The Fifty One

That's a wrap on season 1! In this episode we bring back Civil Eats' contributing editor Twilight Greenaway to talk about solutions big and small, the right way to talk about food access issues, and what the future may hold.  Episode sponsors:  Stitch Fix - go to stitchfix.com/the51 to sign up and get 25% off when you keep your whole box. Third Love - go to thirdlove.com/the51 for 15% off your first purchase Sleep Number - visit sleepnumber.com/podcast to find the store nearest you and check out the smartest bed in the world, from $999. 

Food policy and environment reporter Claire Brown's first job in food was helping SNAP recipients use their benefits at New York farmers markets, so we invited her on to talk about everything from SNAP to the Farm Bill and how they do or don't address food access.  Episode sponsor: Stitch Fix - visit stitchfix.com/the51 to sign up, and earn an extra 25% off when you keep all of your box. 

In this episode we head to Detroit with WDET reporter Taylor Wizner to check out the Broadmoor Food Connection, run by Reverend Roslyn Bouier. Its client-choice model gives people struggling with food access in the area choices, stability, and dignity.  Episode sponsors: Stitch Fix - go to stitchfix.com/the51 for 25% off when you purchase all items in your box.   ThirdLove - go to thirdlove.com/the51 for 15% off your first purchase. 

The Community Coalition of South Los Angeles, or Coco South LA, is known for looking at the complex web of factors behind community issues, and their approach to food is no different. In this episode reporter Melissa Chadburn takes us to South LA for a look at what drives food insecurity there and what's being done about it.   Episode sponsor: Sleep Number—visit sleepnumber.com/podcast to find the store nearest you, and get $400 off during their Veteran's Day sale.

Last year California governor Jerry Brown signed a bill providing $6 million over three years to the Food Is Medicine pilot. The pilot will provide medically tailored meals for 1,000 Medi-Cal patients struggling with either TypeII Diabetes or congestive heart failure. We look at what sorts of benefits that might bring, and how organizations elsewhere in the country are taking up the "food as medicine" idea and running with it, too.