On this episode of “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” hear a special panel conversation on developing healthier meals for young eaters, featured during a recent Summit hosted by Food Tank, Emory University, and Spelman College. Panelists discuss efforts at the federal level to make school food healthier for students, working at the intersection of physical activity and nutrition, and how schools are integrating gardens into the cafeteria and the classroom. healthy consumption patterns that go beyond the Mediterranean diet, cultivating a generation of compassionate scholars, and why we can’t lose sight of the joy that food brings.

Speakers include Kelliann Blazek, Special Assistant to the President for Agriculture and Rural Policy; Alastair Pullen, Executive Director of the Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School; Will Sellers, Executive Director of Wholesome Wave Georgia; Diane Harris, Senior Health Scientist and Team Lead at the Centers for Disease Control; Lysa Ratliff, CEO of KABOOM!; and moderator Rose Scott, award winning journalist and host of a “Closer Look” on Atlanta's NPR. 

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