Mark and Kathleen talk to each other from Meghalaya, in the east Khasi hills, where the government provides just 5 rupees per child per day for school lunch – about 6 cents – plus rice. They talk about the funding that's underway for a group of schools in Meghalaya to change meals&nbsp;there, plus what the schools can do to maintain these positive changes when the funding runs out. Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Want more food content? Subscribe to The Bittman Project at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bittmanproject.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.bittmanproject.com</a>. Questions or comments? Email food@markbittman.com. And if you have&nbsp;a minute, we'd love it if you'd take a short survey about our show! Head here: <a href="http://bit.ly/foodwithmarkbittman-survey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/foodwithmarkbittman-survey</a> <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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