📍 Free Arkansas Podcast – Andy McNeill & Rep. Matt Duffield
This week’s episode dives deep into a surprising Arkansas contradiction: how can a state rank among the highest in both childhood food insecurity and obesity?
🧃 Andy checks in from Las Vegas (at the $9 billion Fontainebleau!) while Matt brings the humor with his infamous restaurant broom theory and a long-lost legislative idea: the Peaceful Meal Bill 🧹📵
Then the conversation gets serious:
🍽️ One in four Arkansas kids are food insecure
🍔 At the same time, Arkansas ranks near the top for childhood obesity
🧃 Why do cheap, processed calories dominate?
📚 Can schools play a role by teaching kids how to cook healthy meals again?
💰 Should states accept federal summer EBT funding to help hungry kids—or say no in the name of self-reliance?