Tom Colicchio

Also, part of it is cooking. If you can cook for yourself, you can probably do a lot more for your family. If you're relying on fast food and you're relying on someone making the food for you and be delivered to your house, that's a different story. And then also learning how to stretch that food, learning how to use it all, learning how to use leftovers. And so you can stretch.

Also, part of it is cooking. If you can cook for yourself, you can probably do a lot more for your family. If you're relying on fast food and you're relying on someone making the food for you and be delivered to your house, that's a different story. And then also learning how to stretch that food, learning how to use it all, learning how to use leftovers. And so you can stretch.

I mean, I think the numbers now, roughly a quarter of what is purchased at home gets wasted. 25% of what you purchase at home goes in the garbage. Okay. And so that's a good start. So we're talking about food waste, which is another big problem. That's a bad thing, and a good place to start is to address that.

I mean, I think the numbers now, roughly a quarter of what is purchased at home gets wasted. 25% of what you purchase at home goes in the garbage. Okay. And so that's a good start. So we're talking about food waste, which is another big problem. That's a bad thing, and a good place to start is to address that.

I mean, listen, I think if they started teaching home economics in school again, that would be great. That would really be great. Did they stop doing that? No, no. In fact, they're going to get rid of the whole education system nowadays.

I mean, listen, I think if they started teaching home economics in school again, that would be great. That would really be great. Did they stop doing that? No, no. In fact, they're going to get rid of the whole education system nowadays.

Listen, there's plenty of people talking about it. There's plenty of work that has to be done. I mean, I know for years I did a lot of work up on Capitol Hill. I co-founded an organization called Food Policy Action. I spent a good amount of time on the Hill looking at issues about sustainability. And, you know, it's a complicated problem.

Listen, there's plenty of people talking about it. There's plenty of work that has to be done. I mean, I know for years I did a lot of work up on Capitol Hill. I co-founded an organization called Food Policy Action. I spent a good amount of time on the Hill looking at issues about sustainability. And, you know, it's a complicated problem.

But it almost as if it's such a non-issue for our government to try to figure out that this stuff has to happen through grassroots and sort of in your own communities. And it starts at home. It really does. If you want better food at home, learn how to cook. And you don't have to learn how to cook fancy food. You have to just learn the basics.

But it almost as if it's such a non-issue for our government to try to figure out that this stuff has to happen through grassroots and sort of in your own communities. And it starts at home. It really does. If you want better food at home, learn how to cook. And you don't have to learn how to cook fancy food. You have to just learn the basics.

Learn the basics so you can actually cook for your family. And that's sustainable because you're buying produce that is sustainable. You're not relying on food that's over-processed with too much sugar, too much salt, too much fat in it. And you're going to end up with a healthy America, too.

Learn the basics so you can actually cook for your family. And that's sustainable because you're buying produce that is sustainable. You're not relying on food that's over-processed with too much sugar, too much salt, too much fat in it. And you're going to end up with a healthy America, too.

And so, yeah, but it's a complex problem because our system isn't set up to actually get fresh food to the masses. It's set up to get processed food to the masses.

And so, yeah, but it's a complex problem because our system isn't set up to actually get fresh food to the masses. It's set up to get processed food to the masses.

It is bad, yeah, yeah, yeah. But you can, I don't know if the government's going to fix this problem. I think this has to happen in communities and in your homes, in your actual homes. I think a great place would be school lunch. I mean, that's one place that I think we could do a lot better.

It is bad, yeah, yeah, yeah. But you can, I don't know if the government's going to fix this problem. I think this has to happen in communities and in your homes, in your actual homes. I think a great place would be school lunch. I mean, that's one place that I think we could do a lot better.

And there are some great chefs that... I mean, the chef at one of the most famous restaurants in the world in Copenhagen, Noma, one of the chefs there decided that he didn't want to cook in fancy restaurants anymore and started cooking in school lunch programs and started a whole program called Brigade where he's trying to get professional chefs into schools.

And there are some great chefs that... I mean, the chef at one of the most famous restaurants in the world in Copenhagen, Noma, one of the chefs there decided that he didn't want to cook in fancy restaurants anymore and started cooking in school lunch programs and started a whole program called Brigade where he's trying to get professional chefs into schools.

I mean, right now, everything that's in school is all mass-produced. And so I think we need to start there. Also, I think school lunch should be universally free across the board.

I mean, right now, everything that's in school is all mass-produced. And so I think we need to start there. Also, I think school lunch should be universally free across the board.