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Farm to Preschool honored by the White House

Posted on June 14, 2012 by UEPI Occidental College — No Comments ↓

Last month, UEPI’s Farm to Preschool program was among several great programs around the country honored by Michelle Obama’s Healthy Kids Campaign. A story highlighting that recognition is currently featured on the First Lady’s Let’s Move! blog. UEPI says kudos…

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Farm to Preschool Program Brings Fresh Foods to Urban Preschool Plates

Posted on May 12, 2011 by UEPI Occidental College — No Comments ↓

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Zoë Phillips, Farm to Preschool Program Manager UEPI, Occidental College 323-341-5098 (office), 323-258-2917 (fax) FARM TO PRESCHOOL PROGRAM BRINGS FRESH FOODS TO URBAN PRESCHOOL PLATES Preschoolers Tend Their Garden and Demonstrate Their Salad-Making Skills LOS ANGELES…

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L.A. Times article featuring Food Justice book

Posted on November 16, 2010 by UEPI Occidental College — No Comments ↓

Check out the L.A. Times post in the Greenspace blog featuring authors Gottlieb and Joshi and highlighting the “Food Justice” Book! “‘Food Justice’: A playbook for the future of food” Lori Kozlowski, Nov. 15, 2010 The Los Angeles riots in…

Kresge Grant to Fund Healthy Preschool Food Project

Posted on January 6, 2009 by UEPI Occidental College — No Comments ↓

Re-posted from Occidental’s Office of Communications: Building on previous success with schoolchildren nationwide, a $395,000 grant from The Kresge Foundation will make it possible for the Occidental College Urban & Environmental Policy Institute (UEPI) to extend healthy food and wellness…

School food: a fighting matter

Posted on July 15, 2005 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

“An army marches on its stomach” – Napoleon Except for the occasional military recruiting poster, public school cafeterias may seem far removed from the carnage-strewn streets of Iraq. But all those school lunch lines, subsidized meals, and little milk cartons…