Add Passion and Stir – Big Chefs, Big Ideas

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...]

Lunch Ladies in a Real-Life Chopped Episode Everyday

Chef Marc Murphy, star of Food Network's Chopped, cites the heroic efforts of public school cafeteria workers on the front lines fighting childhood hunger in America. Murphy says, "these are lunch chefs...taking very little to feed a lot of kids and trying to keep them healthy." Hunger Free America CEO Joel Berg shares the startling news that … [Read more...]

The Connection Between Food, Income & Jobs

Top Chef star and DC restaurateur Spike Mendelsohn and George Jones, CEO of Bread for the City, discuss strengthening public services in an effort to create jobs & feed families. In their respective roles - as the head of one of the most successful safety nets for the poor people of DC and as the chairman of the DC Food Policy Council - George … [Read more...]

Two Showbiz Veterans Change Their Jobs to Change the World

SouperGirl Sara Polon and Amy Celep, CEO of Community Wealth Partners, left their jobs as story tellers (one a comedienne; one a news producer) to change the world. Sara is fighting to fix our food system through the creation of her locally sourced, plant-based business creating delicious, organic soups. Amy leads an organization that partners with … [Read more...]