Addressing the strain the coronavirus has put on America's food supply chain with Jos? Andr?s
Getting food to people in the U.S. has become an enormous challenge since the country has been gripped by COVID-19. Anderson Cooper reports on the charge being led, in part, by world-renowned chef Jos? Andr?s to make sure Americans have something to eat.
- 2020Apr 19
- CORRESPONDENTAnderson Cooper
Not since the Great Depression have so many in this country faced the prospect of being unable to put food on their table. And it's not just families trying to feed themselves, farmers, processing plants and supermarkets have all experienced disruptions. Late Friday, President ***** directed $19 billion in relief for farmers and ranchers to maintain the integrity of our food supply chain and to aid local food banks.
To understand the challenges of feeding a nation in the midst of a pandemic, we turned to Chef Jos? Andr?s, whose disaster relief organization, World Central Kitchen, has, in the past month, helped make and serve more than 2 million free meals in at least 100 American cities.
Anderson Cooper: Do we have enough food in the U.S.?
Jos? Andr?s: We have enough food. We need to be thinking about how are we feeding ourselves and don't take it ever for granted.
Jos? Andr?s has been thinking about innovative ways to feed people for decades. First, as a world famous chef and now also as head of World Central Kitchen, a non-profit he founded ten years ago.
Earlier this month we were with him in New York City as he handed out food in Harlem, then checked on one of his kitchens preparing meals for first responders.
Jos? Andr?s: A few weeks ago this place would be full.
Correspondent Anderson Cooper with Andr?s in Mercado Little Spain.
This is what's left of Mercado Little Spain, a food hall Andr?s opened in New York just last year. It's one of 27 restaurants Andr?s owns in the U.S. Nearly half of which are now closed, the rest are open for takeout or are being used to help feed the growing number of Americans who are struggling.
Jos? Andr?s: We are using a lot of the ingredients we still have here. And we had a lot of lentils and we had a lot of chorizo.
Before coronavirus, Andr?s had 1,600 employees. Most have now been furloughed. He's only been able to keep 250 working.
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