1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 James Beard Award-winning food writer&amp;nbsp;and #1 bestselling author Mark Bittman offers a panoramic view of how the frenzy for food has driven human history to some of its most catastrophic moments,&amp;nbsp;from slavery and genocide&amp;nbsp;to our current moment,&amp;nbsp;wherein Big Food exacerbates climate change,&amp;nbsp;plunders our planet,&amp;nbsp;and sickens its people. &amp;nbsp;Mark reveals how he first got the world to take food issues seriously,&amp;nbsp;how we can rethink our food distribution systems,&amp;nbsp;and take a different approach to feeding the world’s hungry. &amp;nbsp;We discuss America's junk food epidemic,&amp;nbsp;how to tell junk from real food, and&amp;nbsp;how government farm subsidies actually incentive the production of food with minimal to no nutritional value. &amp;nbsp;Plus we get into the impossible burger, lab grown meats,&amp;nbsp;arsenic in the baby food,&amp;nbsp;and Mark's mixed feelings about President Biden’s Secretary of Agriculture. Order Mark Bittman's book Animal, Vegetable, Junk:&amp;nbsp;A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal on Amazon, Audible, or wherever books are sold. &amp;nbsp;Subscribe to his newsletter The Bittman Project at bittmanproject.com and keep up with him at www.markbittman.com and on Twitter at @bittman. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Kickass News https://www.kickassnews.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/18869489/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/101787656