A New Idea In the Food Movement

For about a year I've been wanting to launch a radio series that involves sitting down to dinner with some of the country's top food and farming experts. The aim would be to unearth some good ideas, maybe even a winning policy handle for addressing food deserts, food security, factory farming, or any number of the food related issues we face in this country. I also wanted to shed light on what IS working in America.

While it isn't a radio show, someone else beat me to the punch. Ellen Gustafson, FEED Foundation co-founder has launched a new initiative called The 30 Project. Here's her TED talk on the subject.



Ellen wants "engaged citizens" to have 30 person dinners where they talk about food in their communities and how they might "recreate basic food distribution and consumption patterns." I sure hope she has good organizers working on this. It sounds like a great, feel-good idea, but if dinner participants are not engaged, it might not lead to any real change. All kinds of people have been talking about our food problems for years. What we need is a forum for idea sharing on solutions so that we can establish best practices for solving our food problems at the local, regional and national level.

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What's inside: potatoes, chunks of homemade bread, sauteed leeks and onions, eggs, milk, cheese, chicken sausage, salt, pepper and Slap Yo' Mama Cajun seasoning. Just 30 minutes at 350 degrees.