August 28, 2022 - Monologue

Control the controllable is a sentence I utter to myself quite often. I am often frustrated with others in the manner by which they go about their business, work and responsibilities – especially when it impacts my ability to do my work with excellence. Coach Bill Belichick said, “What we can control is our performance and our execution, and that’s what we are going to focus on.” We can’t control inflation but we can strive to get people the food they want and need. We can’t control the price of gas, but we can do our job with excellence so people struggling with food insecurity have one less tradeoff to deal with at home. We cannot control what the government does or doesn’t, but we can lobby, advocate, encourage, inspire and hold accountable those who have the responsibility to operate the programs designed to help our residents with the challenge of living a food insecure life. What we can do is put and keep food first folks, food first.

August 21, 2022 - Food for Thought

August 21, 2022 - Monologue

Truth is describe as the only thing with the ability to set us free. The state of emergency food, our current challenges, who is helping, who isn’t and what our network is doing about the current conditions on this edition of Food First MI.

August 14, 2022 - Food for Thought

August 14, 2022 - Monologue

July 31, 2022 - Monologue

A new study published by the Center for Health and Research Transformation at the University of Michigan that reveals insights about the screening and referral of food insecure patients is a key strategy in helping people become food secure. Today on our show, our own Dr. Dawn Opel returns to help us understand at a greater level how the knowledge physicians have gained can help connect food insecure families to resources they need and help take Michigan to the next level of food security.

July 17, 2022 - Food for Thought