What is your vision for the Food System? – Matt Weingarten

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More time at the table. You know, more time at the table, wherever that may be. I think it’s important. I tell people everything I learned about the world, I learned at my parents’ table. The good and the bad, I learned manners, learned social behaviors, learned how to interact, learned how to fight. But mostly, I learned that if you come together and you have a rhythm, and it’s what you do when you’re sharing sustenance, that it really knits society together.

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