Blogs about: Food Justice

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Three Meals for Food Justice

johannahmargaretmurphy wrote 11 hours ago: While I have been living on a farm in Colorado I have been thinking about food issues. This entry is … more →

Tags: activism, cooking, Farmers, farming, Food, Local, sustainability

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mark vallianatos wrote 5 days ago: Montclair is a city on the west edge of San Bernardino County. It has a skate park, a city hall/ lib … more →

Tags: Montclair, nutrition labelling, Romano's Macaroni Grill

How Healthy is L.A. County?

Zoe Phillips wrote 1 week ago: How does the health of Angelenos fare compare to the national average?  What types of health dispari … more →

Tags: health, Los Angeles

Monday Catch Up

feminist2 wrote 1 week ago: Hope everyone had a good Independence Day weekend.  Here are some things we missed: Four Freedom Mov … more →

Tags: when the personal is political, Sexual Violence, Politics, LGBTQIA, global issues, Consumer society, Environmental Issues, Health and wellbeing, prisons

"Organic" Food is Questionable1 comment

taliawhyte wrote 2 weeks ago: Surprise, surprise (I guess ???) – “organic” doesn’t really mean organic, or … more →

Tags: USDA, Barbara Robinson, organic food

Monday Blogaround

feminist2 wrote 2 weeks ago: There’s a lot we’ve missed lately… so here are some good reads to catch up with: A … more →

Tags: when the personal is political, Sexual Violence, Politics, LGBTQIA, standards of beauty/body image, Feminist Role Models, Reproductive Health, The Economy, global issues

Gross inequality in access to healthy food

taliawhyte wrote 2 weeks ago: By Talia Whyte The Grio Access to healthy food is one of those issues that anyone – no matter … more →

Tags: The Grio, food inc, USDA

Food is Vital for America

shadowphenyx wrote 2 weeks ago: Will Allen, the inspiration for FoodCycles recently released his Good Food Manifesto for America. W … more →

Tags: Agriculture, Community Development, Food sovereignty, Social Justice, Urban Agriculture, community food security, community food systems, Food, Growing Power

A Farmers Market for Everyone. 7 comments

Social Justice Teacher wrote 3 weeks ago: For most people who receive food assistance from the government, shopping at a farmers market is out … more →

Tags: California, City Heights, EBT, EBT Card, electronic benefit transfer, farm bureau, Farmer's Market, Food, food cost

Respect Farmworker Rights, Chipotle!

shadowphenyx wrote 3 weeks ago: …students from MEChA de Auraria… (via Student/Farmworker Alliance) Send a message to Ch … more →

Tags: Agriculture, CSR, ethics, Ethnic Agriculture, Food, Food sovereignty, Global/World, Eric Schlosser, farmworker

Time to get tray serious: Get involved with a Child Nutrition Act campaign

Debra Eschmeyer wrote 3 weeks ago: School’s out for the summer, but there’s a food fight going on in the cafeteria. In Washington, Cong … more →

Tags: cnr, Farm to School, Michelle Obama, One Tray

Pruning, Pitchforks, and Poverty: Three Faces of Agriculture

mark vallianatos wrote 3 weeks ago: Today I ran across three articles that highlight very different facets of the nation’s farming … more →

Tags: Politics & Elections, climate change, Coachella Valley, farm workers, Farmers, Grapes

Trayless summer

mark vallianatos wrote 3 weeks ago: Today was the first day this summer that I saw any trays in the Occidental cafeteria. There was a b … more →

Tags: Sustainable Oxy, Cafetería, Drought, Trayless

PETA's Next Move: Recruiting Che Guevara's Granddaughter

feminist2 wrote 4 weeks ago: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has recruited Che Guevara’s 24-year old gra … more →

Tags: global issues, stuff that makes me angry, sexism, Advertising FAIL

Planning to Support Urban Agriculture1 comment

Moira Beery wrote 1 month ago: Urban agriculture is everywhere we turn these days. On rooftops, vacant lots, and school yards. As d … more →

Tags: pollution prevention, Progressive LA, Food, Los Angeles, Planning, Urban Agriculture, zoning

Community Transformation in draft health care bill

mark vallianatos wrote 1 month ago: The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee just released a draft of a health care ref … more →

Tags: Politics & Elections, food access, Health Care, Healthy Communities

Reauthorize the Child Nutrition Act

feminist2 wrote 1 month ago: The Child Nutrition Act needs to be reauthorized so that children at public schools across the natio … more →

Tags: Education, Health and wellbeing, activism

What we missed this weekend

feminist2 wrote 1 month ago: Violence against the trans community remains largely prevalent but ignored – Group of Teenager … more →

Tags: when the personal is political, LGBTQIA, global issues, masculinity, The Military, prisons, stuff that makes me angry, racism, sexism

Food production, "Food miles" and greenhouse gas emissions

feminist2 wrote 1 month ago: Via Sociological Images: Christopher L. Weber and H. Scott Matthews authored a report Food-Miles and … more →

Tags: global issues, Environmental Issues


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