Shaping food policy from the ground up Mark Winne Lexicon of Food “…no famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy.” - Amartya Sen The older [...]
A National Food Policy for the 21st Century: A memo to the next president Mark Bittman, Michael Pollan, Ricardo Salvador, Olivier De Schutter Medium “Thanks to the productivity of our farmers, the United States [...]
L.A. Unified to ban the purchase of chicken raised with antibiotics Teresa Watanabe Los Angeles Times Aiming to bolster student health, Los Angeles Unified and five other major urban school districts announced plans Tuesday [...]
Can the Foodie Trend Also Help Food Workers? Michelle Chen The Nation What your community eats is based on what feeds into your social system. In Los Angeles, on one end of the [...]
LA School District Uses Its Spending Power to Support Local Farms, Workers’ Rights, and Kids’ Nutrition J. Mijin Cha Yes! Magazine We face two equally urgent and significant crises: rising inequality and climate change. [...]
LAUSD food effort makes local farms healthier too Teresa Watanabe Los Angeles Times Down a dusty road surrounded by orange trees and the rolling hills of Redlands, the farmer in a battered straw hat [...]
L.A. Unified's local food push is healthy for area economy too Teresa Watanabe Los Angeles Times The savory smell of nutmeg and cinnamon wafts through the Azusa bakery, where dozens of workers in blue [...]
