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First Lady Michelle Obama's vegetable garden at the White House and a new study on the health risks of eating beef and pork daily have inspired many to rethink what they're eating and whether it's healthy. A look at new efforts to put healthier food on our plates.
Bob Young, chief economist at the American Farm Bureau Federation
Tony Geraci, director of food and nutrition, Baltimore City Public Schools
Ann Yonkers, founder and co-director, FRESHFARM Markets
Nicolette Hahn Niman, lawyer, cattle rancher, and author of "Righteous Pork Chop"
Jim Lehrer, host of The NewsHour on P.B.S., returns to discuss his latest novel. It’s the story of a young marine whose life is changed by a chance encounter on his way to fight in World War Two and how things don’t always go according to plan.
Jim Lehrer, executive editor and anchor of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS and author of two memoirs, three plays, and seventeen novels.
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