Add Passion and Stir – Big Chefs, Big Ideas

The Blueprint for Ending Childhood Hunger in America

Top Chef Finalist and James Beard Award-winner Bryan Voltaggio teamed with children's advocate Anne Sheridan, the former Executive Director of the Governor's Office for Children in Maryland, to convince the State Legislature to feed hungry children a nutritious breakfast in the classroom. That effort provided the blueprint for helping children … [Read more...]

This is Your Brain on Hunger

Food and Wine's #1 New Chef of 2015, Bryce Shuman, and Irwin Redlener, the founder and president of the Children's Health Fund explore the dynamic of food, hunger, health, and brain development. Children in poverty who grow up hungry have less brain volume and fewer synapses than their more fortunate counterparts. … [Read more...]

Bobblehead Syndrome: Politicians’ Empty Talk About Investing in Children

Mark Shriver, President of the Save The Children Action Network, and DC legend Chef Geoff talk about the need to invest in children and "The Bobblehead Syndrome." "The children are our future," is a common refrain from politicians until it's time to allocate budgets. Billy, Mark, and Geoff examine how we can lend a … [Read more...]

GMOs: Sustainability’s Future?

James Beard Award-Winner Traci De Jardins and California Secretary of Health and Human Services Diana Dooley discuss the future of food and the need for certain Genetically Modified Organisms to produce sustainable foods for our growing populations, including plant-based substitutes for meat from Impossible Foods. … [Read more...]

$160 Million Dollars to Feed Hungry Children Unused

States around the country are leaving hundreds of millions of dollars designated to feed hungry children on the table and in some cases, they don't even know the funding exists. Chef Andy Husbands points out that the wasted money not only feeds children it pays local farmers. JudyAnn Bigby, director of the Harvard Medical School Center of … [Read more...]

The Secret Cure to Childhood Hunger is in our Grasp

James Beard Award-winning chef Jody Adams of Porto--and formerly of Rialto-- talks with Billy and and Paul Grogan, the President of the Boston Foundation, about the secret cure for childhood hunger that is achievable today in our nation's schools. … [Read more...]

Feeding 1 Million Kids for $1 per Day

Award-winning chef Bill Telepan fights for fresh food in the New York City public schools while working with Eric Goldstein, CEO of The New York City Public School's Office of School Support Services, who feeds 1 Million kids per day. … [Read more...]

Battling Low Income with High Expectations and Meaningful Employment

Legendary Boston chef and restaurateur Gordon Hamersley and Gerald Chertavian, the founder and CEO of Year Up, a non-profit organization dedicated to closing the Opportunity Divide, discuss concrete solutions to enable low-income young adults to reach their full potential. … [Read more...]

The Secret Killer of 4 Million Women and Children

Superstar Chef Jose Andres and the United Nations Foundation president and CEO Kathy Calvin have teamed up to end an epidemic of death and disease caused by a little known threat to the lives of women and children around the world. … [Read more...]

Save Them When They’re Young

Legendary restaurateur Danny Meyer and child psychologist Emily Chinitz determine that early childhood intervention creates healthy children and leads to a measurable return on investment. … [Read more...]