Ep. 81 - Democracy is at the Table … with Local, Organic, Nutritious Food. Chef Alice Waters.
Release Date: 07/15/2025
Fresh Tastes Better! Food Dignity's Clancy Harrison.
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Ep 103. Part Two. On this episode we are grateful to have Clancy Harrison. Clancy is the founder of Food Dignity®, an organization that empowers farmers, corporations, nonprofits, and government agencies to lead the change in transforming food systems. With nearly 30 years of hands-on service alongside the people who have directly experienced food injustices, Clancy brings an unmatched depth of empathy and understanding to her mission. Clancy is the catalyst for companies across North America who want to join the deeper conversation around food—and build a more equitable and...
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Fed the Dumpster with More Produce than I Fed People. Food Dignity. Clancy Harrison.
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Ep 102. Part One. On this episode we are grateful to have Clancy Harrison. Clancy is the founder of Food Dignity®, an organization that empowers farmers, corporations, nonprofits, and government agencies to lead the change in transforming food systems. With nearly 30 years of hands-on service alongside the people who have directly experienced food injustices, Clancy brings an unmatched depth of empathy and understanding to her mission. Clancy is the catalyst for companies across North America who want to join the deeper conversation around food—and build a more equitable and...
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I've Gotten So Much More than I Was Able to Give. Grafton Correctional.
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One Hundred and One. Today’s episode was recorded and filmed onsite at Grafton on a beautiful Fall sunny day in their garden. This is Part Two of my 100thEpisode, released on a cold winter day. During my visit, I talked with inmates and leaders at the Grafton Correctional Institute, where Hope is provided daily. In 2024, the garden grew and distributed 23,000 pounds of produce. This 100th Episode is in two parts. Part One was with two of the Caretakers. This is Part Two, with Sister Rita Mary and Frank, who talk about starting Prison Ministries in 1996 and how it has...
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One Hundred. Hope through Food. No Matter where You Live.
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Ep 100. Today’s episode was recorded and filmed onsite at Grafton on a beautiful Fall sunny day in their garden. I wanted this to be my 100th episode so I waited until a snowy winter day to share. During my visit, I talked with inmates and leaders at the Grafton Correctional Institute, where Hope is provided daily. In 2024, the garden grew and distributed 23,000 pounds of produce. This 100th Episode will be in two parts. Part One will be with two of the inmates. For those watching on YouTube, they were not allowed to be filmed. Their closing message, in their own words were...
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70% of Our Health is Lifestyle. Regardless of Your Genetics. Lisa Parda
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Ep 99: On this episode we are grateful to have Lisa Parda. Lisa is the Owner of RealtyScape Brokerage and co-host of Lisa and Robyn on the Mic, a live weekly radio show. Food has become Lisa’s latest way of exploring connection. Her new cookbook, My Love Language Is Food, isn’t about flawless recipes — it’s about survival, joy, and the small rituals that keep people going. Lisa draws from her own seasons of struggle: long work hours, the ups and downs of body image, and the lessons of using food both as comfort and as medicine. #EatBetterFoodToday #Longevity #Health #genetics...
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Food is One of Life's Greatest Pleasures. Enjoy What You Eat. Just Not too Much. Marion Nestle
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Ep 98: On this episode we are grateful to have Marion Nestle. Marion is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, at New York University, in the department she chaired from 1988-2003 and from which she retired in September 2017. She is also a Visiting Professor of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell. She earned a Ph.D. in molecular biology and an M.P.H. in public health nutrition from the University of California, Berkeley. She has won numerous awards during her career and has authored, co-authored, or co-edited sixteen books, with her latest one to...
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80% of Heart Disease, 70% of Most Cancers Can Be Prevented by Diet and Lifestyle. Dr. Aaron Hartman
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Ep 97: On this episode we are grateful to have Dr. Aaron Hartman. Dr. Hartman is a distinguished medical professional with a deep dedication to integrative and functional medicine. Over the years, Dr. Hartman has accumulated numerous certifications, including a Fellowship from the American Academy of Family Physicians in 2006, board certification in Integrative and Holistic Medicine in 2015, Certification in Functional Medicine in 2017, and Board Certification in Antiaging, Regenerative, Metabolic, and Functional Medicine in 2022. Dr. Hartman's military service from 2003 to 2007 saw him rise...
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Food Should Be Our First Line of Defense. For our Health. Chef Mark Reinfeld
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Ep 96: On this episode we are grateful to have Chef Mark Reinfeld. Mark is an award-winning chef and authority on plant-based cuisine, and is the founding chef of the Vegan Fusion Culinary Academy. Mark has traveled the world and had over 25 years of experience preparing and teaching creative vegan and raw cuisine. He has written eight acclaimed books, and in 2017, he was inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame. #EatBetterFoodToday #Longevity #Health #janegoodall #vegan #vegetarian #plantbased #chronicdisease #climate #protein #vipassana Please visit our website...
