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Catherine Oakar

Executive Director of FRESHFARM, the Mid-Atlantic's largest food system nonprofit; former White House Special Assistant for Public Health and Disparities.

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Oct 15, 2026

Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg (by Food Tank)

Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg (by Food Tank)

576. A New Approach to Childhood Obesity, Food Worker Exploitation, and Cat Oakar on Farmers Markets as Community Infrastructure

Oct 15 · 38m

Dani NierenbergHOST

6:37

It's different than a lot of other farmers markets organizations.

Catherine OakarGUEST

6:40

It is.

Catherine OakarGUEST

6:42

So Fresh Farm, we talk about ourselves as a nonprofit food systems organization that is really committed to building a more equitable, more resilient organization.

Catherine OakarGUEST

6:54

food system.

Catherine OakarGUEST

6:55

And we do that via a very holistic approach, which we think is our differentiator.

Catherine OakarGUEST

7:01

So we really think about it really from farm to table.

Catherine OakarGUEST

7:06

We have kind of four core programmatic elements.

22 MINS LATER

Dani NierenbergHOST

29:13

And I'm wondering if you can explain how Fresh Farm has really been a leader in that, helping people sort of understand how to use what they're purchasing.