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Add Passion and Stir — 354 episodes

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More Than Food: How Parents, Policy, and Economic Mobility Help End Child Hunger

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A Mother’s Instinct: How Moms Are Helping End Childhood Hunger

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Children First: Why Early Nutrition Matters More Than Ever

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When The Law Fails Families: The Human Cost of Detention

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How Share Our Strength Funds The Fight Against Hunger

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Behind The Scenes With the State Directors of No Kid Hungry

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These are All Our Children

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Control and Community: Rethinking Big Philanthropy with Glen Galaich

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Faith, Hope, and Resistance: ICE Threats in Maine

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Best of 2025, Part 2: Statehouses, Safe Houses, and Single Moms on the Frontlines of Poverty and Policy

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Moments that Mattered – The Best of Add Passion and Stir 2025

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Jimmy Chen and Ofek Lavian Leverage Tech to Feed Hungry People

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Immigration Policy on the Menu in DC Restaurants

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Nicolas Kristof and Allison Barlow advocate for Social Justice Native American Communities

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Uncovering Rural America's Hidden Poverty: Kathryn Edin on the Legacy of Disadvantage—No Kid Hungry Encore

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Single Moms Need Economic Mobility

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Maine Governor Janet Mills on Standing Up to Bullies

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Eyewitness to Suffering: Tim Costello on the Collapse of USAID

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Edesia’s Navyn Salem Defines Humanity

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Retired Senator Debbie Stabenow on Using Your Voice

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Chef Curtis Duffy on Inspiration and Resilience

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Noreen Springstead on Good Food in Communities

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Superstar Author John Grisham Examines Share Our Strength’s Long and Winding Road From Garage Startup to Global Impact

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Stacy Dean and Zee Zaidoff on Fighting Summer Hunger

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Encore: Gauri Devidayal and Pankaj Jethwani Fight Hunger in India

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Two Staunch Child Advocates on the Potential of Every Child

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Fearless Philanthropy Helps Nonprofits Meet The Threat

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Martin O’Malley on Social Security Lifting Kids Out of Poverty

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Ruth Reichl on Food and Joy

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Mayors Sharon Weston Broome and Mattie Parker Set the Table for Feeding Hungry Kids in their Cities

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Technology that Benefits Instead of Disrupts

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Rose Previte and Louis Caldera on Diversity as Strength

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Newman’s Own Foundation’s Alex Amouyel on Nourishing Kids

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USDA’s Caree Cotwright on Nutrition Security

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Noreen Springstead on Good Food in Communities

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Kathryn Edin on the Injustice of Place

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Alice Waters on the Power of Real Food

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Two Share Our Strength Alums Fighting for Girls and Animals

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Advocating for Social Justice for Native Americans

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How America’s Grocery Giant Chose Ending Hunger As Its Cause

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Martin O’Malley on Lifting Kids Out of Poverty

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ENCORE: Charlotte Moss and Darren Walker on Home, Dignity, and Ending Child Hunger

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Veronica Beard Founders on Entrepreneurship and Giving Back

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Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on Ending Back-to-School Hunger

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Back-To-School Hungry: Sharing Our Strength

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Back-to-School Hungry: Food is the Most Important School Supply

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New Orleans’ Ashley Graham and Rhonda Jackson on Tragedy and Resilience

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Ruth Reichl on Food and Joy

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Psychological Change: Pierre Ferrari and Chef Matt Bell Bring Dignity to Poor Communities

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Activist Sam Daley-Harris on Transformational Advocacy

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Accion’s Michael Schlein on an Inclusive Economy

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Mayors Broome and Parker on the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger

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Gauri Devidayal and Pankaj Jethwani Fight Child Hunger in India

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Tropical Smoothie Cafe’s Charles Watson on Preventing Child Hunger

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Jamila Robinson on Bon Appétit, Food Culture, and Sustainability

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Stacy Dean and Zee Zaidoff on Fighting Summer Hunger

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Alicia Kennedy and Katherine Miller Demand Food Justice

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Daron Babcock on Redesigning Our Future for Social Equity REDUX

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Jimmy Chen and Ofek Lavian Leverage Tech to Feed Hungry People

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Thomas Kostigen on the Environmental Impacts of “Cool Food”

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Hungry Children in Our Midst

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The Fight for Equity

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S.E. Cupp on War, the Media, and Mental Health REDUX

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What Pediatricians Are Prescribing To End Childhood Hunger

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Jack Shonkoff on Trauma and Child Development

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S.E. Cupp on War, the Media, and Mental Health

