Host Jenna Liut interviews author Benjamin Lorr to talk about his new book, “The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket,” which delves into what it takes to get food onto grocery store shelves and who suffers the consequences of our increasing demand for cheap food and efficiency. Lorr pulls back the curtain on a notoriously secretive industry, interviewing people at every level – from the founder of Trader Joes to truck drivers transporting products to trafficked migrants in Myanmar and Thailand at the bottom of the commodity chain. This book is an absolute must read for anyone interested in our food system.
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Episode 20: The Tipping Point on Restaurant Wages
Episode 19: Prescribing Food, Part 2: Food & Healthcare
Episode 18: Wholesome Wave with Gus Schumacher
Episode 17: Prescribing Food, Part 2: Delivering Food to the Most Vulnerable
Episode 16: Food: When It’s Not What You Think
Episode 15: Prescribing Food, Part 1: Making Hospitals Healthier
Episode 14: Jan Poppendieck: Hunger Programs Then & Now
Episode 13: A Big Move in School Food
Episode 12: Going Local
Episode 11: A Food Pantry in Brooklyn
Episode 10: Kids and Food
Episode 9: The Role of Chefs in Food Policy Issues
Episode 8: The Implications of Information
Episode 7: Are You Eating Safe Food?
Episode 6: Is Your Food Fair?
Episode 5: Is the Food Movement a Political Force… Yet?
Episode 4: Insuring Better Health
Episode 3: Joan Gussow: Food, Sustainability and the Climate
Episode 2: Neighborhoods for Health
Episode 1: You Never Eat Alone: How What You Eat Impacts the Rest of Us
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