The LGBTQ+ farmers and collectives on this running list are creating supportive spaces for themselves and other members of the queer community, keeping agricultural traditions alive, and honoring the land.
VeggieRx Is Feeding Central Oregon’s Most Vulnerable Communities
High Desert Food & Farm Alliance’s VeggieRx program aims to encourage sustainable, healthy eating habits among Central Oregon’s most vulnerable communities.
Fatema Sumar Talks Oxfam America’s Response to COVID-19
“If you break the food supply chain, you can imagine how that would affect supermarket shelves”
Mike Curtin Talks DC Central Kitchen, COVID-19
“Poverty is expensive. It is hard to be poor”
Liz Neumark Talks Teaching Healthy Habits to Kids, COVID-19
“Our waiters who at this time last year were at black tie galas, are now delivering food to a very different slice of New York”
School Lunches Are As Important As Ever, Says Fleishman
“When chefs are able to see that they can be creative with school food and they can help change the palates of our youngest generation – I think it brings more culinary talent into this field,” says Fleishman.
We Must Meet The Needs Of Those Most Affected By COVID-19, Says Kimbal & Christiana Musk
Today on “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Dani interviews Kimbal and Christiana Musk. They discuss the importance of providing nutritious meals for students who are food insecure and rely on school lunches for sustenance.
Food Shift’s Food Waste and Job Training Program Seeks to Grow its Impact
Food Shift gives a second chance to both food and people—but they need help to grow their impact.
Block by Block: Florida Blue and Building Food Secure Communities in Florida
The Block by Block event for building food secure communities in Florida engaged leaders in the conversation of merging food and health and recognized twelve finalists in the Wellbeing Challenge for their efforts to fight food insecurity.
New Report Shows Both Hunger and Obesity on the Rise
The latest version of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report shows that rates of hunger and obesity are on the rise worldwide.
