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This radio play-style podcast builds around a friendship between two 13-year-old foodies (Frankie & Fern) over an aromatic roasted brussels sprouts and pesto pasta lunch, topped off with homemade baklava, against the backdrop of pizza-scarfing tweens in the middle school cafetorium. The duo teams up to bring attention to food-related topics with a shared passion for all things food, while being vigorous champions of the environment. The Funky Foodies, Inc. mission? "Saving the Planet, One Veggie Burger at a Time."

Funky Foodies, Inc. features two tweens: Frankie- a non-binary science nerd who has two dads, an annoying 6-year-old brother, and a pet turtle named Shelly, and Fern- an artsy redhead who plays the trombone and whose mom, Gloria (who prefers being called “Glow”), is a beehive-wearing waitress at the Greasy Spoon diner. Fern moved to Mooretown (which Frankie aptly calls “Boretown”) and they share their first encounter at the middle school cafetorium, where they discover their mutual interest in food as it relates to environmental concerns. They form an alliance, pledging for, “Saving the Planet, One Veggie Burger at a Time” by taking action that can really make a difference, thereby empowering other kids to know that they can be impactful, too.

Funky Foodies, Inc.

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