The Health and Climate Consequences of the American Food System Cost Three Times as Much as the Food Itself
The Health and Climate Consequences of the American Food System Cost Three Times as Much as the Food Itself Laura Reiley The Washington Post The true cost of food is even higher than you think, a new report out Thursday says. The US spends $1.1 trillion a year on food. But when the impacts of [...]
What Can the Biden Admin Do to Make Our Food System More Resilient? Make it More Local.
What Can the Biden Admin Do to Make Our Food System More Resilient? Make it More Local. Ben Lilliston In These Times Editor’s Note: Writer Ben Lilliston is the director of rural strategies and climate change at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. An under-the-radar executive order signed by the Biden administration in late February could have [...]
Kate Mackenzie, MS, RD: COVID-19 Food Hero
Kate Mackenzie, MS, RD: COVID-19 Food Hero NYC Food Policy Editor Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center Why She’s a Food Hero: Kate Mackenzie leads the Mayor’s Office of Food Policy. As Director of the Office of Food Policy, she played a critical role in the development and management of NYC’s COVID-19 emergency food [...]
Memo: Food Procurement and Infrastructure
Memo: Food Procurement and Infrastructure Chloe Waterman Friends of the Earth, Mackenzie Feldman Data For Progress, and Julian Kraus-Polk Other contributing groups: Center for Good Food Purchasing, Food Chain Workers Alliance, HEAL Food Alliance, Farm to School Network Data for Progress Introduction In the Spring of 2021, President Biden unveiled the American Jobs Plan (AJP) [...]
Not Just Junk: Why We Need To Re-Think Food Processing
Not Just Junk: Why We Need To Re-Think Food Processing Errol Schweizer Forbes The Covid-19 pandemic shattered any illusions of a fair and resilient food system. While highly processed comfort and convenience foods trended at retail in the face of restaurant closures, supply chain disruptions and out of stocks, widespread food chain worker illnesses and deaths, and over 80 million [...]