WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.360 --> 00:00:07.400 It's night Side with Dan on WBZ Boston's radio. 2 00:00:07.799 --> 00:00:10.279 Remember to call. I don't have the exact date, but 3 00:00:10.359 --> 00:00:13.439 I know the Red Sox truck leaves for spring raining 4 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:16.239 about a month from now, first week in February. It's 5 00:00:16.359 --> 00:00:18.719 only yes, yeah, no, no. All we got to do 6 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:20.879 is get through January. It's as simple as that. And 7 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:23.320 then the sun is shining for so you know what 8 00:00:23.359 --> 00:00:26.839 I'm saying. Once that truck leaves, we're in good shape. 9 00:00:27.839 --> 00:00:33.200 Thanks to call, Nicole and I bonding over sports topics 10 00:00:33.240 --> 00:00:36.320 and scores and all of that. My name's Dan Ray. 11 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:39.200 I'm the host of Nightside, heard every Monday through Friday 12 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:42.439 night right here at WBZ Boston's news radio ten thirty 13 00:00:42.439 --> 00:00:45.840 on your am dial. Heard it about thirty eight states 14 00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:48.880 with what we call over terrestrial radio. What that means 15 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:52.200 is the regular radio system. And of course we're on 16 00:00:52.280 --> 00:00:57.280 the internet all across the country. Melissa called in from Portland, 17 00:00:57.359 --> 00:01:00.520 Oregon last night. You know, Melissa was listening on the internet. 18 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:02.880 You can listen on the internet. Just go to WBC 19 00:01:03.079 --> 00:01:05.280 News Radio Boston or something like that. I'll go to 20 00:01:05.319 --> 00:01:08.319 the iHeart app. You'll be all set. So first hour 21 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:12.719 tonight we have four. I wouldn't call them top news stories, 22 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:15.799 but they're all newsmakers in their own way. And then 23 00:01:15.879 --> 00:01:19.359 later on tonight, we're going to talk about inspections of 24 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:24.519 the Massachusetts emergency shelters as a result of the fact 25 00:01:24.519 --> 00:01:28.079 that this fellow who apparently is staying here without any 26 00:01:28.239 --> 00:01:32.439 sort of documentation or authorization, had about ten pounds of 27 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:36.079 fentanyl as well as an automatic weapon at a Revere shelter. 28 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:39.799 Something to be concerned about. And at ten o'clock tonight, 29 00:01:39.799 --> 00:01:42.519 I'm going to be talking with Lou Fronte. He's a 30 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:47.000 former convict, no other way to describe it. Remember the 31 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:51.239 Gambino crime family, who has written a trilogy of books, 32 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:53.079 this one the second one. I'm going to talk about 33 00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:57.519 as American Mafia, an America's political elite. Really interesting guests, 34 00:01:57.519 --> 00:01:59.120 And later on tonight, I think we're going to talk 35 00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:02.359 about some of the musics today by President elect Trump 36 00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:07.359 on Panama, Greenland, and gossip. But first, first guest tonight 37 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:12.000 is Christina Basilio. Christina, I hope I pronounced that name correctly. 38 00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:16.599 Is it Basilio, It's Facilia, you get it right. No 39 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:20.400 relation to the Great Fighter from the nineteen fifties and sixties. 40 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:21.599 Carmen Basilio. 41 00:02:21.719 --> 00:02:25.120 I assume, uh, not quite. 42 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:27.759 Maybe we're cousins twice or three times removed. 43 00:02:28.319 --> 00:02:31.719 Tough boxer, let me tell you, tough boxer. But we're 44 00:02:31.759 --> 00:02:33.479 going to not talk about boxing. We're going to talk 45 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:40.400 about trends, top trendsing resolutions here in America, and how 46 00:02:40.479 --> 00:02:44.599 people can keep their their resolutions. I guess we don't 47 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:46.840 do really well at that. I believe that there's a 48 00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:49.599 report out of the Pew Research Center. You're a Google 49 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:52.919 tech expert, but I assume you're familiar with the Pew 50 00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:55.800 Research Center Research Center report that we're referring to. 51 00:02:57.439 --> 00:03:01.759 Yeah, that's about forty people who make resolutions will give 52 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:04.159 them one or all of them up in the first 53 00:03:04.199 --> 00:03:07.120 three weeks of the new year, and our hope is 54 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:10.960 that we can motivate some people to keep those resolutions 55 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:12.240 a little bit longer this year. 56 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:19.159 Yeah. It's interesting because I guess younger people, you know, 57 00:03:19.479 --> 00:03:24.560 younger people in the eighteen to thirty make about half 58 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:28.879 of the resolutions. Well, miss seniors kind of like myself, 59 00:03:28.960 --> 00:03:32.960 people who are on the wrong side of fifty, they 60 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:37.719 don't nearly approach young people. Why such a difference in 61 00:03:37.759 --> 00:03:40.840 an age approach to this and the approach of different 62 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:42.919 ages to the concept of resolutions. 