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Is Michelle Wu America’s Food Justice Mayor?

Is Michelle Wu America’s Food Justice Mayor? Steve Holt Civil Eats The new leader of Boston is embarking on the most ambitious food policy agenda the city has ever seen, and one that could serve as an example for cities nationwide. On a raw, 24-degree February morning, Boston Mayor Michelle [...]

2022-03-28T22:40:10+00:00March 9th, 2022|

Pittsburgh Uses School Lunches to Take On Environmental and Labor Issues

Pittsburgh Uses School Lunches to Take On Environmental and Labor Issues An-Li Herring 90.5 WESA Pittsburgh Public Schools will review where it buys food this winter as part of an initial assessment for a “good food purchasing policy” it adopted in the fall. The plan seeks to promote healthy eating, [...]

2022-02-03T22:18:32+00:00December 28th, 2021|

To Tackle Racial Injustice in City Contracting, Start with Food

To Tackle Racial Injustice in City Contracting, Start with Food Michelle Wu and Sheldon Lloyd The Boston Globe Boston city councilor and mayoral candidate Michelle Wu and City Fresh Foods executive officer Sheldon Lloyd penned an opinion piece for the Boston Globe on how the city can tackle economic recovery, [...]

2021-04-13T23:40:07+00:00April 7th, 2021|

How New York City Is Revolutionizing Good Food Policy

How New York City Is Revolutionizing Good Food Policy Errol Schweizer Forbes New York City has released a comprehensive and groundbreaking food policy document. Food Forward NYC: A 10 Year Policy Plan is a sweeping overview of goals, strategies and operational considerations to ensure that the city is building an [...]

2021-04-05T19:04:21+00:00March 23rd, 2021|

UF Food Contract Should Require Fair Wages, Working Conditions

UF Food Contract Should Require Fair Wages, Working Conditions Richard MacMaster The Gainesville Sun We all learned as children about the food chain, the large number of individuals from growers and farm laborers to cooks and wait staff who brought our meal to us whether we chose fast food or [...]

2021-04-05T18:58:18+00:00March 12th, 2021|

Food Forward NYC: City Releases 10-Year Food Policy Plan

Food Forward NYC: City Releases 10-Year Food Policy Plan The City of New York NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Mayor's Office of Food Policy (MOFP) announced today the release of the City's first ever 10-Year Food Policy Plan, "Food Forward NYC," a comprehensive framework for a more racially and economically equitable, [...]

2021-04-05T18:52:20+00:00February 22nd, 2021|

Feeding the Future: Redefining the Student Dining Experience in Austin, Texas

Feeding the Future: Redefining the Student Dining Experience in Austin, Texas Lindsey Bradley Green Schools National Network What comes to mind when you think of food in school? For many of us, our perceptions reflect childhood memories or misconceptions. Today, school districts across the country are shifting their efforts to innovate the student dining [...]

2021-02-09T23:23:58+00:00January 29th, 2021|

Alameda County Passes Resolution Bringing “Good Food” to Correctional Facilities

Alameda County Passes Resolution Bringing “Good Food” to Correctional Facilities Contact: Katie Ettman, SPUR kettman@spur.org Alameda County, Calif. (January 26, 2021) — Jail food is notoriously terrible. A recent report by Oakland-based nonprofit Impact Justice exposed how millions of people in the prison system are subjected to undernourishment, fed an unhealthy diet linked to [...]

2021-02-02T23:14:15+00:00January 26th, 2021|
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