Building a More Inclusive Campus Food System
In this guest blog post, you’ll learn about the Community Table Project at the UC Davis Student Farm, a new effort that’s addressing campus food insecurity and starting an important dialogue …
Hungry for Change: Food Insecurity, Stress & Obesity
The University of California’s Sugar, Stress, Environment & Weight Initiative (SSEW) is hosting its 11th annual symposium – “Hungry for Change: Food Insecurity, Stress & Obesity” – on the UCLA …
Donald Trump as “foodie in chief.” Food was central to the Obama White House. In fact, President Barack Obama was even interviewed in the White House kitchen in 2015 by NBC’s …
Daily Wrap: Trump and farm groups, climate smart ag and more
Happy Wednesday! A few things to inform and inspire your day. Can a Trump administration work out its differences with farm groups? President Elect Donald Trump’s victory can partly be attributed …
I was once a college student. Particularly after I moved off campus, I struggled with finances. My diet wasn’t varied or particularly healthy – lots of pizza and ramen noodles …
AmpleHarvest.org Connects Gardeners with Those in Need
If you’re like many gardeners, you may find yourself swimming in excess tomatoes, squashes, peppers, green beans and other garden-grown goodness right now. You can certainly preserve those fresh foods …
Hilal Elver, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
“Governments have a role to play to help hasten agricultural reforms as appropriate to the conditions of each particular society. Global food policy is increasingly organically interconnected. Any broad policy …
Q&A: Bill Shore, hunger activist and co-founder, Share Our Strength
“Today in America, one in five kids lives in a family that struggles to put enough food on the table every day. Here’s what that means: Sometimes the pantry is …
Q&A (part 1): Dr. Kenneth Quinn, Diplomat & World Food Prize President
“Other countries are engaged in that kind of public research. China will invest more money in that type of agricultural research than the U.S. Here we have an area where …
Will cooking and nutrition education for college students increase food security?
Happy Thursday! On today’s menu: Cultivating a healthy lifestyle…A food, nutrition and basic skills program for students at UCSB is aimed at increasing food security. The University of California Santa Barbara …