RT @MinnPost: ‘Food insecurity’ high among Twin Cities parents http://t.co/0EtQpnOb by Susan Perry…
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Tag: Food Security
Lexicon of Sustainability: Food sovereignty
Editor’s note: This is the second in a weekly installment of images from Douglas Gayeton and Laura Howard-Gayeton’s Lexicon of Sustainability. We’ll be running one image every Friday this win…
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How Institutions Can Impact Childhood Obesity – EmpowHER.com
Children’s rates of obesity have been increasing in the last 20 years.
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New Agtivist: Growing food sovereignty in the desert
Those who live in the desert borderlands of southern New Mexico face plenty of serious struggles. Water is limited, living wages are scarce, and many live in unincorporated communities called colon…
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KC Food Circle membership now comes with local dining card
The Kansas City Food Circle is highlighting area restaurants that have chosen to support local farmers and organic practices through a new Eat Local and Organic Dining Card that launched on January 1.
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Harvard Says No To Dairy
The Harvard School of Public Health made no bones about where they stand on dairy when they sent their findings to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and nutrition experts everywhere with the “Healthy Eating Plate” food guide. …
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Social Enterprise Promoting Health and Nutrition for Kids – Justmeans
Social Enterprise Promoting Health and Nutrition for KidsJustmeansWe want to get healthy products and education in the kids’ minds and hands early so they know how to eat right.” Recent figures from the CDC reveal that childhood obesity has more…
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Local Urban Aquaponic Farming Model to Reduce Food Mile, Create Jobs, Enhance Food Security
On the Westside of Los Angeles, in the Mar Vista district, urban farming organization, EVO Farm, is utilizing aquaponics to create a replicable and sustainable farming model that will facilitate the creation of a network of local urban farms that…
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Lunch policy change proposed – The Tennessean
Lunch policy change proposedThe TennesseanBut current board policy says school staff and principals are responsible for providing a separate fund outside of the schools’ nutrition budget to provide student meals and collecting lunch debts.
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Groceries hire companies to score foods’ nutritional value – USA TODAY
USA TODAYGroceries hire companies to score foods’ nutritional valueUSA TODAYAlice Lichtenstein, a professor of nutrition science policy at Tufts University in Boston who served as the vice chair of the committee, said more study is needed about…
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Farm bill may allow cuts in federal benefits for agriculture community – Killeen Daily Herald
Killeen Daily HeraldFarm bill may allow cuts in federal benefits for agriculture communityKilleen Daily Herald”In order to gain urban Americans’ focus on agriculture policy, which is not their forte, and to get them to support a farm policy that…
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This is All Tom Colicchio’s Fault – Edo Ergo Sum
[8] Harlem’s Farmers Market just opened in 2010 and it’s been a rousing success. http://marcussamuelsson.com/news/have-you-been-to-harlem’s-farmers-market. Partnership for a Healthier America Recipes.
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Top Six Food Politics Lessons Learned in 2011
This hasn’t been a banner year for improving America’s food system, food environment or food policies.
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Farm School NYC Trains a Community of Future Food-Forward Leaders for NYC | Inhabitat New York City
Non-profit Just Food encompasses all this farm fresh in New York City. Their Farm School NYC program is a two year course that provides professional training in urban agriculture. (RT @inhabitat: Want to learn about sustainable farming?
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Urban farming to make food insecurity a thing of the past
Global urbanizationFor most part of our history, we, the humans, have led rural lifestyle but the scenario has changed rapidly in the twentieth century with things becoming urbanized due to the massive migration of people to cities to live an urban…
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