Pod Bites: Can beans transform school food?
From The Food Foundation Podcast by The Food Foundation
June 5, 2026 · 9 min · Season 12 · Episode 48
About this episode
Dr. Nicola Nixon discusses a pilot study aimed at transforming school food through menu swaps.
Dr. Nicola Nixon from the Public Health Nutrition Team at the University of York tells us about the menu swaps pilot study in Fix Our Food, the project which sets out to understand how we might transform our food system to a regenerative one, which supports human and population health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: The Food Foundation
Guest: Dr. Nicola Nixon
Topics covered
- school food
- nutrition
- food system
- public health
- regenerative agriculture
Keywords
- beans
- school food
- menu swaps
- public health
- nutrition
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Public Health Nutrition Team, University of York, Fix Our Food
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