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Roy meets the individuals bringing healthy and affordable food options into South L.A. communities that lack access to fresh food. Roy also visits with vegan grocer Olympia Auset, whose startup Süprmarkt delivers healthy and affordable food to the doorsteps of her community. Finally, Roy visits Earle’s Hot Dogs, a vegetarian hot dog cart that has grown over its 30-year history into a multi-location brick and mortar shop, now a staple of a community hungry for healthier options.
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Roy meets Leimert Park residents using food to counteract gentrification.

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Roy returns to Chinatown and examines his role as a catalyst in its gentrification.

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Roy meets Latino restaurateurs who are using food as a form of cultural preservation.

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Roy meets with chefs and farmers leading the fight against the corporatization of food.

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Roy and guests unpack deep-rooted exploitation and injustice in the restaurant industry.

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Roy takes a head-on look at efforts to heal the social and economic wounds of Watts, acknowledging one of the oldest communities in Los Angeles as a mirror into ourselves and our future.

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Roy journeys from L.A. to Orange County to discover how non-profit innovators are tackling the problem of food waste.

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26:31
Roy explores the issues of equality and the emergence of a new culinary landscape since the advent of legalized recreational marijuana.

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Roy explores future culinary landscapes looking forward to a world affected by climate change.

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Roy explores the power of cooking to rehabilitate those on the margins of society and the organizations taking a chance on those who need it most.