Speaker 1: Everybody eats, but most of us don't participate in the planting, picking, production,
Speaker 1: and distribution of the food that keeps us going. Hi.
Speaker 1: I'm Tom Collikio. I'm a chef, a restaurateur, food advocate,
Speaker 1: and the host of the new podcast called Citizen Chef
Speaker 1: on I Heart Radio. In each episode, we'll look at
Speaker 1: how policy and politics affect the food that we put
Speaker 1: on our table. Let me repeat that under the boots
Speaker 1: that President the US in queens that's spending our boots
Speaker 1: stand by more than nineteen billion dollars. That's a b
Speaker 1: reform will affect the lives of four women and children
Speaker 1: in America for a decade. And if we don't win,
Speaker 1: your farms are going to hell. Right, people might turn
Speaker 1: on the news and see the stories about the pandemic,
Speaker 1: immigration policy or healthcare. Icy stories about food on this
Speaker 1: podcast will toward the current political climate looking for in
Speaker 1: roads to food wherever we could find them from the
Speaker 1: supply chain. Plants have closed nationwide, significantly, dropping the capacity
Speaker 1: for meat production in this country. To labor workers could
Speaker 1: be processing, you know, a hundred and fifty chickens per minute,
Speaker 1: just an unimaginable case of work. Are modern day slavery practices.
Speaker 1: First of all, I would say that we're all complicite.
Speaker 1: You know you're not more complicity than me. I'll talk
Speaker 1: to experts who can provide historical context and illuminate a
Speaker 1: more just path forward to the people who produce our
Speaker 1: food and Mexico. These are the stories of our food.
Speaker 1: Starting June nine, listen to Citizen Chef on the I
Speaker 1: Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, all wherever you get your podcasts.