Chef Tim Kolanko: We need a movement to find common ground regarding universal, non partisan issues like food safety, sustainability, overfishing, feeding the hungry, raising enough food to feed the planet, and farm subsidies

I’d like to get people to find common ground and focus on the universal challenges we all face. The world is getting more politically and culturally divided every day, and there are so many issues around food that affect everyone on some level. Food safety, sustainability, overfishing, feeding the hungry, raising enough food to feed the planet, farm subsidies, import and export tariffs, the list goes on and on. These are universal social issues that should transcend culture and politics. Anything that would help mend that divide and create a healthy dialogue would be progress.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Tim Kolanko, Executive Chef of Blue Bridge Hospitality. One of San Diego’s most…