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Food with Mark Bittman: Alice Waters and Spence Medford

Analyzing why there are reasons to be optimistic about school lunch, and especially about school-supported agriculture.

Published October 30, 2024

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This week on Food with Mark Bittman, Kate and I talked with Spence Medford and Alice Waters. Spence is Senior Vice President and Chief Advancement Officer at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Dearborn, Michigan, and Alice Waters is … Alice Waters. Together, they – and a group of other people, including me – are working on a project called School Lunch Across America.

Listen to Alice Waters and Spence Medford on Food with Mark Bittman

We talk about that project, of course, but also many other things – Spence is articulate and wonderful, and warm, as you’ll hear; Alice has her unique and brilliant position on things that has grown and grown over the years. This is a solid, strong conversation, totally worth listening to, and I hope you enjoy it!

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