Search iEat Green

           

An Interview with Randi Dresner: President and CEO of Island Harvest

Hi Everyone,

1458564_10201350168100759_56348536_nThis has been a very full week, between serving Thanksgiving to the needy, and then a full Thanksgiving weekend, filled with family, friends, Chanukah, and Potato Latkes. And to top it off, the Huffington Post Blog that came out last week, has kept me very busy in communicating with all of my extended family, which of course I adore! If you haven’t gotten a chance to see it, please do, and if you could “share it” and “like it”, it would be very much appreciated. Thank you!

On another note, I am very excited to be participating in Hofstra University’s Pride and Purpose Debate: Should the U.S. Enact Stronger Regulations Against Genetically Modified Crops? I’m sure you can all guess which side of the argument I will be on! This is a topic very close to my heart, and one that I feel needs immediate attention! The fact that some people still don’t know that most of their food contains GMO’s is, in my opinion, a crime! Please come on down and join us for this very important debate.

This week, my guest on the Progressive Radio Network is Randi Dresner, the President and CEO of Island Harvest, the largest hunger-relief organization on Long Island, and a colleague of mine on the?Suffolk County Food Policy Council. Randi’s knowledge and Screen Shot 2013-12-03 at 6.47.37 PMcompassion for Food Insecurity, has helped her grow Island Harvest from an organization that served 2.1 million meals in the early days, to well over 9 million meals last year. The face of hunger is not only for the homeless, it consists of millions of working families that can not make ends meet, its our children, it’s our seniors, it could be your next door neighbor! This has never been more apparent to me then this past week, when we served our Thanksgiving Meal to a huge, diverse crowd. Due to the cutbacks in SNAP (Food Stamps,) the lines were longer than ever! Please join me on Thursday, to learn about the work of Island Harvest, and to find out how we can encourage our representatives to tackle the problem of Hunger in America!

Remember, my show is recorded live, every Thursday, from 10-11 am, EST.? To tune in, navigate to?PRN.fm?and click the ?Listen Live? button on the left. Also try downloading the?PRN mobile app, and take the station with you wherever you go! If you want to call in during the show with any questions for me or my guest, the call in number is 888-874-4888.

If you can?t tune in at that time, you can listen to the show in the?PRN archives,?or on my website, or through iTunes. You can also access the show by calling in to?The Progressive Radio Network?at 619-550-0869. Please ?like??iEat Green?s Facebook page?and feel free to?rate the show and leave comments on iTunes and on my website. Thank you all for your love and support.

With love and gratitude,
Bhavani

 

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Archives