UEPI News and Commentary

New Report on 10 Years of California Farm to School

The Center for Food & Justice at Occidental College is pleased to announce the release of a new report on ten years of Farm to School in California.

A Growing Movement: A Decade of Farm to School in California.
By Anupama Joshi and Moira Beery of the Center for Food & Justice at Occidental College

A Growing Movement: A Decade of Farm to School in California is a brand new resource from the California Farm to School Program at the Center for Food & Justice. The farm to school movement began in California more than 10 years ago. This report tells the story of work undertaken by farm to school proponents in California and chronicles the emergence of the program, and the impacts it has had on students, farmers, and communities around the state.

Click here to download the report.

New Farm to Hospital Brochure Released

Farm to Hospital: Supporting Local Agriculture and Improving Health Care

By Moira Beery, Center for Food & Justice, and Kristen Markley, Community Food Security Coalition.

This brochure introduces interested farmers and hospital food service departments to the ins and outs of developing partnerships between hospitals and local farms. Included are examples of ways hospitals can improve the food they offer, issues for farmers to consider if they are interested in selling products to area hospitals, and specific case studies of successful programs.

Download the brochure for free here: http://www.foodsecurity.org/F2H_Brochure.pdf

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The Tesco Invasion

August 2, 2007

Contact:
Diana Buckhantz, 323-934-0443, 213-591-1681
Amanda Shaffer, 323- 259-2759, cell 626-818-2348

REPORT ANALYZES GLOBAL FOOD RETAIL GIANT AS IT LANDS IN U.S.

Report Details Tesco’s Promises, Policies, and Past Performance

Consumers, community residents, and policymakers need to question and hold accountable promises made by British food giant Tesco as it prepares to enter the U.S. market, according to a new report, Shopping for a Market, by the Occidental College Urban & Environmental Policy Institute released today.