63 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:46.960 Yeah, that's a really good question. I wonder if maybe 64 00:03:46.960 --> 00:03:49.840 there's a little bit of influence from social media. There's 65 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:53.599 a lot of interest in maybe going after your passions 66 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:56.840 and your interests, and when you're seeing those things online, 67 00:03:56.960 --> 00:03:59.319 maybe it starts to influence how you think about your 68 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:01.479 own time, like what do you want to do with 69 00:04:01.520 --> 00:04:02.919 your time? How do you want to take care of 70 00:04:02.960 --> 00:04:05.879 your health and wellness? Whereas maybe if you're a little 71 00:04:05.879 --> 00:04:08.319 bit older, you already have your goals that you have 72 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:11.879 set for yourself, and maybe they're more long term perhaps, 73 00:04:11.960 --> 00:04:14.159 and you don't have to think about starting over at 74 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:16.800 the start of the new year because you perpetually know 75 00:04:16.839 --> 00:04:18.959 what you want to work on and what's important for you. 76 00:04:19.160 --> 00:04:21.680 Yeah, it's funny. I was thinking actually the opposite, meaning, 77 00:04:21.720 --> 00:04:25.399 if you're over fifty or sixty, you probably have messed 78 00:04:25.480 --> 00:04:26.920 up a lot of things in your life that you 79 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:30.000 like to straighten out. When you're in your twenties, you 80 00:04:30.079 --> 00:04:32.040 haven't had too much time to mess things up yet. 81 00:04:32.079 --> 00:04:35.600 But I guess maybe your theory is it makes more 82 00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:40.000 sense to most in terms of there's also a disparity 83 00:04:40.480 --> 00:04:44.720 age differentials between what people want to do now. I 84 00:04:44.759 --> 00:04:47.519 guess health, exercise, an environment kind of about the same 85 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:53.199 three quarters or four fifths of the resolutions irrespective of age, 86 00:04:53.920 --> 00:04:57.160 But there is a difference when you get to things 87 00:04:57.279 --> 00:05:02.680 like hobbies and personally interest. Tell us about that more 88 00:05:02.720 --> 00:05:06.439 resolutions for young people for hobbies and personal interest than 89 00:05:06.480 --> 00:05:08.399 older people. This is quite a gap. 90 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:12.879 Well, when we were looking at the data, we really 91 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:16.560 looked at the aggregated data of what Americans were looking at. 92 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:19.680 So when we talk about hobbies and interests, there wasn't 93 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:22.920 interest in things like learning how to draw or maybe 94 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:26.079 learning how to crochet, and things like making a sour 95 00:05:26.120 --> 00:05:29.079 dough starter. But it feels like people are interested in 96 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:32.399 maybe taking on new hobbies, new interests, maybe things that 97 00:05:32.439 --> 00:05:35.120 they can do independently from their friends, and things that 98 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:38.600 they could do at their home to maybe continue to 99 00:05:38.680 --> 00:05:40.839 grow and learn something new. 100 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:45.639 Also a big disparity on work or career issues. Older 101 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:49.120 folks they kind of got to figure it out their 102 00:05:49.160 --> 00:05:51.959 work and career are sixty five and older. But people 103 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:56.600 who were in that young trench, two thirds of them 104 00:05:56.959 --> 00:06:02.959 make resolutions about again career or their professional work. 105 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:07.319 So we actually saw a really interesting trend this year 106 00:06:07.360 --> 00:06:10.639 around careers. So people were either looking for how to 107 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:13.399 choose a career that they love, change a career, or 108 00:06:13.399 --> 00:06:15.920 even start a career. And I know that for some 109 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:18.160 folks maybe they don't know exactly what they want to do, 110 00:06:18.519 --> 00:06:20.560 so they may turn to a tool like people search 111 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:23.079 to look for things. Like folks that are fresh out 112 00:06:23.079 --> 00:06:26.120 of college, they may look up things like jobs for 113 00:06:26.199 --> 00:06:29.000 English majors, so they can get a better idea of 114 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:32.040 the job market and what type of jobs exist for 115 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:34.800 them to enter into the workforce with the skills that 116 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:35.920 they're bringing to the table. 