Boston WBUR • April 10, 2012
America’s obesity rate is still the highest in the world. The government knows this – it spends more than a billion dollars every year on nutrition education. And we, too, know this. We know that fruits and vegetables and whole grains and olive oil are healthy; we know that sweets and saturated fat aren’t. In other words, we’re a country that knows how to eat well.
So why don’t we?
Shift Shapers • April 9, 2012
From the food deserts that are America’s cities, to the hot dust devils of Central Valley farms, to the bright shining rows of plastic-shrouded vegetables at WalMart, Tracie McMillan knows something aboout America’s food supply.
The Craig Fahle Show • March 28, 2012
Craig is joined by Author of The American Way of Eating, Tracy McMillan, to talk about her new book.
Radio Times • March 27, 2012
In 2009, investigative journalist TRACIE McMILLAN worked undercover alongside farm laborers in California’s Salinas Valley, expedited meals at Applebee’s, and stocked the grocery shelves at Walmart — all in an effort to understand the American food system how the working poor eat. She turned her on-the-job research into a new book, The American Way of Eating, in which she makes the case that everyone, regardless of their income, wants to eat well and that as a nation we must question our priorities when it comes to assuring that people of all income levels have access to affordable, healthy food.
KALW 91.7 FM • March 21, 2012
On today’s Your Call, we’ll speak with Tracie McMillan, author of The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields, and the Dinner Table. For nearly a year, she worked, ate, and lived alongside the working poor to examine how Americans eat when price matters.
Tracie McMillan joins Tommy Mischke to talk about her new book, “The American Way of Eating.” No Online Archive Available.
Tracie McMillan joins Michael Finney to talk about her new book, “The American Way of Eating.” No Online Archive Available
The Gary Null Show • March 15, 2012
Tracie McMillan is a former investigative reporter from New York who has focused on poverty and welfare issues.
The Majority Report with Sam Seder • March 1, 2013
Sam on Andrew Breitbarts death. Also, Tracie McMillan talks experiencing our food system from fields to Walmart and Applebees. And Occupy Wall Street takes issue with monied donors, Jeff Smith discusses.
Wisconsin Public Radio • March 1, 2012
Can the average American eat well in today’s society? Join Joy Cardin and her guest after eight, who went undercover in the food industry to investigate how we eat.
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