Effort to Build More Humane Food Systems in New York ASPCA Late last year, we shared exciting news: the Good Food NY Bill (S.7534/A.8580) had been introduced in New York to enable public institutions to buy food that meets certain values-based criteria, including improved farm animal welfare. This afternoon, Senator Michelle Hinchey [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Mayor Lightfoot and Community Leaders Release Food Equity Agenda for Chicago Press Release City of Chicago, Office of the Mayor CHICAGO – Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot today announced the Food Equity Agenda, a multi-year effort, co-created in partnership with a cross-section of community and City representatives, to transform the food system by removing [...]
The city’s first food equity council works to feed everyone Sharon Hoyer Chicago Reader "I think policy is everything," said Dr. Angela Odoms-Young, a professor at University of Illinois Chicago who researches environmental and social impacts on diet-related diseases. Odoms-Young is one of two dozen public health experts, food justice [...]
Children To Receive Free Lunches At Select Los Angeles Parks Patch LOS ANGELES, CA — Starting Monday and through Aug. 9, children up to 18 years old can receive a free lunch at select Los Angeles city parks. The Summer Food Service Program aims to ensure that children in Los Angeles [...]
More than Capital: Why Worker Co-ops Need Access to Markets Camille Kerr Nonprofit Quarterly Camille Kerr: I was able with my time in this field to get the capital access we needed for ChiFresh Kitchen to get up, to get the infrastructure it needed. But now we need market access. We [...]
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, [...]
Why We Need A Public Food Sector Errol Schweizer The Checkout I have lived in Austin for over 15 years and I am a home owner, dad and entrepreneur. My wife and I have raised two kids here and love Austin. However, I am still processing the events of February [...]
Student Research finds Lack of Transparency, Systemic Discrimination in Food Supply System Fran Silverman Yale School of the Environment Photo credit: Photo Beto Efforts to help direct institutional food purchasing toward more equitable and sustainable food suppliers can be stymied by a lack of transparency and by discriminatory practices that [...]
