Rates of both poverty and hunger are rising in America. The statistics are dire. The number of people living below the federal poverty line in the United States remains stuck at recession-era record levels. Poverty rates have grown even higher since the pandemic hit last year.  A Northwestern University study in June revealed that food needs have doubled nationally. For households with children, food insecurity tripled! 

One nonprofit in San Diego, California, Kitchens for Good, has created a dual solution for this double-edged problem: train community members who are food insecure in culinary careers. By training them for better jobs, their families will no longer suffer from poverty and food insecurity. For every person they train and help find employment, that is one less family living in poverty and going without food.

In this episode, we talk to one of the nonprofit’s founders, Aviva Paley, as well as one of their trainees, Tony Estrada. Tony tells me that his life has never been a fairy tale. But when he started the training at Kitchens for Good, his life was transformed. 

 

Rates of both poverty and hunger are rising in America. The statistics are dire. The number of people living below the federal poverty line in the United States remains stuck at recession-era record levels. Poverty rates have grown even higher since the pandemic hit last year.&nbsp;&nbsp;A Northwestern University study in June revealed that food needs have doubled nationally. For households with children, food insecurity tripled!&nbsp;
One nonprofit in San Diego, California, Kitchens for Good, has created a dual solution for this double-edged problem: train community members who are food insecure in culinary careers. By training them for better jobs, their families will no longer suffer from poverty and food insecurity. For every person they train and help find employment, that is one less family living in poverty and going without food.
In this episode, we talk to one of the nonprofit&rsquo;s founders, Aviva Paley, as well as one of their trainees, Tony Estrada. Tony tells me that his life has never been a fairy tale. But when he started the training at Kitchens for Good, his life was transformed.&nbsp;
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Raising Kale tackles honest food issues served with joy. What does broccoli have to do with a chefarmer in Illinois and a school kid in California? And what is a chefarmer anyhow? If eating your vegetables can make you healthier, listening to Raising Kale will make you smarter--without any snooty side effects. It chronicles the stories of food thought leaders that include chefs, farmers, doctors, and leading experts, connecting them back to communities building resilience around a fractured food system.

Raising Kale tackles honest food issues served with joy. What does broccoli have to do with a chefarmer in Illinois and a school kid in California? And what is a chefarmer anyhow? If eating your vegetables can make you healthier, listening to Raising Kale will make you smarter--without any snooty side effects. It chronicles the stories of food thought leaders that include chefs, farmers, doctors, and leading experts, connecting them back to communities building resilience around a fractured food system.

Raising Kale

Raising Kale tackles honest food issues served with joy. What does broccoli 
have to do with a chefarmer in Illinois and a school kid in California? And 
what is a chefarmer anyhow? If eating your vegetables can make you healthier, 
listening to Raising Kale will make you smarter--without any snooty side 
effects. It chronicles the stories of food thought leaders that include 
chefs, farmers, doctors, and leading experts, connecting them back to 
communities building resilience around a fractured food system.

The number of people living below the federal poverty line in the United States remains stuck at recession-era record levels. Poverty rates have grown even higher since the pandemic hit last year.  A Northwestern University study in June revealed that food needs have doubled nationally. For households with children, food insecurity tripled!   One non-profit, Kitchens for Good, has created a dual solution for this double-edged problem: train community members who are food insecure in culinary careers.  For every person they train and help find employment, that is one less family living in poverty and going without food.  In this episode, we talk to one of the nonprofit’s founders, Aviva Paley, as well as one of their trainees, Tony Estrada.

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