117 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:39.279 Of course, those people, those young people with archaeology majors, 118 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:41.560 they don't have to worry about finding a job because 119 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:44.000 there are no jobs in archaeology at this point, so 120 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:46.879 that probably have a little bit of a factor as well. 121 00:06:47.319 --> 00:06:51.199 Not much about sports or activities. It looks like a 122 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:55.480 lot about relationships with family and friends. Fairly tight shot 123 00:06:55.519 --> 00:06:59.680 group there what irrespective of the age, seems everybody is 124 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:02.720 worried about their relationships with family or friends. That's the 125 00:07:02.720 --> 00:07:08.040 one I think uh area resolution area that that people 126 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:10.959 are united on in terms of interesting irrespective of their 127 00:07:10.959 --> 00:07:12.839 age did Is that what you found as well? 128 00:07:14.360 --> 00:07:17.000 Yeah, so we did see a huge interest in things 129 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:20.600 like work life balance and wellness. Some of our top 130 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:24.160 searches were around just how to have better mental health, 131 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:27.600 how to how to communicate better, how to have better relationships. 132 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:30.680 So it seems like people are really wanting to be intentional, 133 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:35.480 apparently regardless of age, on creating better, stronger relationships with 134 00:07:35.519 --> 00:07:37.680 their friends and family, and we've seen that in our 135 00:07:37.879 --> 00:07:38.680 search data too. 136 00:07:39.560 --> 00:07:45.040 Now you are is it a Google text tech expert? 137 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:47.639 Is that that's the way I think it's. It's it 138 00:07:47.720 --> 00:07:50.519 reads here you're a Google tech expert? What does that mean? 139 00:07:52.399 --> 00:07:56.120 So what we do as Google technology expert we look 140 00:07:56.160 --> 00:07:59.519 at how Google tools can help people on topics that 141 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:02.240 matter most to them. So, for example, when we're talking 142 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:06.040 about things like careers, we look at what people are 143 00:08:06.040 --> 00:08:09.120 searching for like how to maybe build their resume, and 144 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:12.360 we have different tools that we look at. So, for example, 145 00:08:12.800 --> 00:08:16.680 our Grow with Google team has a really awesome interview 146 00:08:16.759 --> 00:08:19.399 warm up tool. So let's say you're about to go 147 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:21.600 do some interviewing, you haven't done it in a while. 148 00:08:21.720 --> 00:08:24.759 If you visit this chatbot, it's able to help you 149 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:28.439 practice your interviews and give you feedback on your answers 150 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:31.399 to make them stronger. Another thing that we look at, 151 00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:34.399 of course in the new year is around health, wellness 152 00:08:34.440 --> 00:08:37.519 and fitness and some of the tools that Google has 153 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:40.720 for anybody that maybe has some health goals is you 154 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:43.320 need to use the tools on hand. And the funny 155 00:08:43.320 --> 00:08:45.639 part I think about is maybe your tool on your wrist. 156 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:48.159 If you have a smart watch. I personally use a fitbit. 157 00:08:48.639 --> 00:08:50.840 You can use the data that these tools give you 158 00:08:50.879 --> 00:08:54.559 to make more informed decisions on your fitness journey. Whether 159 00:08:54.600 --> 00:08:57.720 that's trying to get better sleep with sleep tracking, or 160 00:08:57.799 --> 00:09:01.159 trying to be more mindful and do more yoga and meditation. 161 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:04.080 These different types of tools can help you reach those 162 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:06.200 goals and make it a little bit easier to keep 163 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:07.320 those resolutions. 164 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:09.960 All right, well, Christina, I think you and I have 165 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:12.440 bonded here tonight. So the next time that I can't 166 00:09:12.440 --> 00:09:14.519 get into my Google account, can I call you? 167 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:19.000 Of course, But I've just given you a hard time. 168 00:09:19.320 --> 00:09:21.919 Give me your hard time. Check out the box of 169 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:26.120 Carmen Basilio. It's a really good boxer fifties and sixties 170 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:29.360 top son of a gun. You might be interested. Basila 171 00:09:29.440 --> 00:09:31.360 was not a very common name, as I'm sure you know, 172 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:33.759 so you might be related after all. Thanks. You've been 173 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:36.399 a great sport, Christine. Enjoyed having you on the program, 174 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:38.559 and we'll have you back maybe. Okay. 175 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:42.679 Thanks, Happy New Year everyone, and good luck with your resolutions. 