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Podcast: The Dr. Hyman Show
Episode: Land, Power, and the Plate: Ending Food Apartheid with Regenerative Justice
Description: Many communities face an uneven food landscape: plenty of cheap junk food, but few places to buy fresh, healthy food. This patternâoften called âfood apartheidââdoesnât happen by accident; it grows from redlining, unfair rules, and corporate control. The impacts are steep: higher rates of type 2 diabetes, kidney failure, and learning problems in Black, Latino, and Indigenous communities, along with unsafe conditions for farmworkers. These harms have a long history, and government subsidies and convincing marketing keep ultraprocessed foods on top. However, we take practical steps to make change including investing in regenerative and community farms, protecting and fairly...