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Dan Pallotta on Dreaming Big Dreams

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Aldore Collier on Racism’s “Invisible Net”

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Daron Babcock on Redesigning Our Future for Social Equity

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Mark Bittman on Why Fixing Food Fixes Everything

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From Kitchen to Courtroom Redux: Dealing With Race in America

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Congressman Marc Molinaro on Compassionate Government

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Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti on Non-partisan Solutions

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Kathy Edin and Tom McDougall on Extreme Poverty in America

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Food is a Fundamental Human Right with Rep. Jim McGovern and Rhonda Chafin

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Nothing Is Impossible: Robert Irvine on Service Above Self

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Saying I Love You Through Food: Chef Ann Kim & Joanne Lee Molinaro

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Max Stier on Strengthening Democracy

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From Homeless Child to Children's Champion

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When Selling Cereal Is Not Enough: A Corporate Response to Hunger During The Pandemic

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A Historic Decline in Child Poverty and the Work Ahead

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Seaweed Will Save Us: Briana Warner and Debbie Gagnon

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Michael McAfee on Thriving in a Multiracial Democracy

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From The White House to Share Our Strength - Ending Childhood Hunger

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Jeff Bridges and Daughter Isabelle on Nourishing Family REDUX

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Alice Waters on the Power of Real Food REDUX

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Chef Sanjeev Kapoor on Sharing his Strength to Help Feed Kids in India

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Two Superstar Fundraisers Sharing Their Strength to Feed Hungry Kids

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Gen Z is Baking for a Cause

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Brother Luck on Healing Through Vulnerability

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Mavis-Jay Sanders on Not Having Time for Naysayers

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Sharing Strength to End Childhood Hunger

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Food is the Most Important School Supply

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The 12 Million Faces of Childhood Hunger

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High Tech & High Touch Deliver the Child Tax Credit

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Revolution Foods’ Kirsten Saenz Tobey on Foods Kids Like

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First Lady of Hawaii on Nourishing Hawaii’s Children

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How PepsiCo and Campbell Soup Center Communities in Their Business

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Pediatrician Kofi Essel on Culinary Medicine

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No Kid Hungry’s Chefs Cycle Rides Again

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Brandon Chrostowski on Transformation After Incarceration

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The Korean Vegan on Saying “I Love You” Through Food

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Chef Marc Murphy on Feeding Ukrainian Refugees in Poland

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Author Frances Moore Lappé’s 50 years with Diet for a Small Planet

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Reyna Montoya on Processing Immigration Trauma Through Art

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Subrina & Greg Collier on Economic Empowerment Through Hospitality

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Chip Wade on Fostering Diversity in Hospitality

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Erik Bruner-Yang On the Ukraine Border with World Central Kitchen

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Stephen Satterfield on Restoring Ancestral Knowledge Through Food

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Kaya Henderson on Black Excellence

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Sharif El-Mekki on the Power of Black Educators

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Mayors Across the US Unite to End Childhood Hunger

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First Lady of Wyoming Jennie Gordon on Ending Hunger in Wyoming

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Arianna Huffington and Claudia Fleming on De-stressing

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Minneapolis Chef Ann Kim on Leading with Love

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Rachel Sumekh on Swiping Out Hunger on College Campuses

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Visions of the Future: What Kids Want to See After the Pandemic

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Charlotte Moss and Darren Walker on Home, Dignity, and Ending Child Hunger

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Jim Wallis on Crossing Faith’s Boundaries To End Child Poverty

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Seizing the Opportunity to Reduce Child Poverty

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Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro’s 20 Year Fight Ends in Victory for Kids

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High Tech & High Touch Deliver the Child Tax Credit

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Congressman Jim McGovern on Why Hunger is a Political Condition

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Ending Childhood Hunger with the Child Tax Credit

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Rick Bayless on Stabilizing the Restaurant Industry

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Shaun Cassidy on the Road Again to Share His Strength

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Alice Waters on the Power of Real Food

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Kwame Onwuachi and Sheila Johnson on The Family Reunion

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Amanda Cohen on Post-Pandemic Restaurant Survival

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Dan Barber on Supporting Local Farmers

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Erik Bruner-Yang on the Power of 10

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Sandra Lee and Barron Segar on Fighting Hunger Globally

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Chef Tom Colicchio and Senator Bob Kerrey on the Power of Citizenship

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Jim Wallis on Poverty, Racism and COVID-19

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Nicholas Kristof on Social Justice for Native Americans

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Kathy Edin and Tom McDougall on Poverty in America

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Jeff Bridges and his Daughter Isabelle on Nourishing Family