176 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:45.360 Yeah. I have no resolutions. It didn't make didn't make 177 00:09:45.399 --> 00:09:48.039 one because I always break them. I figured, why why 178 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:49.799 make something that I know I'm going to break. But 179 00:09:49.840 --> 00:09:51.399 there's a lot of people out there who do have 180 00:09:51.440 --> 00:09:54.080 the resolutions. Thanks again, we'll talk soon, Thank you very much. 181 00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:57.240 When we get back, we're going to talk about making 182 00:09:57.320 --> 00:10:01.720 the food supply safer, healthier, and more resilientlliance more resilient 183 00:10:02.360 --> 00:10:07.200 with a woman who's the Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory 184 00:10:07.279 --> 00:10:10.679 Programs at the United States Department of Agriculture. That's a 185 00:10:10.720 --> 00:10:14.279 long title. We'll be back with Jenny Moffatt right after 186 00:10:14.320 --> 00:10:15.480 this here on Nightside. 187 00:10:16.279 --> 00:10:19.480 Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World 188 00:10:19.559 --> 00:10:22.720 night Side Studios on WBZ News Radio. 189 00:10:23.879 --> 00:10:26.840 All right, moving right along, we are now going to 190 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:33.759 talk with Jenny Moffatt about making our food supply safer, healthier, 191 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:37.360 and more resilient during disruptions and in the future. Jenny Moffatt. 192 00:10:37.399 --> 00:10:42.399 You are a former Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs 193 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:46.519 at the US Department of Agriculture. Welcome to Nightside. 194 00:10:48.440 --> 00:10:50.480 Thanks for having me, Dan, it's a pleasure to be. 195 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:54.240 On When were you serving in the Department of Agriculture? 196 00:10:54.240 --> 00:10:58.960 Are you a career you know GS fourteen or fifteen 197 00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:01.919 or resist the position that you held for a period 198 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:04.039 of time or have you recently? Are you still holding it? 199 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:07.799 It says former, So I assume this is in your past. 200 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:12.639 I'm actually still holding it. I am in the Biden 201 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:17.600 Harris administration. So I will be on board until January twentieth, 202 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:19.840 and then we'll transition to the Trump administration. 203 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:24.440 So okay, so everybody has to leave. You can't stay 204 00:11:24.480 --> 00:11:28.320 a little longer. Okay, fair enough, So tell us what 205 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:32.639 what have you done? Tell what what successors you have? 206 00:11:32.799 --> 00:11:34.960 You know this area much better than I do. Tell 207 00:11:35.039 --> 00:11:38.639 us what you've done. We always hear about these food recalls, 208 00:11:38.720 --> 00:11:43.399 and there's a lot of that, and how much of 209 00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:45.759 it is proactive? How much can you anticipate or do 210 00:11:45.799 --> 00:11:48.559 you have to wait for a problem to develop and 211 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:51.440 get the word out and you know, throw throw that, 212 00:11:51.559 --> 00:11:55.159 let us away or throw those cucumbers away or whatever. Well, 213 00:11:55.200 --> 00:11:55.840 how does it work? 214 00:11:58.080 --> 00:12:00.360 Yeah, well, well, a lot of our work actually been 215 00:12:00.440 --> 00:12:05.679 on building a more resilient in local and regional food 216 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:08.799 supply chain. And so, really, if we rethink back to 217 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:14.200 the beginning of the COVID nineteen pandemic, there were lots 218 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:18.159 of food supply chain disruptions we saw right all across 219 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:21.480 the country. We saw places that in products that were 220 00:12:21.960 --> 00:12:25.399 not available on store shelves, and we realized at that 221 00:12:25.559 --> 00:12:29.440 time that this was It just revealed a critical need 222 00:12:29.519 --> 00:12:32.720 for change and a new approach to our food system, 223 00:12:32.840 --> 00:12:36.559 really building and strengthening a more resilient food supply chain 224 00:12:36.639 --> 00:12:40.200 so that we can withstand those kinds of shocks to 225 00:12:40.320 --> 00:12:41.080 our food system. 226 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:45.480 I was recently, matter of facturs this morning. I'm a 227 00:12:45.519 --> 00:12:50.960 big strawberries and banana and blueberries guy breakfast, and so 228 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:54.039 I'm looking at my package of blueberries and I guess, 229 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:56.519 and I realized they're not from Maine at this time 230 00:12:56.559 --> 00:12:58.519 of year, as they would be during the summertime. They're 231 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:02.919 from Peru. Do we make sure that particularly fruits and 232 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:07.960 vegetables that we're bringing in from outside other countries are 233 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:11.440 safe that a lot of the you know, the chemicals 234 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:14.759 that maybe we no longer use here in America are 235 00:13:14.799 --> 00:13:17.440 not still being used in countries around the world. What's 236 00:13:17.440 --> 00:13:18.639 what's the process there? 