Add Passion and Stir – Big Chefs, Big Ideas

Entrepreneurial Solutions to Social Problems

Can you harness entrepreneurial skills like openness, flexibility and “prepared awareness” to get involved in issues that matter to you? Jean Case of The Case Foundation and entrepreneur Trenor Williams, founder & CEO at Socially Determined, believe we can. On this week’s episode of Add Passion and Stir, Jean and Trenor chat with Share Our … [Read more...]

Vote With Your Wallet to Fix Our Broken Food System

We have everything we need to feed every mouth in America, but we do not. Why is policy in the way of a healthy, equitable food system? Add Passion and Stir guests Eric Kessler of Arabella Advisors and Victor Albisu of Del Campo restaurant in DC sit down with Share Our Strength founders Billy and Debbie Shore to explain what we can do to change … [Read more...]

A Fire Has Been Lit: Activating for Social Justice

Americans everywhere are asking whether values like equality and upward mobility are being advanced or set back by President Trump’s proposed budget cuts. In this time of heated debate, Add Passion and Stir guests Chef Matt Jennings of Townsman in Boston and William Foster of The Bridgespan Group share their expertise on how we can activate the … [Read more...]

Bearing Witness

In this episode of Add Passion and Stir, three chefs from three U.S. cities share the revelations they had while bearing witness to hunger and poverty in Washington, DC and Northern Virginia. Chefs John Currence (Oxford, MS - City Grocery, Big Bad Breakfast), Sarah Grueneberg (Chicago, IL - Monteverde) and Matt McClure (Bentonville, AR – The Hive) … [Read more...]

Be The Change: Resist the Status Quo

In this episode of Add Passion and Stir, James Beard Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award winning chef Nora Poullion and Martha’s Table President and CEO Patty Stonesifer have an inspiring conversation with Share Our Strength founders Billy and Debbie Shore about being the change you want to see in the world. Both women identified problems that … [Read more...]

Living on $2 a Day: Poverty and Food Equity in America

In this episode of Add Passion and Stir, sociologist, poverty expert and author Kathy Edin ($2 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America) and Washington, DC area social entrepreneur Tom McDougall of 4P Foods have a powerful and timely discussion with Share Our Strength founders Billy and Debbie Shore about poverty in America. Kathy and Tom … [Read more...]

Success Begins Early: The Power of Sacrificial Giving

In this episode of Add Passion and Stir, Washington, DC Chef Tim Ma (Kyirisan) and Nurse-Family Partnership’s CEO Roxane White talk with Share Our Strength founder and CEO Billy Shore and Share Our Strength's Managing Director of Development, Elliott Gaskins about why they “give back.” Chef Tim and Roxane share their poignant personal stories of … [Read more...]

Preventing Disaster: Babies and Public Policies

In this episode of Add Passion and Stir, Boston chef Ming Tsai (Blue Ginger, Blue Dragon) and Boston Medical Center pediatrician Debbie Frank talk with Share Our Strength founder Billy Shore about the vulnerability of children to food insecurity. Chef Ming and Dr. Frank bring different perspectives to the concept of food as medicine, particularly … [Read more...]

Fixing Our Broken Food System

James Beard Award-Winner Mary Sue Milliken and former hedge fund trader-turned-social entrepreneur Sam Polk lay out their plans to revolutionize and repair the production, processing, transport, and consumption of food to bring about food justice: Available, Affordable, Nutritious Food for All. … [Read more...]

Purpose Beyond Profit: Two Leaders Find Deeper Meaning in their Corporate Lives

Former Timberland CEO Jeff Swartz and James Beard Award-winning chef Tony Maws discuss the material and spiritual benefit of running successful businesses when you are willing to look beyond the profit motive for decision making. … [Read more...]