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Hallie and Danny Meyer on Learning from Each Other

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Claire Babineaux-Fontenot on the Opportunity of COVID-19

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Deval Patrick on Pushing for Impact

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Hunter Lewis on Who Gets to Tell the Story

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Anthony Anderson on Being an Agent of Change

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Daniel Humm on What’s Better Than Being #1

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Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on America Stepping Forward Boldly

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JJ Johnson on Support for Black-Owned Businesses

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Carole King: Natural Woman, Natural Leader

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George Stephanopoulos on The Changing Politics of Poverty

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Kathryn Edin on Changing 400 Years of Poverty

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Congressman Mike Thompson & Chef Patrick Mulvaney on Reasons for Hope

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John B. King Jr. on Repairing Racial Disparities in Schools

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Ben & Jerry on Social Justice and Ice Cream

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Renee & John Grisham on Fighting for Social Justice

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Frank Bruni on Civility, Decency and Understanding

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Julia Turshen on Creating Equity at the Table

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Jennifer Steinhauer on How Women Lawmakers Can Fix Congress

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Shaun Cassidy on Helping Those That Are Hurting

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Mark Bittman on Why Fixing Food Fixes Everything

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Bill Novelli on How to Make a Dent in the Universe

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Biden's Hunger Plan and Kwame Onwuachi on Race and Rebuilding

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Jake Tapper on Politics, Hunger and the Media

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Hunger is a Racial Equity Issue

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Nicholas Kristof on Social Justice for Native Americans

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J. Kenji López-Alt on Cooking and Storytelling

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Gemma Stafford on The Importance of Resilience

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The Radical Origins of the Food Justice Movement

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Chad Houser on Moving from Charity to Social Justice

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Isaac Calpito on Helping to End Childhood Hunger

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Fearless Baking: Chef Paola Velez Folds in Racial Culture and Pastries with a Pop-Up

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Three Things That Could Decide November’s Election

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“There is No Room For Hate in Food” and Other Lessons from Minneapolis Chef Ann Kim

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JJ Johnson on Support for Black-Owned Businesses

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Rick Bayless and the Fight to Save Independent Restaurants

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Rescuing Kids and Cooks from the Devastation of Coronavirus with Andrew Zimmern and Jennifer LeBarre

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SODEXO: Making Diversity, Equity and Inclusion a Priority

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A Vaccination Against Chaos and Starvation

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Hunger is the Symptom; Poverty is the Disease

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Daniel Humm on What’s Better Than Being #1

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Beware the Citizen Eater Who Votes With Her Fork

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Immigration Reform: Reaching the Exhausted Majority

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When Selling Cereal Is Not Enough: A Corporate Response to Hunger During The Pandemic

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Let’s Not Deny Racism: Eugene Cho on Faith and Social Justice

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Kwame Onwuachi on Race and Rebuilding the Restaurant Industry

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A Blow to Bipartisanship: Republican Anti-hunger Champion Will Hurd Speaks Out Before Leaving Congress

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Breaking the Chains of Racism in America

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Cat Cora on COVID-19 and Human Recalibration

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The First Crucial Step on the Path to Economic Recovery

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NYC Food Czar Kathryn Garcia on Feeding 1.5M People a Day

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Feeding America’s Claire Babineaux-Fontenot on the Opportunity of COVID-19

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Fighting To Make It Every Week: Restaurants Before and After Coronavirus

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Ace of Cakes’ Duff Goldman on COVID-19 and Voting

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Preexisting Conditions: Jim Wallis on Poverty, Racism and COVID-19

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The Farm-to-Table Supply Chain in Peril

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Restaurant Survival After the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Greg Silverman's Rapid Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Streeets of NYC

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Game Changer: YMCA Works to Meet Increasing Food Needs During COVID-19

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Floyd Cardoz: In his Own Words

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"When The Raw Nerve Gets Exposed” – Chef Jason Vincent of Giant Chicago on Fighting for Survival

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Rescuing Kids and Cooks from the Devastation of Coronavirus with Andrew Zimmern and Jennifer LeBarre

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The James Beard Foundation: Where Pleasure Meets Purpose

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A Divided Capital Unites in Celebration of Culinary Star Rose Noel

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Give Us This Day Our Non-processed Daily Bread: One Mighty Mill’s Jon Olinto

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No Kid Hungry Summit Invigorates Fight Against Childhood Hunger

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Marcus Samuelsson and Lauren Bush Lauren on Family, Food and Service

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India: Leading the Way in Global School Meals with Asha Gomez and Shridhar Venkat

