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Accessing Healthy Food Environments - with urban planner Jeff Risom)

23m · Faces Of Food · 15 Aug 01:05

How do we create access to healthy food environments? Jeff Risom is a urban designer and the Chief Innovation Officer at Gehl. The combination of engineering and social science has made him passionate about the relationship between human experience and design. In this episode, Jeff shares his dream of transforming school kitchens to a place where communities can come together and learn about different food cultures, biodiversity and healthy eating.


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