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Podcast: Commune with Jeff Krasno
Episode: Children's Health Crisis: Fixing the Broken School Food System with Nora LaTorre & Jesse Gabriel
Description: With public schools serving as America’s largest restaurant chain, the push for school food reform has never been more urgent. In this episode, Jeff is joined by Nora LaTorre (CEO of Eat Real) and California Assembly Member Jesse Gabriel to discuss groundbreaking legislative efforts in California to ban harmful chemicals and synthetic dyes from student meals.This episode includes:
How California's AB 1264 phases out ultra-processed foods.
The alarming link between childhood diets and adult-onset diseases.
Why the "GRAS loophole" allows dangerous food additives into American snacks.
How local farm-to-school programs can save school districts money.
Bipartisan st...