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Johanna Mendelson Forman and Noobtsaa Philip Vang on Conflict Cuisine

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Dan Giusti and Angela Jerabek on Unlocking the Potential of Our Schools

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Is There an American Cuisine? with Chef Ann Cashion and Historian Paul Freedman

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The World Is Not What You Think: Milk Street’s Chris Kimball and WGBH’s Jon Abbott

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Why We Need Immigrants as Much as Immigrants Need Us, with Sasha Chanoff and Chickadee Chef John DaSilva

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Financial Inclusion: The Key to Overcoming Global Poverty

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Racism in America and the Road Ahead

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Taking the Hate Out of Hate Speech about Immigration

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The Courage to Lead

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From Kitchen to Courtroom: Dealing With Race in America

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A First Lady Breaks New Ground in the Fight to Save Our Kids

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Rethinking the “Cost” of Nutrition Programs

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Refusing to Quit on the Road to Ending Childhood Hunger

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Can the Secret Sauce That Built a $6B Business Save Our Politics?

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Happier Cows Make More Milk: The Fight to Save Small Farms

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Democracy in Peril: Senator Bob Kerrey and chef Tom Colicchio on the Integrity of our Nation

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When Good Is Not Good Enough: Scaling Social Impact

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What Doesn't Break You Makes You Stronger

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Arianna Huffington: Sound Asleep and Still Changing The World

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Putting People Over Politics in the Nation’s First Presidential Primary State

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Senator Jeanne Shaheen on National Leadership and Local Solutions

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Tearing Up the Menu: Leveraging Celebrity and Innovation to Change the World

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Moving the Mountain: Marketing Social Change and Making It Last

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Flipping the Script: Rewriting the Story of Urban Youth

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Racial Injustice: The Soul of America is at Stake, Part 2

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Racial Injustice: The Soul of America is at Stake (Part 1)

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Obama’s Longest-Serving Cabinet Member on the Fight to Save Our Democracy

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The First Rule of Creating a Winning Culture: We Don’t Hire Knuckleheads!

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The Courage to Try: Cooking at Age 11, Conquering Hunger

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How Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Can Drive Profit and Build Community

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Can the Secret Sauce That Built a $6B Business Save Our Politics?

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Fake News and the Fraying Social Safety Net

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The Keys to Organizational Success: Teamwork and Community

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Luck and Moral Obligation

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Leading a City Back from Despair: The Community Leaders Who Rebuilt Boston

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Living Longer, Living Better and Rediscovering our Humanity

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The World is Watching: New Ideas in the Fight Against Hunger (Part II)

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The Whole World is Watching: New Ideas in the Fight Against Hunger

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A Fire Has Been Lit: Activating for Social Justice

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Psychological Change: Bringing Dignity to Poor Communities

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Putting the Fate of the World in the Hands of Moms

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A First Lady Breaks New Ground in the Fight to Save Our Kids

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Rethinking the “Cost” of Nutrition Programs

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Confronting Addiction’s Demons

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The Other Side of Passion: Mental Health in The Food World

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The Power of Imagination to Bridge the World's Divides

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Genius Knows No Boundaries

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Cultivating Authenticity and Scaling Excellence

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Our Toughest Problems Require Our Toughest Talent

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Come Together: Uniting People Through Food And Opportunity

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Eating our Way Out of the National Debt

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Rock Star P!nk Goes the Distance for America’s Hungry Kids

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How Social Change Happens

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Overcoming Partisanship in Washington, DC

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Luck and Moral Obligation

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The Social Entrepreneur: Business That Builds Community

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Do What You Love and Love What You Do

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Driving Culture Change and Staying True to Your Beliefs

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Taste of the Nation Boston: So Much More Than Fundraising

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Community and Friendship and Family

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José Andrés and the #1 Killer of Women and Children

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Get Dirty and Get Involved!

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Proximity Point: Solving Problems by Getting Closer

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Why Not Just Write A Check?

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Bringing the Love: Equity In Healthcare

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You Can't Do It Alone: teamwork and Impact

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Pain in the Legs: Lessons from Chefs Cycle

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Come Together: Uniting People Through Food And Opportunity

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Supporting Better Habits and Building Healthy Communities

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The Next Generation: Changing Culture and Changing the World

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The Politics of Food Justice: Food as a Human Right

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Enlightened Hospitality: The Power of Building Community

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Understanding the ‘Why:’ Lessons from the Next Generation

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Authenticity in Sports and Restaurants

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How Leaders Inspire Empathy

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The Physics of Hope: Changing the Trajectory of Lives

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Harnessing Food Waste to Solve Hunger: Lessons From the Next Generation

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Unfit for Service: Food as a Matter of National Security

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Lessons From The Bully Pulpit: Showing the Face of Hunger

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Stronger Together: Learning From and Inspiring Each Other

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Making an Impact: How Chefs and Hospitals Use Food as Medicine.

