WEBVTT - Introducing: Citizen Chef with Tom Colicchio

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody eats, but most of us don't participate in the planting, picking, production,

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<v Speaker 1>and distribution of the food that keeps us going. Hi.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Tom Collikio. I'm a chef, a restaurateur, food advocate,

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<v Speaker 1>and the host of the new podcast called Citizen Chef

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<v Speaker 1>on I Heart Radio. In each episode, we'll look at

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<v Speaker 1>how policy and politics affect the food that we put

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<v Speaker 1>on our table. Let me repeat that under the boots

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<v Speaker 1>that President the US in queens that's spending our boots

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<v Speaker 1>stand by more than nineteen billion dollars. That's a b

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<v Speaker 1>reform will affect the lives of four women and children

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<v Speaker 1>in America for a decade. And if we don't win,

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<v Speaker 1>your farms are going to hell. Right, people might turn

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<v Speaker 1>on the news and see the stories about the pandemic,

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<v Speaker 1>immigration policy or healthcare. Icy stories about food on this

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<v Speaker 1>podcast will toward the current political climate looking for in

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<v Speaker 1>roads to food wherever we could find them from the

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<v Speaker 1>supply chain. Plants have closed nationwide, significantly, dropping the capacity

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<v Speaker 1>for meat production in this country. To labor workers could

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<v Speaker 1>be processing, you know, a hundred and fifty chickens per minute,

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<v Speaker 1>just an unimaginable case of work. Are modern day slavery practices.

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<v Speaker 1>First of all, I would say that we're all complicite.

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<v Speaker 1>You know you're not more complicity than me. I'll talk

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<v Speaker 1>to experts who can provide historical context and illuminate a

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<v Speaker 1>more just path forward to the people who produce our

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<v Speaker 1>food and Mexico. These are the stories of our food.

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<v Speaker 1>Starting June nine, listen to Citizen Chef on the I

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<v Speaker 1>Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, all wherever you get your podcasts.