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Joan Komaiko saw there were kids who could buy cartons of milk for four cents and the other kids who couldn't afford the milk, sat and watched the ones who drank the milk. Komaiko wrote a letter to the school board pointing out how kids couldn't do well at school because they were sent to school hungry. Dr. Quentin Young explained that the government needs to provide the children with breakfast and lunch at the schools because those two meals were probably the only meals children would receive that day.
Dr. Sam Borushek discusses his time as a doctor serving the indigenous groups in Guatemala, especially regarding the preventable health issues of the indigenous people.
The investigative journalist and culinary historian talk about how the pleasures of eating have been affected not just by packaging and mass production, but also by the fanciful tastes of television chefs. They discuss with Studs their book, The Taste of America.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations