Episode 164: Feeding Tomorrow: The Intersection of Food Sustainability and Education
About the Podcast
Join us in this episode with Oliver English, co-founder of Common Table Creative and co-director of the documentary “Feeding Tomorrow.” They discuss the vital connections between local farming, food sustainability, and school nutrition. Oliver shares insights into the challenges and triumphs of integrating healthy, nutrient-dense foods into school systems and the broader implications for community health and resilience. Tune in to explore how we can build a more sustainable and nutritious future for the next generation.
About Oliver English
Oliver is a filmmaker, chef, and food advocate. He is the CEO of Common Table Creative and producer of 'The Feeding Tomorrow' documentary.
Discussion Takeaways
- Oliver's journey of fighting against food insecurity and inequity started in the restaurant business. His experiences in the food business made him realize how broken the food system is in many ways.
- He created a documentary about the future of food looking at questions of how the food system can be a solution to big societal problems people face.
- The health outcomes like epidemics, diabetes, obesity, and cancer, a lot of it can be traced back to the lack of nutrients in our food system.
- Food banks should 100% be supporting their local farmers.
- The key to building food security is to focus on small, and medium organic farming, urban farming, rooftop farming, and backyard farming.
- Food dignity is the ability to have access to healthy and affordable food.
#1 tip to improve access to healthy food
We have the solutions already to the biggest problems that we face. It's really about the large-scale awareness and large-scale adaptations of solutions relating to the food system.
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