Mitch Hagney and Chef Elizabeth Johnson chew over San Antonio's flavorful history In this week's episode of the “bigcitysmalltown” podcast.
Mitch Hagney is the CEO of Local Sprout and the San Antonio Food Bank's director of food sustainability.Editor’s note: The San Antonio Report is pleased to feature the weekly
When it comes to creating new cuisines or implementing food security solutions for its citizens, San Antonio has historically been a leading city of culinary innovation — a trend local food experts hope will continue as the city booms.
“Our food bank is as good a food bank as can exist, but when we’re thinking about improving the food system, the food bank is responding to emergency food access issues,” he said. “We need to build a resilient system. That hopefully means that we’re shortening the line before people end up going to the food bank as well.”— orchards of fruit-bearing trees on public land — around San Antonio.
That history hasn’t always been pretty, she noted. She pointed to San Antonio’s history as the birthplace of canned chili, Frito-Lay, and modern processed American cheese as examples.
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