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Oliver De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur, proposed in a speach at the Bloomberg School of Public Health a “three-prong” approach to solving hunger that works differently than the classic method of boosting production and lowering food prices — which works against small-scale farmers. 1. More toward local food systems. 2. Agroecology [farming that imitates nature’. 3. Accountability, including [...] On January 25 First Lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack unveiled new standards for school meals. The changes are the result of the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, passed by Congress in December 2010, which resulted in improved standards for the first time in 15 years. Some of the highlights include: Ensuring students are offered both [...] Here are some stories about farm to school programs and related information worth reading this week: Five School Programs Feeding America’s Children ‘Lunch Ladies’ Criticize how CPS Updated School Food Area Farmers, Schools Plant Seeds of Support Role of Local Food Systems in Farm Policy is Growing Vegetables From Carmel Valley School’s Garden a Hit with Students Enticing kids to try fresh, local food in school lunchrooms! An example from Wisconsin here. An introductory guide for school staff, teachers and farmers, courtesy of farm to school in Ohio here. The Nutritious, Delicious, Wisconsin [NDW] curriculum is a thematic unit of instruction that uses local foods to teach nutrition concepts to elementary students. NDW focuses on Wisconsin foods with a connection to Wisconsin’s history, culture and people. The primary goal of the curriculum is to broaden to food experiences of WI students. Find the guide online [...] The Vermont Community Foundation and the Vermont Agency of Agriculture announced that the Vermont Farm Disaster Relief Fund is accepting applications for a new grant round focused on providing funding for emergency feed purchases. “As we anticipated, feed has now become an urgent need among Vermont farmers affected by Irene. Many farmers who thought they’d [...] The Cheshire County Conservation District is currently holding its annual Conservation Plant Sale. We are offering a variety of top quality evergreen and deciduous trees, wildlife and landscaping shrubs, perennials, ornamentals as well as berries and fruit trees and mushrooms. Many of the species we offer are native. For this reason they are healthy, hardy plants [...] An article by David Yarrow about using biochar in soil for carbon-negative farming. Read the full article here. Healthy Eating Active Living New Hampshire (HEAL) is pleased to announce the release of the Community Grant Program 2012 Request for Applications (RFA). HEAL is seeking applications from New Hampshire municipalities (cities and towns) that are committed to developing local solutions for improving access to affordable, healthy foods and opportunities for active living. The RFA and [...] Americans eat more meat than any other population in the world; about one-sixth of the total, though we’re less than one-twentieth of the population. But that’s changing. Full article here. |
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