Investing in a Good Food Future
Tanya Kerssen2020-07-30T22:41:58+00:00Investing in a Good Food Future Paula Daniels and Alexa Delwiche Medium As we look ahead to re-open the country post-COVID, we also have the chance to re-work our public [...]
Covid-19 Statement of Support
Christina Bronsing-Lazalde2020-04-15T22:43:32+00:00“We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond.” —Gwendolyn Brooks This is a time like no other. We find ourselves experiencing an unprecedented scale of disruption [...]
How Can We Improve Food Access In Chicago And Beyond? Food Policy Summit Brings Experts Together
Tanya Kerssen2020-03-03T01:57:48+00:00How Can We Improve Food Access In Chicago And Beyond? Food Policy Summit Brings Experts Together Maxwell Evans Book Club Chicago Activists Malik Yakini of Detroit and Navina Khanna of [...]
Local, Grass-fed Beef Coming to AISD Cafeterias
Tanya Kerssen2020-03-03T01:51:23+00:00Local, Grass-fed Beef Coming to AISD Cafeterias Russell Falcon KXAN The Austin Independent School District announced on Thursday that local, grass-fed beef is coming to its cafeterias. The district says [...]
Supporting Indigenous Foodways Is For Everyone, Says Daniels
Tanya Kerssen2020-03-03T02:04:53+00:00Supporting Indigenous Foodways Is For Everyone, Says Daniels Katherine Walla Food Tank Native Hawai’ian foodways are rising back up through the asphalt, says Paula Daniels, co-founder and Chief of What’s [...]
Reflections from Paula Daniels on a Decade of Good Food Organizing
Christina Bronsing-Lazalde2019-12-19T16:54:44+00:00The Los Angeles Food Policy Council and supporters, Immediately after the unanimous adoption of the Good Food Purchasing Program by the City of Los Angeles, on Food Day October 2012. Paula Daniels (center) is [...]
How to Fight Back Against Injustice in Your School Cafeteria
Tanya Kerssen2021-04-02T20:04:23+00:00How to Fight Back Against Injustice in Your School Cafeteria Jennifer Gaddis Teen Vogue This op-ed argues that our system of “cheap” industrial food and low-wage labor is incredibly costly [...]
Announcing our 2019 Good Food Heroes
Christina Bronsing-Lazalde2019-10-24T18:57:59+00:00Each year on Food Day, the Center for Good Food Purchasing recognizes exemplary leadership of Good Food Heroes: individuals or organizations with significant accomplishments related to the Good Food Purchasing Program in the past [...]
Why School Cafeterias Should be the Frontlines of Policy Change
Tanya Kerssen2019-09-11T23:41:17+00:00Why School Cafeterias Should be the Frontlines of Policy Change Jennifer E Gaddis The Guardian Healthier children, better wages, stronger local economies, sustainable food – the fight for all of [...]
How Are San Francisco Schools Doing on Their Commitment to Better Food?
Tanya Kerssen2019-09-12T03:28:24+00:00How Are San Francisco Schools Doing on Their Commitment to Better Food? Katie Ettman SPUR Lots of restaurants, private companies and public institutions say they source food ethically, provide healthy [...]
Vermont Expands Farm Grant Eligibility
Tanya Kerssen2019-07-22T23:32:40+00:00Vermont Expands Farm Grant Eligibility Kate Barcellos Rutland Herald Starting this fall, farmers will be able to apply for a portion of the Working Lands Grant to help pay for [...]
Culture Change For Climate Change
Tanya Kerssen2019-07-11T22:10:18+00:00Culture Change For Climate Change Konstanze Frischen Forbes What do fishermen, school cafeterias and the Catholic Church have in common? It turns out they are all allies in the fight [...]