by Adam Liebowitz | Jun 15, 2014 | Literature, Resources
This report examines the health and economic impact of the more than 260 million meals the City serves each year in public schools, child care and senior citizen programs, homeless shelters, jails, hospitals, and other settings. This market power can make healthier, more affordable food available to all New Yorkers.
by Tatianna Echevarria | Apr 30, 2014 | Literature, Resources
Presented by the Wallace Center, the Food Hubs: Solving Local report presents five case studies that show how small-farm aggregators and food retailers and distributors are teaming up to bring local food into larger-scale wholesale channels. The report’s target...
by Adam Liebowitz | Apr 30, 2014 | Films & Video, Past Events, Resources
The Food Chain Workers Working Group of CFF hosted a briefing on April 24th about the movie Food Chains, in advance of its US premier the following weekend at the Tribeca Film Festival and national release in the fall. Sanjay Rawal, the film’s director, was joined by...
by Tatianna Echevarria | Apr 16, 2014 | Food Systems Education, News
In her article, How the Local Food Economy is Challenging Big Food, published in the Next City Forefront series, Tracie McMillan discusses the challenges faced by small scale farmers and food businesses in the US today. Following the story of a small farm in Michigan,...
by John Eastman | Mar 1, 2014 | Films & Video, News, Past Events
I attended the February 11, 2014, CFF Urban Agriculture Working Group briefing about the forthcoming book–Beyond the Kale: Urban Agriculture and Social Justice Activism in New York City–and found the afternoon to be extremely interesting, engaging, and...
by Adam Liebowitz | Nov 11, 2013 | Literature, Resources
This report explores the potential for creating “Good Food Jobs” – jobs that pay a living wage, offer safe working conditions, promote sustainable economic development, and make healthier food more accessible to all New Yorkers.
