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First Aired - 03/01/2012 01:00PM
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This week on The Farm Report, Erin Fairbanks talks with Anthony Butler of St. John's Bread and Life, an emergency food provider based out of Bed Stuy, Brooklyn. Tune in to hear Erin and Anthony discuss the importance of local and healthy food providers for poor and hungry populations, the problems with the food stamp program in New York City, and food education in the Bed Stuy community. Also, Anthony tells about how to work with donated food, whether it's squash or lobster. This program was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.
"Probably the best and most robust group that is able to respond to the issues of hunger is the food community, particularly in Brooklyn. We're dramatically increasing our procurement from purveyors of New York State products, both farmers and value -added purveyors."
"If you receive food stamps as an individual, you have to live on four dollars and fifty cents a day. It grows for a family, it's about twelve dollars a day. It's a significant problem. There's been a 25% increase in the number of folks with four-year degrees who are [finding] themselves in food pantries and soup kitchens."
-- Anthony Butler on The Farm Report
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Emergency Food & Food Stamps (16:49)
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St. John's Bread and Life, Anthony Butler, hunger, poverty, Brooklyn, Queens, Bed Stuy, soup kitchen, housing issues, substance abuse, food drives, nutritional content, childhood obesity, purveyors, Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program, government, non-profit, food stamps, disability,Lobster Donations & Farmers' Markets (12:52)
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food pantry, technological acclimation, hypertension, low sodium, low fat, nutrition, New York state farms, cooking classes, recipes, produce, lobster, City Harvest, squash, volunteering, www.breadandlife.org, food deserts, The Farm Bill, farmer's markets, No Food, No Farms,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 02/20/2012 01:00PM
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This week on Let's Eat In takes a hard look at elitism in our American food system. Host Cathy Erway is joined by investigative journalist Tracie McMillan who has just written The American Way of Eating, an expose of the myths that surround the working class and their food ways. Tune in and find out how by "descending the class ladder a few rungs" and working for over a year at different minimum wage jobs-- from the night shift at Wal*Mart to field work to the kitchens of Applebees-- McMillan has found that these ingrained food ideas are complete delusions and what you can do get more access to healthy food in your neighborhood. This episode is sponsored by Cain Vineyard and Winery.
"This idea that the only kind of authentic working class food experience is fast food, I think that is something only an elitist would come up with."
"One thing that really defines species is their food sources and one thing that really defines human evolution was reducing the amount of time dedicated to foraging and actually eating. . .humans have always been trying to economize on the time and energy we spend on getting food cause it frees up for all the other stuff we do and creating culture and I don't know that we should really chastise people for continuing that."
"Right now the American food supply contains about half the fruit and vegetables it would take for Americans to meet the recommended daily allowances, we clearly haven't made a priority in terms of our agriculture to foster a healthy diet . . I'm into the idea that we should subsidize demand because it creates a more sustainable long term fix."
--Tracie McMillan on Let's Eat In
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Tracie McMillan (19:33)
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First Aired - 07/22/2012 01:00PM
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This week on Straight, No Chaser host Katy Keiffer takes on the crisis of hunger with guest Anthony Butler, Executive Director of St. John's Bread and Life. Learn about how the federal cuts of the Reagan years left many people in a state of food insecurity that still lingers today and how the current Farm Bill is working its way through the Senate and could leave millions of people hungry with looming cuts to the SNAP program. Tune in to find out how, despite these challenges, Anthony and St. John's Bread and Life are helping millions of hungry New Yorkers by integrating technology, such as their innovative digital food pantry, to streamline costs and get more people fed the right food. This program is sponsored by Whole Foods Market.
" What's happening right now to SNAP [Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program] is that the Senate is proposing over 10 years to cut over $4.5 billion dollars in SNAP money. 40% of those who are hungry will be affected by that, that's around 800,000 families who will lose $90 a month on groceries. The biggest people who will be hurt are people who are receiving other federal subsidies, so the biggest people who will be hurt are working families and seniors."
"Food stamps supports farmers-- that's the purpose of it! This money goes back into farms. Food stamps also dramatically support local economies. "
--Anthony Butler of St. John's Bread & Life on Straight, No Chaser
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Talking Hunger with Anthony Butler of St. John's Bread & Life (15:18)
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Managing food, food desert, food and technology, digital food pantry, data capturing, nutritional groups, City Harvest, food drives, farmer's alliance, GrowNYC, New York food pantries, cooking classes, voter cards, ID, lack of identification, immigration law clinic, free tax prep, social responsibility, volunteer programs,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
