00 |
Thu 22 Jan 2015
Episode 14: Jan Poppendieck: Hunger Programs Then & Now
This week on Eating Matters, host Kim Kessler is ending the year on a high note, sitting down with author, food security expert, and the policy director with the NYC Food Policy Center, Dr. Jan Poppe…
00:43:44 |
Thu 18 Dec 2014
Episode 13: A Big Move in School Food
This week on Eating Matters, host Kim Kessler is discussing school food with guests Laura Benavidez of the Los Angeles Unified School District and Mark Izeman, of the NRDC New York Urban Program. Spe…
00:39:34 |
Thu 11 Dec 2014
Episode 12: Going Local
This week on Eating Matters, host Kim Kessler is recapping Thanksgiving with guest co-host Michael Melcher and guest Rebecca Morgan, the Executive Director of the Center for Agricultural Development …
00:39:25 |
Thu 04 Dec 2014
Episode 11: A Food Pantry in Brooklyn
This week on Eating Matters, host Kim Kessler welcomes Dr. Melony Samuels, the Executive Director of the Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger. Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger (BSCAH) is unique amongst t…
00:36:08 |
Thu 20 Nov 2014
Episode 10: Kids and Food
This week on Eating Matters, host Kim Kessler is talking about kids and food and how all should be able to grow up eating nutritious food without the age old struggle of parents versus kids. Welcomin…
00:37:17 |
Thu 13 Nov 2014
Episode 9: The Role of Chefs in Food Policy Issues
On today’s episode of Eating Matters, host Kim Kessler interviews Chef Evan Hanczor and Chef Michael Leviton to discuss the roll of chefs in food policy; a roll that is becoming more and more relevan…
00:41:39 |
Thu 06 Nov 2014
Episode 8: The Implications of Information
This week on Eating Matters, host Kim Kessler is talking transparency in the food system. Inspired by the UCLA-Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Conference that took place last week, Kim welcome…
00:36:07 |
Thu 30 Oct 2014
Episode 7: Are You Eating Safe Food?
This week on Eating Matters, host Kim Kessler is leading a discussion on food safety with guests Denis Stearns, Alli Condra, Margot Pollans, and Brian Snyder. Opening the show speaking with Denis reg…
00:40:23 |
Thu 23 Oct 2014
Episode 6: Is Your Food Fair?
This week on Eating Matters, host Kim Kessler is taking on the topic of agricultural workers and the conditions under which they work in the United States. Welcoming Sanjay Rawal and Smriti Keshari, …
00:35:30 |
Thu 16 Oct 2014
Episode 5: Is the Food Movement a Political Force… Yet?
This week on Eating Matters, host Kim Kessler kicks off this show about food policy and political change with guest Michael Dimock. Michael is the President of Roots of Change which works to develop …
00:34:12 |
Thu 09 Oct 2014
Episode 4: Insuring Better Health
This week on Eating Matters, host Kim Kessler tackles more notable food policy issues. Opening the show with the policy roundtable, she welcomes Denis Stearns, Cathy Nonas, and Samuel Wiseman as they…
00:31:58 |
Thu 02 Oct 2014
Episode 3: Joan Gussow: Food, Sustainability and the Climate
This week on Eating Matters, host Kim Kessler welcomes in studio Ralph Loglisci of the Food and Environment Reporting Network (FERN) and via phone, Nadia Johnson of Just Food. Kicking off the show wi…
00:42:30 |
Thu 25 Sep 2014
Episode 2: Neighborhoods for Health
This week on Eating Matters, host Kim Kessler takes on the topic of healthy retail access, opening up the show with her roundtable discussion. Welcoming Cathy Nonas, Denis Stearns, and Paula Daniels,…
00:35:46 |
Thu 18 Sep 2014
Episode 1: You Never Eat Alone: How What You Eat Impacts the Rest of Us
This week, on the very first episode of Eating Matters, host Kim Kessler kicks off the episode with a roundtable discussion on food news and policy with Cathy Nonas and Denis Stearns. Cathy is the Se…
00:37:32 |
Thu 11 Sep 2014
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