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Food Deserts Aren’t the Problem
Slate, Feb. 10, 2014
Getting fresh fruits and vegetables into low-income neighborhoods doesn’t make poor people healthier.Read More
 
Manga Comics May Help Promote Fruit Consumption Among Youth
EurekAlert! Feb. 10, 2014
A recent pilot study in Brooklyn, New York, with minority students found that exposure to Manga comics (Japanese comic art) promoting fruit intake significantly improved health snack selection.Read More
 
Social Media and Green Tech Helps Create Sustainable Communities
The Guardian, Feb. 10, 2014
Technology is helping local people take the lead in promoting sustainable behavior—with benefits for community cohesion.Read More
 
‘Our Food, Our Future Series Begins Feb. 20
The Star Democrat, Feb. 10, 2014
From the White House to school cafeterias across the country, Americans are thinking more critically about what they eat. How does our diet affect us and what does it say about our society? Read More
 
Can Poor People Have Nice Things? Or Must They Be Displaced?
The Times Picayune, Feb. 10, 2014
How much say should poor folks in a community have when some big company plans to build something in their neighborhood?Read More
 
What’s For Dinner? The Farm Bill Has A Big Impact
The Houston Chronicle, Feb. 9, 2014
A new program would award grants to some farmers markets and grocery stores that match food stamp dollars if recipients buy fruits and vegetables. It has a bit of money to help finance the building of grocery stores in low-income areas that don’t have many retail outlets.Read More
 
Trader Joes Drops Black Neighborhood Store Plan
Associated Press, Feb. 3, 2013
The Trader Joe’s grocery-store chain has dropped a plan to open a new store in the heart of the city’s historically African-American neighborhood after activists said the development would price black residents out of the area.Read More
 
First Lady Enlists Subway in Childhood Obesity Fight
Politico, Jan. 23, 2014
First lady Michelle Obama has enlisted Subway, the largest restaurant chain in the country, in her mission to get kids to eat more fruits and vegetables.Read More
 
Review From ‘Respect for Dirt’ to Sunday Dinners, Soul Food Monologues Find Common Ground in Women’s Experience
Twin Cities Daily Planet, Jan. 15, 2014
Appetite for Change is a nonprofit food justice organization that teaches individuals, families, and communities how to grow, cook and eat healthy foods.Read More
 
Linking Food Justice, to Race, Class, and Climate with Dr. Eric Walsh
Uprising Radio, Jan. 14, 2014
The food justice movement in the United State is rapidly growing as more and more people realize how intimately their health is linked to what they eat, and how what they eat in turn is so controlled by corporations that it is imperative to take back control.Read More