Food Access

No Simple Answers for a Complex Problem

Mike Curtin | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Food Desert, Hunger, Dc Food Deserts, Obesity, Food Access, Food Desert Obesity Link, Food Deserts, DC News
Mike Curtin

Food access is a complicated issue. While this web is as vexing as it is complex, it will not become less troublesome, tragic, or costly if we do nothing.

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Want to Reduce Food Access While Killing Jobs? Open a Walmart

Michele Simon | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Jobs, Walmart, Workers, Food Access, Food Deserts, Food Politics, Food News
Michele Simon

I shudder to think of the consequences to America's already suffering urban populations if Walmart succeeds in duplicating its rural retail takeover.

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Wal-Mart's Coming to Town

Nick Wiseman | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Food Access, Washington DC, First Lady, Michelle Obama, DC Central Kitchen, Wal-Mart, Dc, Healthy Corners, Dc Impact, Food Deserts, DC News
Nick Wiseman

For Wal-Mart to grow, it has to turn to urban areas. Not because of some moral epiphany, but because of the bottom line. The "food deserts" Wal-Mart wants to occupy lie on top of deep reserves of customers.

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Transforming D.C. Into a Culinary Capital

Nick Wiseman | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: DC Central Kitchen, Healthy Corners Program, Food Access, DC Restaurants, Dc Around Town, The Monocle, Bread for the City, Culinary Innovation, DC News
Nick Wiseman

D.C. is undergoing a transformation. Some call it a renaissance. Bold new restaurant concepts supplant stodgy steak houses. And culinary entrepreneurs bring dynamism to the market with novel concepts.

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Report: Illinois's Obesity Rate Continues Steady Climb

Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Skinniest States, Illinois Obesity, Fattest States, Food Access, Health, Exercise, Obesity Report, Illinois, State Obesity Rankings, F as in Fat, Child Obesity, Food Deserts, Chicago News

Per a report published Thursday by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation, adults in Illinois are among those in 16 st...

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Joanna Zelman

Farmers Fight To Bring Fresh Foods To Low-Income Communities

HuffingtonPost.com | Joanna Zelman | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Small Farm, Csa New York, New York Csa, Holton Farms, Obesity, Low Income Food, Fulton Houses, Organic Farms, Organic Food, Food Access, Ny Impact, Food, Low Income Diet, Diabetes, Fulton Youth of the Future, Farm-Fresh, Vermont Csa, Green News

NEW YORK -- As Linda Crosby hastily chopped fresh escarole for a cooking demonstration at the opening day of a small farmers' market in Chelsea, she l...

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How Agriculture Subsidies Are Making Us Sick

Elizabeth Kucinich | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Taxes, Bill Clinton, Cholesterol, Congress, Sustainable Food, Personal Health, Health Care Costs, Vegan, Obesity, Childhood Obesity, Farm Bill, Mike Tyson, Government-Subsidies, Food Access, Russell Simmons, Food Politics, Neal Barnard, Heart Disease, Farm Subsidies, Food Prices, Kathy Freston, Home News
Elizabeth Kucinich

When it comes to unhealthy food, the primary culprits are meat and dairy, which are high in saturated fat and cholesterol, and over-sweetened processed food.

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The Hustle for Good Food: Dispatches From the Bronx Food Summit

Elizabeth McVay Greene | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Majora Carter, Policy, Bronx, Food Access, Grocery Stores, New York News
Elizabeth McVay Greene

What's gone wrong in the Bronx to make a conference about food access necessary?

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Jamie Oliver at TED: On a Mission to Feed Kids Better

Paula Crossfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ted, Jamie Oliver, TED Talks, Obesity, Food Access, Green News
Paula Crossfield

This week, Jamie Oliver received a prize of $100,000 from TED, a non-profit about spreading ideas, for his efforts in bringing attention to the obesit...

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Go Bananas During National Food Desert Awareness Month

Mari Gallagher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food, Health Policy, Local Food, Sustainable Food, Health, Food Politics, Food Access, Nutrition, Food Deserts, Chicago News
Mari Gallagher

Fast, cheap and easy is not a porn film; it's the new American diet.

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Bad Seed Farm in Kansas City Brings Urban Farming to the Next Level: Legislation

Paula Crossfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food, Urban Agriculture, Zoning, Food Access, Urban Farming, Kansas City, Missouri, Organic Food, Green News
Paula Crossfield

How do we value urban land, and what are the existing laws on the books that keep urban agriculture from flourishing and feeding locals?

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All That Glitters Is Not Gold: Biotechnology Has Failed Us, So Why Promote It Abroad?

Paula Crossfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eric Holt-Gimenez, Hunger, Biotechnology, International Development, Food Access, Africa, Food Policy, Gmos, The Green Revolution, Raj Patel, Green News
Paula Crossfield

Groups like the Gates Foundation are trying to renew the idea of creating a "Green Revolution for Africa," using many of the same methods that have been so bad for India.

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The Battle Over Sliced Apples: New York Senators Gillibrand and Aubertine Take Secretary Vilsack to Task on School Food

Paula Crossfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Processed Food, Secretary of Agriculture, Farm Bill, Food Access, Tom Vilsack, New Administration, School Food, Food Policy, Usda, Kirsten Gillibrand, Darrel Aubertine, Value-Added, Green News
Paula Crossfield

No, Gillibrand and Aubertine aren't lobbying for the Corn Refiners Association -- they are pushing for local food.

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