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Andy Fisher On The Anti-Hunger Movement’s Strange Bedfellows (rebroadcast)

Andy Fisher's book Big Hunger was released in paperback earlier this year. He spoke on a panel in Bloomington, organized by Mother Hubbard's Cupoard.
Andy Fisher's book Big Hunger was released in paperback earlier this year. He spoke on a panel in Bloomington, organized by Mother Hubbard's Cupoard.
“Charity is not justice charity is what a society does when there is no justice.” --Andy Fisher

On today’s show, our conversation with Andy Fisher, author of Big Hunger: The Unholy Alliance between Corporate America and Anti-Hunger Groups.

We’ve had Amanda Nickey and Stephanie Solomon on Earth Eats, talking about food pantries addressing root causes of hunger, and Angela Babb has helped us look at some of the interesting configurations around government food aid, SNAP and Big Ag.

Andy Fisher takes us further in this thought-provoking discussion.

And Harvest Public Media reports on flooded farmland in the heartland.

Music on this episode:

Solitude by Brandon Davis/ The Electric Set

The Earth Eats’ theme music is composed by Erin Tobey and performed by Erin and Matt Tobey.

Kayte Young is co-host and producer of WFIU's local arts and culture show, Nice Work. Before that she produced and hosted the long-running food and farming show, Earth Eats for over 8 years, and hosted a YouTube cooking series, produced by Payton Whaley.