TEDxManhattan and “Our Global Kitchen” at AMNH

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TEDxManhattan hosted the third annual “Changing the Way We Eat” conference on February 16, 2013. The night before, speakers and attendees got an inside look at “Our Global Kitchen” at the American Museum of Natural History. Dana Gunders (NRDC), Kavita Shukla (Fenugreen), Stephen Ritz (Green Bronx Machine), Paul Willis (Niman Ranch), Barry Estabrook (Journalist), and Anna Lappé (Author) are interviewed.

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    About Kavita Shukla

    Founder and CEO Fenugreen

    Kavita M. Shukla is the Inventor and Founder/CEO of Fenugreen, a pioneer in the movement towards sustainable, active, natural food ...read more.

  • About Stephen Ritz

    Chief Eternal Optimist Green Bronx Machine

    Stephen Ritz is a South Bronx educator who believes that students shouldn't have to leave their community to live, learn, ...read more.

  • About Paul Willis

    Farmer & Founder Niman Ranch Pork Company

    Paul Willis is a 5th generation family farmer and founder of the Niman Ranch Pork Company. He has owned and ...read more.

  • About Anna Lappé

    Author and Founder Small Planet Institute

    Anna Lappé is a national bestselling author and a founding principal of the Small Planet Institute and Small Planet Fund. ...read more.

  • What is your vision for the Food System? – Paul Willis

    Change Food

    Well my vision since I’m involved with Niman Ranch is to see the double and triple in the number of farmers and the amount of livestock that we can provide with high animal welfare levels, with clean raised; instead of having a small part of our food system being clean it would eventually become the […]

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    Green Bronx Machine: National Health and Wellness Center at PS 55 – Stephen Ritz

    TEDxManhattan

    Stephen Ritz (Mr. Steve to his students) is the founder of Green Bronx Machine. Steve talks about the challenges that continue to face his students in the South Bronx and building the National Health & Wellness Center at PS55. The Center will send his students home with 100 lbs of vegetables each week that they […]

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    Marketing Food to Children – Anna Lappé

    TEDxManhattan

    Anna Lappé took the TEDxManhattan stage to take on the billion-dollar business of marketing junk food to children and teens, and asked the food industry to leave the parenting to the parents. Click here for Anna’s full bio. 

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    Can a Simple Piece of Paper Change the Way We Eat? – Kavita Shukla

    TEDxManhattan

    A low tech solution can help keep produce two to four times longer. Fresh paper is infused with edible organic botanical extracts that help stop the growth of bacteria and fungus that lead to food spoilage. Kavita Shukla tells the story of how she went from her grandmother’s kitchen to selling fresh paper at farmer’s […]