The Fifty One

DAMEMagazine
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The Fifty One is a nod to the fact that women make up 51% of the U.S. population. In each season, we take a national issue and work with local reporters across the country to explore its impact on women at the local level. In season 1, we're tackling food insecurity—the drivers of it, solutions, and what it really looks like in communities across the country.

  1. 12/05/2018

    From Veggie Vouchers to Vertical Farming, Talking Solutions with Civil Eats

    That's a wrap on season 1! In this episode we bring back Civil Eats' contributing editor Twilight Greenaway to talk about solutions big and small, the right way to talk about food access issues, and what the future may hold.  Episode sponsors:  Stitch Fix - go to stitchfix.com/the51 to sign up and get 25% off when you keep your whole box. Third Love - go to thirdlove.com/the51 for 15% off your first purchase Sleep Number - visit sleepnumber.com/podcast to find the store nearest you and check out the smartest bed in the world, from $999.

    28 min

  2. 11/28/2018

    SNAP, the Farm Bill, and More with The New Food Economy's Claire Brown

    Food policy and environment reporter Claire Brown's first job in food was helping SNAP recipients use their benefits at New York farmers markets, so we invited her on to talk about everything from SNAP to the Farm Bill and how they do or don't address food access.  Episode sponsor: Stitch Fix - visit stitchfix.com/the51 to sign up, and earn an extra 25% off when you keep all of your box.

    31 min

  3. 11/14/2018

    A Detroit Food Pantry Giving People Choices, Stability, and Dignity

    In this episode we head to Detroit with WDET reporter Taylor Wizner to check out the Broadmoor Food Connection, run by Reverend Roslyn Bouier. Its client-choice model gives people struggling with food access in the area choices, stability, and dignity.  Episode sponsors: Stitch Fix - go to stitchfix.com/the51 for 25% off when you purchase all items in your box.   ThirdLove - go to thirdlove.com/the51 for 15% off your first purchase.

    25 min

  4. 11/07/2018

    Community Coalition of South Los Angeles on the Intersection of Food Access, Transportation, Discrimination, Health, and Poverty

    The Community Coalition of South Los Angeles, or Coco South LA, is known for looking at the complex web of factors behind community issues, and their approach to food is no different. In this episode reporter Melissa Chadburn takes us to South LA for a look at what drives food insecurity there and what's being done about it.   Episode sponsor: Sleep Number—visit sleepnumber.com/podcast to find the store nearest you, and get $400 off during their Veteran's Day sale.

    17 min

  5. 10/24/2018

    Food Is Medicine

    Last year California governor Jerry Brown signed a bill providing $6 million over three years to the Food Is Medicine pilot. The pilot will provide medically tailored meals for 1,000 Medi-Cal patients struggling with either TypeII Diabetes or congestive heart failure. We look at what sorts of benefits that might bring, and how organizations elsewhere in the country are taking up the "food as medicine" idea and running with it, too.

    11 min

  6. 10/17/2018

    The Intersection of Colonization and Food Sovereignty for the Navajo Nation

    Indigenous people in the U.S. are up to 400% more likely to experience food insecurity, according to the USDA. That's by design. A key aspect to colonization has always been to erode food sovereignty, but many tribes are working to reclaim it. That includes the Navajo Nation, which spans three southwestern states. In this episode, Native America Calling reporter (and Toasted Sister podcast host) Andi Murphy takes us to her home reservation to explore what has driven the high rate of food insecurity for so long and what's being done about food sovereignty.

    39 min

  7. 10/10/2018

    Rethinking "Poor People's Food" in Appalachia

    Chef and farmer Mike Costello, from the 100 Days in Appalachia project, joins us to talk about re-imagining Appalachia's food history and how the stories we tell about the we eat impact access and health.  100 Days in Appalachia: 100daysinappalachia.com Sponsor: Sleep Number - visit sleepnumber.com/podcast to find a store near you and save $100 off the queen 360 c2 smart bed.

    30 min

  8. 10/03/2018

    The Link Between the Opioid Crisis and Food Insecurity in Dayton, Ohio

    West Dayton recently lost the last of its grocery stores. Its food pantries are serving several hundred families every week, many of them grandparents raising grandkids orphaned by the opioid epidemic.  This episode's sponsor is Sleep Number. Visit sleepnumber.com/thefiftyone to find a store near you and get $100 off the the queen Sleep Number® 360 c2 smart bed.

    25 min
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The Fifty One is a nod to the fact that women make up 51% of the U.S. population. In each season, we take a national issue and work with local reporters across the country to explore its impact on women at the local level. In season 1, we're tackling food insecurity—the drivers of it, solutions, and what it really looks like in communities across the country.

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