UDC CAUSES-TV: New Top Food Cities

Sabine O'Hara interviews Mark Winne

Sunday, January 5, 2020 - 10:45am EST
Interviews

Take a moment and make a mental list of America’s top foodie cities in the Unites States. What cities come to mind? I am guessing, but I suspect Boise, Idaho or Sitka, Alaska are probably not on that list! Yet, they are the new face of the food movement. Healthy and sustainable fare is changing communities across this country, revitalizing towns that have been ravaged by disappearing industries and decades of inequity.

The UDC College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability & Environmental Sciences, which is home to DC's landgrant programs, hosted Mark Winne, author of Food Town, USA, for a seminar. Dr. Sabine O’Hara, Distinguished Professor and PhD Program Director, interviewed Mark. This is their video from the event. All rights belong to UDC CAUSES. 

Participants

Mark Winne

Mark Winne

From 1979 to 2003, Mark Winne was the Executive Director of the Hartford Food System, a private nonprofit agency that works on food and hunger issues in the Hartford, Connecticut area. During his tenure with HFS, Mark organized community self-help food projects that assisted the city’s lower income and elderly residents.