Critical Research Reveals Systemic Issues in Buffalo Food Supply Chain Good Food Buffalo in partnership with Food Chain Workers Alliance and HEAL Food Alliance Transparency for Justice: Buffalo Institutional Suppliers Extended Executive Summary A supply chain research project by students from the Social Justice in the Global Food System graduate [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Alameda County Passes Resolution Bringing “Good Food” to Correctional Facilities Contact: Katie Ettman, SPUR [email protected] 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 [...]
Local Food Producers May Get Priority In Alameda County Bea Karnes Patch.com The Good Food Purchasing Policy is touted as a way to boost the local economy while increasing the quality of food. ALAMEDA COUNTY, CA — Alameda County prisoners may soon be able to indulge their inner foodies. Alameda County Supervisors plan [...]
Good Food Buffalo Coalition Hosts Farmers & Legislators Forum Event announcement: The Good Food Buffalo Coalition is working to bring institutional market opportunities to small farmers in New York State. Institutions in New York State and around the country are being celebrated for innovative new approaches to increase their local food purchasing from small [...]
Greater Pittsburgh Food Action Plan Prioritizes Justice in the Food System Madeleine Sheinfeld Food Tank The greater Pittsburgh area is the latest region to create a formalized and comprehensive regional food action plan, thanks to the work of the Pittsburgh Food Policy Council (PFPC). “The hope was that a food [...]
Youth Leading the Way with Good Food Buffalo We had a lot of fun talking with students in Buffalo Public Schools about what they care about regarding good school food. The students we talked to are leading the way in their understanding about where school food comes from. They know what food they [...]
