Andy Fisher: Big Hunger
Heartland Stories Radio
English - May 31, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBHealth & Fitness Kids & Family farming sustainableagriculture food goodfoodmovement health kids pesticides publichealth socialjustice sustainability Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Andy Fisher is the Executive Director of the Ecological Farming Association and has been a leading force for social justice in the anti-hunger and food movements in the U.S. since the mid 1990s. He co-founded and led the Community Food Security Coalition for over 17 years and published his first book “ Big Hunger, The Unholy Alliance between Corporate America and Anti-Hunger Groups” in 2017. Tune in to learn more about:
His upbringing in Ohio; How hunger/food insecurity is defined; Food banks are wealthier now compared to before of the pandemic; His book “ Big Hunger, The Unholy Alliance between Corporate America and Anti-Hunger Groups”; How Smithfield donates thousands of pounds of meat to food banks while polluting the environment with their CAFOs; The influence of executives in the food industry that are also sitting on the board of the food banks; Why food banks are not allowed in Scotland and their new model to move away from them.To learn more about Andy go to https://www.bighunger.org/.