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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Columbia had only 2,000 people using its food services, and…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Fixing America's Food System - Robert Irvine

Published | Video Starts at 13:14

You mentioned Columbia University, and Columbia had an interesting story because it was throwing out most of its food. It was serving really bad food, really sort of cafeteria food. It was. It Columbia had only 2,000 people using its food services, and a lot of them weren't even showing up. Yep. And now it has, as you say, somewhere around 10,000 people, because they switch the food, which is. They're not paying more for it, and it's high quality Food. (13:14–13:20)

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Asserts that Columbia University's food services had low participation.

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