237 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:24.480 Well, I'd say there's a handful of different processes to 238 00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:29.120 ensure the face safety of food. So there there's definitely 239 00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:33.159 government oversight between federal government as well as state government 240 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:37.639 oversight of food that is being sold, whether that is 241 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:39.679 food that is being produced here in the United States 242 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:42.440 and sold or food that's being imported and sold as well. 243 00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:46.440 We have what the federal the Food and Drug Administration 244 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:49.279 has the produce safety rules to make sure that the 245 00:13:49.320 --> 00:13:53.360 food is safe, but also retailers and buyers of product 246 00:13:53.559 --> 00:13:56.240 do their own oversight as well for food safety to 247 00:13:56.320 --> 00:14:00.279 make sure that it meets the standards that they have 248 00:14:00.440 --> 00:14:03.879 as far as the quality as well as food safety standards. 249 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:07.559 So I mean, I get that if I'm you know, 250 00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:11.960 running a you know, a fruit farm or whatever, blueberry strawberries, 251 00:14:12.279 --> 00:14:14.960 that if I'm doing it in Maine or California anywhere 252 00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:18.480 in between, I assume that there are safety inspectors from 253 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:22.919 the U. S d A who who can periodically show 254 00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:24.440 up and say, hey, what do you use and what 255 00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:28.799 aren't you using is the Is there any concern and 256 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:32.679 I just am looking to actually feel better any concern 257 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:36.039 about stuff that's coming in from overseas, you feel that 258 00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:39.559 that that's as safe as our as our food products. 259 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:44.519 We do definitely provide oversight of product that's coming in 260 00:14:44.559 --> 00:14:49.039 from overseas. We also, you know, we're doing both food 261 00:14:49.039 --> 00:14:52.399 safety inspections for product that's coming in as well as 262 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:56.000 food quality inspections. So we have inspectors at courts of 263 00:14:56.159 --> 00:14:59.960 entries looking at product and making sure that it meets 264 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:03.600 the standards that are required for whatever the product might be. 265 00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:06.879 Now, I know that you got those of you in 266 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:11.960 USDA don't make policy. Obviously Congress makes policy. But as 267 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:17.440 someone who is under Secretary for Marketing and regulatory programs, 268 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:21.399 will you feel as confident when there's a change of administration, 269 00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:24.399 irrespective of whether it's from Democrat to Republican or Republican 270 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:29.360 and Democrat, that the same good standards that you were 271 00:15:29.399 --> 00:15:32.840 involved with will be carried on with your successors. 272 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:35.720 Yeah. 273 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:39.639 So one thing I'll say, Dan, is the rules and 274 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:44.159 the regulations continue. They might change over time, and it 275 00:15:44.200 --> 00:15:46.639 takes but it is a public input process for any 276 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:50.080 of those rules and regulations to change, whether, of course 277 00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:53.080 you know it is through the congressional process or what 278 00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:55.639 we call our federal rule making process. One thing I 279 00:15:55.679 --> 00:16:00.960 will say is while I work at USDA and Biden administration, 280 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:04.840 there are over one hundred thousand employees at USDA that 281 00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:08.919 our career employees. Those employees will continue to work regardless 282 00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:10.200 of administrations. 283 00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:12.559 So where will your next career stop be? I mean, 284 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:14.879 on a resume, it's pretty good to have under Secretary 285 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:18.440 of Marketing and Regulatory Programs for the USDA. Where do 286 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:20.480 you think your work will take You? Tell us a 287 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:23.480 little bit about yourself. How'd you get to that position? 288 00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:25.759 Not often we get a chance to talk with under 289 00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:28.000 secretaries here on Nightside. 