In the wake of Covid-19 and Winter Storm Uri, retail and wholesale food supply chains were continuously strained and broken in Austin, Texas, leaving grocery shelves empty. So why are we still dependent on the private sector for our food supply?

Errol Schweizer, Host of The Checkout and a 25+ year veteran of food retail and CPG, shares an overview of how things work in the corporate-owned food supply chain, from retailers to distributors to charitable networks, as well as an outline of what a public sector food system could look like. With an eye towards food sovereignty and food security, we discuss food utilities, public cafeterias, publicly owned manufacturing and cooperative delivery platforms.