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Connecting The Dots: Using Grassroots To Inform Systems Change

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You’ve Got to Measure the Hum: Why Kids In Boston Love School Meals

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Living on $2 a Day: Poverty and Food Equity in America

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Form and Function: Creating Buildings That Heal

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Psychological Change: Bringing Dignity to Poor Communities

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Closing the Empathy Gap

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Make It Personal: The Names and Stories Behind the Numbers

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Finding Passion: Make Every Day the Best Day

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The Ripple Effect: Making a Difference in Someone’s Life

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Maximum Impact: Changemakers in the Age of Broken Government

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A Very Special Message from Jeff Bridges

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It’s Way Past Time: Focusing Empathy to Solve Hunger

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Purchasing Power: Harnessing Demand to Change Food Systems

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American Cuisine at the Intersection of Food and Social Issues

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The Role of Hospitality in Building Community

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Real Help for Real People

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The Real Looming Financial Crisis: Health Costs for Poor Kids

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Poverty is the New Taboo

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The Root Causes of Health

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Save Them When They Are Young

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The Miraculous Healing Power of Good Food

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Purpose Beyond Profit: Social Justice is our Business

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Eating Our Way Out of the National Debt

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It Changed My Life Forever: Profound Need Here and Abroad

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IF NOT US, THEN WHO? THE WAY TO END CHILDHOOD HUNGER IN AMERICA

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TURN GUILT INTO ACTION: TWENTY-SOMETHINGS LEADING THE CHARGE

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THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING: HOW FOOD CHANGES THE WORLD

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THE KEY TO AMERICA'S SUCCESS: INSPIRING SOCIAL CHANGE

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CYCLING FOR THE CAUSE: FOOD, FRIENDS, AND FITNESS

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GANG VIOLENCE: THE PREVENTION AND THE CURE

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OUR TOUGHEST PROBLEMS REQUIRE OUR TOUGHEST TALENT

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TRADING BAD HABITS FOR LYCRA: RIDING FOR NO KID HUNGRY

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Rock Star P!nk Goes the Distance for America’s Hungry Kids

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DISRUPTING TO INNOVATE: UNEXPECTED SOLUTIONS

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LEFT BEHIND: MILITARY FAMILIES AND VETERANS STRUGGLE WITH HUNGER

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HEALTHY FOOD OR A HOSPITAL VISIT? HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA

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CUTTING THROUGH POLITICS: THE IMPORTANCE OF SERVICE

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BOBBLEHEAD SYNDROME: HOLD POLITICIANS ACCOUNTABLE

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ENTREPRENEURIAL SOLUTIONS TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS

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VOTE WITH YOUR WALLET TO FIX OUR BROKEN FOOD SYSTEM

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A Fire Has Been Lit: Activating for Social Justice

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Bearing Witness

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Be The Change: Resist the Status Quo

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Living on $2 a Day: Poverty and Food Equity in America

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Success Begins Early: The Power of Sacrificial Giving

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Preventing Disaster: Babies and Public Policies

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Fixing Our Broken Food System

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Purpose Beyond Profit: Two Leaders Find Deeper Meaning in their Corporate Lives

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Lunch Ladies in a Real Life Chopped Episode Everyday

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The Connection Between Food, Income & Jobs

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FOMO: Transforming Fear into Motivation

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The Miraculous Healing Power of Good Food

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Lead with Taste, Create Access

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Two Harvard Grads Follow their Passion

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Activist Entrepreneurship: Improving children's health through for-profit businesses.

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Pizza and Strawberry Milk: The Appalling Lack of Nutritious Food in School Lunch Programs

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The Blueprint for Ending Childhood Hunger in America

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This is Your Brain on Hunger

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Bobblehead Syndrome: Politicians' Empty Talk About Investing in Children

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GMOs : Sustainability's Future?

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$160 Million Dollars to Feed Hungry Children Unused

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The Secret Cure to Childhood Hunger is in our Grasp

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Feeding 1 Million Kids for $1 per Day

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Battling Low Income with High Expectations and Meaningful Employment

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Gang Violence: The Prevention and the Cure

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Kwame Onwuachi on the Importance of Second Chances

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Save Them When They Are Young

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The Secret Killer of Four Million Women and Children

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