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Vote on Oats video for Farm to School to win $10K

Posted on October 20, 2009 by deschmeyer — No Comments ↓

Quaker Oats/Goodbite.com “Awaken Your Senses” Challenge With a click of the thumbs-up button under the Cherries video, you can help Jen win $10,000 to benefit the National Farm to School Network. Twelve food bloggers shared their favorite food memory via…

Tagged with: Child Nutrition, farm to school, Food Justice, health, nutrition
Posted in Farm to School

A Good News Night

Posted on September 25, 2009 by Martha Matsuoka — No Comments ↓

Our own Peter Dreier was a featured expert on the Rachel Maddow show talking about his recent report on ACORN and refuting the rightwing campaign against ACORN and our healthy school food Organizer, Elizabeth Medrano, discussed and analyzed the school…

Design the Future of Farmers’ Markets!

Posted on August 25, 2009 by UEPI Occidental College — No Comments ↓

For Immediate Release Contact: Vanessa Zajfen; vzajfen@oxy.edu / 323-341-5092 Design the Future of Farmers’ Markets! LOS ANGELES, CA: The Urban & Environmental Policy Institute (UEPI) at Occidental College is pleased to announce our partnership with GOOD for a design competition for…

Tagged with: buy local, farmer's markets, food, Food Justice, Los Angeles, nutrition, uepi
Posted in Press Release

UPS Delivers Community Food Security

Posted on March 17, 2009 by vzajfen — No Comments ↓

One of our project partners, the Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC) has created a thriving national movement that has forged new alliances between diverse constituencies, including farmers, environmentalists, food bankers, anti-hunger advocates, community activists, and public health professionals. They have…

Broadcast for Farm to School

Posted on February 2, 2009 by deschmeyer — No Comments ↓

Win $1,000 to tell it like it is. What is real food? Tell us your story. Sing it, write it, mime it, or shout it…in 30 seconds to 3 minutes. We want to know what you think Real Food Is……

Tagged with: farm to school, nutrition, video contest
Posted in Farm to School

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…

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.…

CFJ’s Farm to School Program on YouTube

Posted on October 20, 2008 by beery — No Comments ↓

The Center for Food and Justice just completed a three year project working with the Riverside Unified School District on a Harvest of the Month program using locally grown foods. This project, funded by the Network for a Healthy California,…

Tagged with: farm to school, farms, food, health, nutrition, riverside
Posted in Farm to School

the terMENUtor

Posted on October 1, 2008 by markvallianatos — 1 Comment ↓

So the governor, amid his vetoing of state legislation (including a badly needed fee on shipping containers that I hope to have the chance to write about) allowed a chain restaurant nutritional labeling bill by state reps. Padilla and Mignon…

Tagged with: food environment, nutrition
Posted in Uncategorized

Food Environment

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Amanda Shaffer — No Comments ↓

UEPI has long argued that food environments–food that is readily accessible and affordable where people live, work and play–have an impact on what people eat. Thursday’s article on the Time/CNN website, “It’s Not Just Genetics,” supports the growing recognition that…