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"Hey, Tara." We kicked off our "Hey, Tara." series with the following question, "Which are better, German or Japanese kitchen knives?"  Answer: It depends :) Tara has been working in and around the kitchen knife industry for decades and has a wealth of knowhow to share. Check the video below or scan the transcript for context on German or Japanese kitchen knife styles for your household.  Follow Vivront on Instagram to get alerts when we go live in the future.  ## ## A Transcript follows:  --------- Well, welcome. Let's see if we add,Yeah.Oh, it's a win. Hello. Hi, where we find you. I am...

Maybe the line just needs to be in a different place?  ______ Good morning,I’ve been wondering… what happens to school lunch applications when the economy changes dramatically? Do more people apply? Do less? Do acceptance rates change?Hey, the economy just changed dramatically, and then it changed again. Inflation is high and hitting transportation and food costs pretty hard. The market just got slashed. Does the lunch program adjust?I reached out to contacts on the national level and received more context than I had before and I wanted to share it with you.Bit #1 • Who qualifies?The current statute reads that...

Knives are emotional, cultural and personal too._____ We were struck this week with the personal nature and story that knives can have. Sure, they can be stamped out of sheet steel by the millions. But they can also be made by hand by humans and hold tremendous value monetarily, emotionally and culturally too.Bit #1 • No. 60Some unintended fun from “getting into knives” are all the photos and content that you all send my way. I love it. Keep it all coming. Really.Here’s one we got this week. This knife maker was established in 1845 and is the oldest in...

You at cow" Do you use a sword for that?  ____ Our food programs are a national defense. Really. It’s true in the US. It’s true in Japan too. Here are two bits that make the case and one about cows.Bit #1 • School lunch is a national defense Our national school lunch program was initiated after the WWII draft in part because of the numbers of potential GIs that were rejected for malnutrition. Really. Congress saw an opportunity to help farmers sell stuff and for schools to feed our kids and Truman signed the law in 1946.“In the long...