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Wal-Mart must prove its commitment to healthy food

Posted on January 31, 2011 by UEPI Occidental College — No Comments ↓

This column by Bob ran in the San Francisco Chronicle this morning, addressing Wal-Mart’s recent announcement that it will reduce the amount of sugar and salt in their processed foods. Read the column from the Chronicle here, or go to…

Tagged with: Food Justice, WalMart
Posted in Globalization, Grocery Accountability Project, Labor

how healthy is eagle rock’s food environment

Posted on November 22, 2010 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

I wrote a piece for Patch Eagle Rock about the food environment in the neighborhood.

Tagged with: Eagle Rock, food access, local food
Posted in Built Environment, Food and Transportation, Grocery Accountability Project, Streets

Breakthrough in the Fields

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Robert Gottlieb — No Comments ↓

The Coalition for Immokalee Workers’ called it a “Breakthrough in the Fields;” but it could also be called “Breakthrough — At Last!” The CIW’s imaginative, systematic, and complex series of actions and targeted campaigns, that began with the fast food…

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…

Walmart and NYC Restaurant Workers

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Robert Gottlieb — No Comments ↓

Wal-Mart’s announcement that it would increase its purchase of local food a few days ago has been applauded by some food activists but treated skeptically by others. On that same day last week, New York City Council President Christine Quinn…

Tagged with: Food Justice, unions, WalMart
Posted in Grocery Accountability Project, Labor, Uncategorized

21 ways to design food stores to improve neigborhoods & enhance food access

Posted on May 5, 2010 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

The goal of our food access & transportation project is to make it easier for people to get to good food and for good food to get to people in South Los Angeles. One of the ways to strengthen and…

Major food companies unfriendly to labor

Posted on December 13, 2008 by Amanda Shaffer — 2 Comments ↓

On Wednesday, the International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF) released “Working for Scrooge: 5 Worst Companies for the Right to Associate.” What do the four of the five companies have in common? Food. Del Monte, Nestle and Dole are all involved…

Obesity rates not about indulgence, but access

Posted on December 13, 2008 by Amanda Shaffer — 1 Comment ↓

On Wednesday, the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research released findings that, Low-income teenagers are nearly three times more likely to be obese than teens from more affluent households The policy brief’s authors cited environmental barriers to health, including high…

two cities – food justice in los angeles

Posted on December 1, 2008 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

Two Cities This post is the second in a series on food & Los Angeles. The first was Land of Sunshine, focusing on urban agriculture. The last will be City without Borders, about the future of food in an L.A.…

KPCC eats up Fresh & Easy’s marketing campaign

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Amanda Shaffer — 1 Comment ↓

On my way home from work today, I was dismayed to hear what sounded a heck of a lot like a commercial for Tesco broadcasting from the local public radio station KPCC under the guise of news. It’s Sandra Tsing…