Laura Plaut -- Boringly Normal Food Access and Organizational Obsolescence Our Common Unity

Laura Plaut’s goal was that by the time her son graduated high school, she would feel great about him eating school lunch any day of the week, because she knew the quality was high enough. In 2007, she created Common Threads, an organization focused on healthy food access for all. Today, her team has placed community gardens in 22 Whatcom County schools, and her core passion to provide common language around healthy food and access for all backgrounds has not waivered. “Food is universal,” she shares, “Food is something we all have in common.” Common Threads has always existed to address the needs that many haven’t realized they need to have met yet, and the importance of this work, like that of so many other nonprofits observing community needs, has been heightened. We covered growing conscious consumers, comfort foods, and planned organizational obsolescence. “The Key ingredient is joy!”

At one point, we mentioned food nostalgia, so here are a few articles that dig a little deeper into the science:

The Science of Food Nostalgia

Comfort food: A review

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