From February 15 through March 15, 2010, the Blog For Food Campaign, a coordinated effort of participating Oregon bloggers, seeks to help Oregon Food Bank (OFB) raise funds to address the rising (and alarming) levels of hunger and food insecurity in the state.
Sadly, Oregon has joined the ranks of four other states (Mississippi, Maine, Oklahoma [...]
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Oregon Food Bank Needs Your Help: Blog For Food 2010 Campaign Begins
Rising Food Prices
January 11, 2010 Navdanya, Vandana Shiva’s website, reports even the simplest, most common foods, are rapidly climbing beyond the reach of many.
“In 2007 the food price index calculated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) rose by nearly 40 percent, compared with 9 percent the year before, and in the [...]
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Farm To School: A Conversation with Marion Kalb-part 3
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In this final segment, Marion Kalb, director of the Farm To School program, suggests practical ways to work with food service directors, and others, to bring fresh, locally produced foods, [...]
Posted in Food News Also tagged child nutrition, farm to school, farmers market, food politics, fresh food, k-12 school lunch program, Local Food Economy, poverty 2 Comments
Vandana Shiva: The Future of Food-Part 2
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In part two, Dr. Vandana Shiva expresses her strong views about the problems of hunger in the developing world; the struggle of farmers in India; biotechnology, and her prescription for the type of farming model she believes the world needs.
Related Post: Vandana Shiva: The Future of Food-Part 1
Dr. Vandana Shiva, [...]
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Joel Berg: How To End Hunger In America-Part 2
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In this final installment, Joel Berg, executive director of the New York City Coalition Against Hunger (NYCCAH), offers his solutions for ending hunger in America. The good news Berg argues, we can accomplish this feat, but we need the federal government to streamline the many separate food nutrition [...]
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The Growing Face of Modern Hunger in America
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Their numbers are well documented on government statistics, and survey results. Their highest counts are located in the following 10 States: Mississippi, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Maine, South Carolina, Georgia, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri*. There are 36.2 million of them; 12.4 million are children. For the most part, this group does not comprise the [...]
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