Good Food for All

Daily Digest: Climate Action Day, Lake County Hunger Tour, and Anti-trust Investigations

Saturday, Oct. 24th is the International Day of Climate Action. To find an event near you, visit 350.org.  Slow Food on Campus chapters nationwide are organizing actions. 

Jewel Osco is closing its Urban Fresh store in Lincoln Park. 

A New York Times editorial weighs in on the agriculture anti-trust investigations.

USDA administrators paid a visit to the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences. 

The Lake Community Foundation led a food security tour this week to learn about local hunger. 

Federal emergency food funding will be reduced next year.

Daily Digest: Sustainable Food on NPR and Value-Chain Infrastructure

Listen to the most recent NPR Science Friday program on "Sizing Up Sustainable Food" featuring Michael Pollan, James McWilliams, and Brian Halweil.  The program highlights the higher demand than supply of local food, the need for lifecycle assessments, and the importance of investing in local infrastructure capacity. 

The New York Times featured three different op-eds related to farming, climate change, and urban agriculture:  Nicholas Kristof, Thomas Friedman, and Dickson Dispommier. 

According to Progressive Grocer, organic food in Chicago is more expensive than New York or Los Angeles, but the store brand, or private label, is cheapest in Chicago. 

The National Good Food Network posted its most recent webinar on value-chain infrastructure.  You can view the video with Michael Rozyne, Co-Director of Red Tomato. 

National Good Food Network Cluster Call: Innovations in Value Chain Infrastructure - Michael Rozyne, Co-Director of Red Tomato from Wallace Center on Vimeo.