290 00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:30.360 Yeah. 291 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:32.679 Well, I grew up in agriculture. So I grew up 292 00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:38.399 on my family's farm in California. My family raises walnuts, 293 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:41.679 organic walnuts, and so I grew up on the farm. 294 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:44.840 It was very interested in agriculture from a young age. 295 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:49.799 And after college worked in the nonprofit sector for a 296 00:16:49.799 --> 00:16:51.919 little bit and then came back to the farm and 297 00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:55.519 worked for our farm. And did you know all of 298 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:57.440 the different things that happen on a farm, whether it's 299 00:16:57.519 --> 00:17:00.639 everything from peril and making sure we're paying our bills 300 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:03.799 to all of our sales and marketing and working with 301 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:08.240 our employees to produce the wellness that we grew. And 302 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:10.519 then from there I went on and I went into 303 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:13.960 state government and worked for the Department of Agriculture in California. 304 00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:17.599 Loved the work that I did there and really felt 305 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:23.759 that it was such an important UH aspect to come 306 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:27.440 from working in agriculture and having a seat at the 307 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:30.640 table and being part of the conversations in policy making, 308 00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:34.559 and really loved that. And so then then moved on 309 00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:38.759 to us DA, And at us DA we've been we've 310 00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:43.319 been really advancing what we call the Food Systems Transformation Framework, 311 00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:48.440 and this is really about building and strengthening market opportunities 312 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:51.599 for farmers and ranchers so that we have for that 313 00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:55.960 farmers see new income streams, new revenue opportunities. They can 314 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:59.720 see a way in which that they can continue their livelihood, 315 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:04.720 hopefully hire more people, create more jobs, but also importantly 316 00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:08.440 be able to produce healthy food for their communities, like 317 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:11.240 you talked about the blueberries that come from Maine to Boston, 318 00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:16.640 and really strengthening some of our local and regional food systems. 319 00:18:16.680 --> 00:18:17.960 So I've been. 320 00:18:17.880 --> 00:18:21.880 Really excited about the work and just love the work 321 00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:26.599 that we've been doing at USDA in this administration. Back 322 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:29.799 in twenty twenty one, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan 323 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:33.799 and then at that time in the American Rescue Plan 324 00:18:34.079 --> 00:18:37.960 was five billion dollars for us to really transform that 325 00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:42.359 food system. And so when we got that money, actually 326 00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:45.680 it's four billion dollars, but still a significant amount of money. 327 00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:50.319 When we received that money from Congress, our first question. 328 00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:53.440 We went to this to farmers, to ranchers, to food 329 00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:56.000 producers and said, how can we best invest this money 330 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:58.960 to really make a transformative impact. We knew we had 331 00:18:59.000 --> 00:19:02.519 one time dollars, and they said, we need more infrastructure. 332 00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:06.440 We need more food processing infrastructure. We need more food 333 00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:11.480 distribution infrastructure. We need need more places where that we 334 00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:14.000 can take our product to market. We need more opportunity, 335 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:17.160 even on our own farm to do things like value 336 00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:20.519 added products, so turning brule berries, let's say, into a jam, 337 00:19:20.680 --> 00:19:23.680 or freezing them so that they can be sold year round. 338 00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:28.480 All of those different things require cold storage or require 339 00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:32.200 machinery or packaging. We need more of that. And so 340 00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:38.440 we've been through grants and also some loans been investing 341 00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:43.880 in regional food businesses around the country, and I as 342 00:19:43.920 --> 00:19:46.920 I've traveled and met with the producers that this has impacted, 343 00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:50.519 it's just amazing to see the difference that this has made, 344 00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:54.480 whether it is in produce, whether it's in meat and 345 00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:58.400 poultry processing, whether it is a dairy. It's really been 346 00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:02.680 just a game changer for communities and for those farmers 347 00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:06.359 and rangers to be able to really see a whole 348 00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:10.359 new way in which that they can develop new revenue stream. 