Speaker 1: Oh, Tom Colloquio, host of Citizen Chef. You may know
Speaker 1: me as the judge on Top Chef Are maybe as
Speaker 1: a restaurant urn chef our political advocate. My favorite new
Speaker 1: role is puppy dad. Um. Yeah, we got a new
Speaker 1: puppy here at home. Tiki is a She is a
Speaker 1: flat coated Retriever and we are just loving her. Last
Speaker 1: season a Citizens Chef, we dove deep into topics ranging
Speaker 1: from disaster relief and various injustices and hurting our food
Speaker 1: system to understand why we eat the way we do.
Speaker 1: We did all of this navigating the unexpected health crisis
Speaker 1: of the COVID nineteen pandemic and the inequities that the
Speaker 1: crisis exposed Since we were together last the country voted
Speaker 1: in the new president and a new Congress, and the
Speaker 1: world is on the precipice of opening up again. But
Speaker 1: many of the same issues persist on our country's dinner tables.
Speaker 1: This season, we're gonna dig a little deeper. We're gonna
Speaker 1: talk directly to the people who are changing the policies.
Speaker 1: We're gonna learn more about the U s d A
Speaker 1: and what would they actually do. More and more states
Speaker 1: are legalizing cannabis. We're gonna dig into that a little bit,
Speaker 1: and we're also gonna look at food as medicine. Certain
Speaker 1: doctors are actually prescribing food for their patients. Starting Dismay,
Speaker 1: tune into hear from experts on a wide range of
Speaker 1: issues that you with your four and year dollars have
Speaker 1: the power to change. Topics like racism and workers rights
Speaker 1: across the food industry, and how we can best approach
Speaker 1: food and security because everybody, well everybody should eat. And
Speaker 1: this is just a taste of what's to come. Was
Speaker 1: a rough year, but in one we have a chance
Speaker 1: to move it forward. We just had a huge election,
Speaker 1: but you can still vote with your four we can
Speaker 1: rise to the forefront of reshaping our cousystem for the
Speaker 1: better right here at home. I hope you're as excited
Speaker 1: as I am to jump back in. Tune into Citizen
Speaker 1: Chef starting mayt on the I Heart radio app. Apple
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