Food with Mark Bittman

The journalist talks to Mark and Kate about his latest reporting, which focuses on allegations of human trafficking at a JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colorado. The viral TikTok video that started it all, the thousands of Haitian migrants in the crosshairs, and how JBS' HR department saw it as a positive thing. Plus, what it's like to report such an emotional story. 

Want to listen to Ted's reporting on Greeley? You can do that here: https://revealnews.org/podcast/immigrants-on-the-line/

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Revisiting a (still quite relevant) episode from 2023: Kathleen Finlay, president of Glynwood, and Mark talk with Black Farmer Fund co-founders Olivia Watkins and Karen Washington about the special, specific challenges facing Black farmers; who the food system "belongs" to; and how to combat the inherent racial injustices in the US food system, notably as applied to farmers.

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The writer—and ex-Mario Batali employee and assistant to Anthony Bourdain for a decade—talks to Kate about how (and if) kitchen culture has changed since the early-aughts heydey; why she never felt like a victim; her new memoir, Care and Feeding; and how Anthony Bourdain put people at ease—and why people loved him so much. 

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In a rerun from 2021, the Broadway star talks to Kate about a complex mother-daughter relationship—and the therapeutic nature of writing a memoir, coming up in the worlds of acting and food, and crocheting for Hugh Jackman.

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Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Want more food content? Subscribe to The Bittman Project at www.bittmanproject.com.

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The philosopher and journalist talks to Mark about why the big picture surrounding food confuses people, and what we can do to remedy that dynamic; what surprised him most in his research around the global food landscape; and 'food citizens' vs 'food consumers.'

Read an excerpt from Julian Baggini's new book, 'How the World Eats,' on the Bittman Project: https://bittmanproject.com/how-the-world-eats/

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Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Want more food content? Subscribe to The Bittman Project at www.bittmanproject.com.

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