349 00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:14.200 Well, Jenny, thank you for what you've done in the USDA, 350 00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:19.519 and best of luck in your future career plans. I 351 00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:21.799 know your career will change a little bit on January twentieth, 352 00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:23.680 but I really thank you for all the work you've 353 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:25.680 done and I appreciate you spending some time with us tonight. 354 00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:26.400 Thank you so much. 355 00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:29.599 Thank you very welcome. 356 00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:33.759 We get back on to talk about Boston's traffic. We 357 00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:38.000 rank fourth worst in the USA, twelfth in the world 358 00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:41.240 worst traffic. We spend about eighty hours those of us 359 00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:43.759 who commute eighty hours a year sitting in traffic. 360 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:45.200 Wow. 361 00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:49.680 Dan Mozilla, director of traffic operations for the Total Traffic 362 00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:54.039 News Network, back with him on Nightside right after the 363 00:20:54.119 --> 00:20:55.200 news at the bottom of the hour. 364 00:20:56.880 --> 00:21:01.839 You're on Nightside with Dan Ray on Boston's news radio. 365 00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:05.559 Thank you, Nicole, give you update on the Bruins. Unfortunately, 366 00:21:05.640 --> 00:21:10.000 the V's are down three nothing to the Edmonton Oilers 367 00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:12.279 as they come close to the end of the second period. 368 00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:14.920 With us now is Dan Mozilla. He's the director of 369 00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:19.920 Traffic Operations for TTWN Total Traffic and News Network right 370 00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:22.799 here in Boston. Hey, Dan Mozella, welcome back to Night's Side. 371 00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:25.720 How are you Hey? I'm doing good. Dan. You know 372 00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:28.759 when you say the title, it actually like sounds grander 373 00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:30.359 than when I say as the people. 374 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:34.160 No, I know, I give it the broadcast presentation the 375 00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:38.720 director of co operations for TTWN. Oh yeah, that important. 376 00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:40.440 So we now very important. 377 00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:45.200 Had the fourth worst traffic congestion in the good old 378 00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:47.599 US of A behind I guess New York, Chicago and 379 00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:51.839 LA But even more importantly, we are we are the 380 00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:54.839 twelfth worst in the world. I think of all the 381 00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:58.640 countries and all the cities around the world where traffic 382 00:21:58.799 --> 00:22:07.119 is nuts in Paris, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Rome, and we're we're 383 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:09.400 number twelve. That's quite an accomplishment. 384 00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:12.680 It is and we don't even have the Olympics, and 385 00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:14.799 it's and you know it's bad, man. 386 00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:16.599 I mean, wouldn't have been great to have had the 387 00:22:16.640 --> 00:22:19.720 Olympics back in twenty twenty five? Oh yeah, I mean 388 00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:21.119 that has gone perfectly. 389 00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:26.920 It would have gone without a hitch, without a hitch. 390 00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:27.720 Of course. 391 00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:31.920 You can just see those opening ceremonies with the cars 392 00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:34.079 driving down the Charles. 393 00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:37.759 Right, Yeah, exactly. It would be our own Olympic sports. 394 00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:40.519 It would be great. I would I would think I 395 00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.720 would get a gold medal in that. 396 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:43.920 Oh no, we had we had a lot of fun 397 00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:45.839 with that when they were thinking about that in terms 398 00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:48.680 of what, you know, I remember what they could do. 399 00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:53.920 But yeah, so look we're sitting. There's a lot of 400 00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:56.640 people who sit in traffic. I had never commuted nine 401 00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:59.279