Food Policy

Cliff Avoided, but Democracy's Future in Question

By Mark Muller
Posted January 25, 2013

While ethically compromised deals were occurring everywhere at the end of the year, one of the most blatant power grabs occurred through the last-minute, nine-month extension of the farm bill.

The one issue food activists should focus on

By Jane Black
Posted January 10, 2013

What issue might unite tattooed chefs, idealistic college kids and suburban moms in 2013? Getting antibiotics off the farm and out of the food supply.

Detroit: A Raisin in the Sun?

By Malik Yakini
Posted December 19, 2012

The Detroit City Council's decision to approve the Hantz Woodlands Project, the largest and cheapest transfer of public property in the city's history, has left many citizens angry and disillusioned.

Would you like more figs with that? Pass a Farm Bill for Farm-to-School

By Rebecca Wiggins-Reinhard
Posted November 2, 2012

Schools are one major entryway into improving children’s health. Yet, schools have been an outlet for surplus commodities, many of which are designed for a long shelf life, full of sodium and preservatives.

Honor and Restore the Right of the People to Feed Themselves

By Valerie Segrest
Posted November 2, 2012

For the Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest, our traditional food system is inextricably intertwined with our identity, and it’s crucial that government food policies honor that bond.

Restrain Corporate Power and Influence in the Food System

By Raj Patel
Posted November 2, 2012

Perhaps that’s why the most exciting changes in the food system are happening at a municipal and state level. Initiatives like food policy councils are useful first steps in the practice of reimagining how democratic control of the food system might look.

Government's Seat at the Dinner Table

November 2012

What is government’s role in creating a more just and healthy food system?

Government Is What We Make Of It

By Nina Kahori Fallenbaum
Posted October 31, 2012

We shouldn't conclude that historical missteps eliminate the usefulness of government or diminish our need to keep it accountable.

Pass a Farm Bill Now

By Don Bustos
Posted October 31, 2012

Delaying the passage of this farm bill jeopardizes the fragile policy work done over years by local, state and national groups to make some progress toward a fair, equitable and sustainable agriculture system in this country.

Fund Progressive Food Programs in Cities that Need Them

By Jenga Mwendo
Posted October 31, 2012

New Orleans needs government support to bring quality food retail businesses to the Lower 9th Ward.

Education is the Answer, for Government as Well as Consumers

By Kelvin Graddick
Posted October 31, 2012

Healthy eating education efforts are rarely framed in the context of the traditions and culture of the rural black south.

Make USDA the People's Department

By Cheryl Danley
Posted October 31, 2012

We need to acknowledge the U.S. agricultural system was built on a foundation of structural racism that has led to the social injustices we face today.

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Cultivating Leadership and Equity in the Food Movement

April 2013

The IATP Food and Community Fellows Program is coming to an end, but it's springtime for our work growing equity in the food system and cultivating diverse leadership in the movement.

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