Kelly Dolan, producer of the Feeding People podcast (and host Amy Dolan’s husband), joins Amy for a conversation about how his limited food preferences as a child — including a dislike for almost all fruits and vegetables — transformed as an adult into an almost entirely plant-based diet. Kelly shares how his decision to stop eating meat also set the stage for larger decisions he made to address his mental health and overall wellbeing.

<description>Kelly Dolan, producer of the Feeding People podcast (and host Amy Dolan’s husband), joins Amy for a conversation about how his limited food preferences as a child — including a dislike for almost all fruits and vegetables — transformed as an adult into an almost entirely plant-based diet. Kelly shares how his decision to stop eating meat also set the stage for larger decisions he made to address his mental health and overall wellbeing.</description>

Kelly Dolan, producer of the Feeding People podcast (and host Amy Dolan’s husband), joins Amy for a conversation about how his limited food preferences as a child — including a dislike for almost all fruits and vegetables — transformed as...

Kelly Dolan: A Love for Vegetables

<p>Liz Abunaw, the founder and owner of Forty Acres Fresh Market in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, joins Amy to talk about everything that makes grocery stores great—including “grocery theater,” the music that’s played, and the ideal size of shopping carts. Liz shares her journey of starting Forty Acres Fresh Market, which broke ground last year and will be the Chicago’s first Black female-owned grocery store. In this episode and in her work, Liz challenges the standard narratives around which neighborhoods can support grocery stores, and how Forty Acres can provide neighborhoods like Austin with good food for all.</p>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Liz Abunaw, the founder and owner of Forty Acres Fresh Market in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, joins Amy to talk about everything that makes grocery stores great—including “grocery theater,” the music that’s played, and the ideal size of shopping carts. Liz shares her journey of starting Forty Acres Fresh Market, which broke ground last year and will be the Chicago’s first Black female-owned grocery store. In this episode and in her work, Liz challenges the standard narratives around which neighborhoods can support grocery stores, and how Forty Acres can provide neighborhoods like Austin with good food for all.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Liz Abunaw, the founder and owner of Forty Acres Fresh Market in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, joins Amy to talk about everything that makes grocery stores great—including “grocery theater,” the music that’s played, and the ideal size of...

Liz Abunaw: The Magic of a Grocery Store 🅴

Raeghn Draper, a Chicago-based community organizer, writer, and hospitality professional, joins Amy to discuss the current state of Chicago’s hospitality industry, the history of tipping in America, and how Raeghn’s organization, the CHAAD project, is working to advance accountability and end labor abuses within the industry. Raeghn shares their vision for an equitable hospitality industry and practical ways customers can show support when visiting restaurants.

<description>Raeghn Draper, a Chicago-based community organizer, writer, and hospitality professional, joins Amy to discuss the current state of Chicago’s hospitality industry, the history of tipping in America, and how Raeghn’s organization, the CHAAD project, is working to advance accountability and end labor abuses within the industry. Raeghn shares their vision for an equitable hospitality industry and practical ways customers can show support when visiting restaurants.</description>

Raeghn Draper, a Chicago-based community organizer, writer, and hospitality professional, joins Amy to discuss the current state of Chicago’s hospitality industry, the history of tipping in America, and how Raeghn’s organization, the CHAAD...

Raeghn Draper: The Chicago Hospitality Industry + A Vision Forward 🅴

Elsie DuBray, an Oóhenuŋpa Lakxóta, Nueta, and Hidatsa woman and enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Lakxóta Nation, joins Amy to discuss her role in the film Gather, her life growing up on her family’s buffalo ranch, and her vision of food sovereignty for her community. Elsie shares the importance of buffalo, and how her work as a community health graduate student at Stanford is leading her towards buffalo restoration and creating a just and beautiful food system for Native people.

<description>Elsie DuBray, an Oóhenuŋpa Lakxóta, Nueta, and Hidatsa woman and enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Lakxóta Nation, joins Amy to discuss her role in the film Gather, her life growing up on her family’s buffalo ranch, and her vision of food sovereignty for her community. Elsie shares the importance of buffalo, and how her work as a community health graduate student at Stanford is leading her towards buffalo restoration and creating a just and beautiful food system for Native people.</description>

Elsie DuBray, an Oóhenuŋpa Lakxóta, Nueta, and Hidatsa woman and enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Lakxóta Nation, joins Amy to discuss her role in the film Gather, her life growing up on her family’s buffalo ranch, and her vision of food...

Elsie DuBray: The Beautiful Buffalo

In this encore episode from 2019, Julia Turshen, bestselling cookbook author, food writer, and food equity advocate, discusses with host Amy Dolan how food can and has changed history. Julia reflects on the writing of her book, Feed the Resistance, and describes the crucial role food played during the Civil Rights Movement and the Stonewall Uprising. She also shares how her Jewish identity informs the way that she views and experiences food and cooking.

<description>In this encore episode from 2019, Julia Turshen, bestselling cookbook author, food writer, and food equity advocate, discusses with host Amy Dolan how food can and has changed history. Julia reflects on the writing of her book, Feed the Resistance, and describes the crucial role food played during the Civil Rights Movement and the Stonewall Uprising. She also shares how her Jewish identity informs the way that she views and experiences food and cooking.</description>

In this encore episode from 2019, Julia Turshen, bestselling cookbook author, food writer, and food equity advocate, discusses with host Amy Dolan how food can and has changed history. Julia reflects on the writing of her book, Feed the Resistance,...

Julia Turshen: Food as Revolution (Encore)

The best conversations happen around the table, specifically a table full of food. Each week, join host Amy Dolan and her dinner guests—chefs, pastors, bakers and soup kitchen volunteers—for conversations about the magic of the table. If you’ve always wanted to host meals but haven’t known how, or you host one every night and you’re looking for ways to bring greater meaning to what you do, Feeding People is for you.

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