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We All Need to Eat Real Food, that Comes a Few Steps from Nature. Functional Medicine’s Dr Aimee Duffy
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Ep 95: On this episode we are grateful to have Dr Aimee Duffy. Dr Duffy, is the Founder and Medical Director of Carolina Integrative Medicine and Clemson IV bar in Clemson, SC. She is a Functional and Integrative Medical Physician, Lifestyle Mentor and Coach for medical providers seeking to learn more about they can optimize the health of their patients and clients. She is the #1 Best selling author of “Normal Doesn’t Have Side Effects” and “Why Can’t She See Me?” and an award winning speaker. #EatBetterFoodToday #Longevity #Health #functionalmedicine #testing #realfood #exercise...
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Prevention. Testing. Reduce Breast Cancer Risk by 82% by Getting Vitamin D Level to 60. Dr David Bilstrom
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Ep 94. On this episode we are grateful to have Dr David Bilstrom. Dr. Bilstrom is quadruple board certified in Functional and Regenerative Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Medical Acupuncture. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture, and the Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. Dr. Bilstrom is on a mission to revolutionize the way autoimmune disease is treated worldwide by teaching the fundamentals of functional medicine. #eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #healthspan...
info_outlineOn this episode we are grateful to have Alice Waters. Alice is considered the founder, the mother, of the farm-to-table movement in the US. She has championed sustainable, local, and organic food since returning from France and and opening Chez Panisse in 1971. She has won three James Beard Awards and the National Humanities Medal for being a cultural and educational visionary. With a focus on Children, she created Edible Schoolyard in 1995, which celebrated its 30th anniversary this year. Edible Schoolyard is now in all 50 states and 75 countries. Alice, my wife Kim and I met at a Charity event in New York last fall.
#eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #children #local-food #organic-food #nutritious-food #regenerative #climate #taste #chezpanisse #edibleschoolyard
Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos.
Look for information on Alice at https://www.instagram.com/alicelouisewaters/?hl=en
Other Alice Waters Sites https://www.chezpanisse.com, https://edibleschoolyard.org, https://edibleschoolyard.org/alice-waters-institute-edible-education-and-regenerative-agriculture
What’s In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/
Cleveland Kitchen: https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/
Segment Notes:
Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs, Toast, Pu’erh Tea 3:05
UMass Chefs Conference, Dinner Honoring Alice 6:23
- Local and Organic Food – not only Nutritious but Delicious
The Importance of Local, Organic Food 8:28
- Positive Climate Benefits of Regenerative Agriculture
- Brings Family, Friends, Students Together
- A Family Garden Makes Food Affordable
- Victory Garden to France to Chez Panisse
Teaching with Chez Panisse (53yrs old), Edible Schoolyard (30yrs) 13:02
- Only serving food locally in-season
- The Senses are Our Pathways to Our Minds – Food Touches all of Them
- Edible Schoolyard started at Martin Luther King Middle School in Berkeley in a Parking
Lot at a School where students spoke 22 different languages
- Geography: Study a Country that made Hummus and Pita and the kids would make it
- Traveled Globally by Making, Eating Each Countries Food
- Edible Schoolyard Now in over 5,000 Schools Globally
- Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers, Fruit for Dessert - Strawberries or a Cut Apple
The Recipe: Dipping Salad: Vinaigrette, Garlic Aioli with a Small Piece of Fish 25:24
The Taste of Fresh, Local Produce 29:49
- Make food that is Not Complicated, Easy to Understand, Local
- Take Kids to Taste Food at a Farmers Market and a Farm
- The Seasonality of Eating Fresh Local Foods
- Education Needs to Be Global: Berkeley and France Changed her Life
- The American Academy in Rome: an Example of What Education Can Be with Local Food
Working Directly with Farmers 39:48
- Leave out the Middleman: Farmer to Chef or School or Consumer
- Pay the Farmer what the Crop, Food is Worth
- Menu, Food Based on What the Farmer has in Season
What Would Alice Still Like to Do 42:44
- School Supported Agriculture
- Listen to Japan, Hawaii on their Food Futures
- School Purchasing Locally from Farmers
A New Food Program at a Local Ohio School 44:47
- Advice: Document the Success
- Chez Panisse food supply mainly from one farm with a few supporting farmers
You Can Feed the World with Small Farms 47:09
- Henry Ford Museum’s School buying Local Organic Food
- Buying from a Garden that’s Rehabilitating People
We Need a Climate Solution Now 51:21
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