June 2009 Blog Posts (2)

NYC Council Member Introduces Climate "Foodprint" Resolution

Council Member de Blasio, Manhattan Borough President Stringer, and food justice advocates rally in support of groundbreaking resolution to improve access to local, just and sustainably-produced foods and decrease NYC's ecological "Foodprint"

A groundbreaking council resolution was introduced today in the City Council by Bill de Blasio, and calls for a citywide "FoodprintNYC" initiative to create greater access to local, fresh, healthy food, especially in low-income communities as… Continue

Added by Nadia Johnson on June 30, 2009 at 5:41pm — No Comments

US dairy crisis, message from Willie Nelson & Farm Aid

The drastic drop in milk prices paid to farmers over the past year has led to an unprecedented crisis for dairy farmers who, on average, are being paid less than half the cost of production. Low prices and high production costs threaten to push nearly one-third of dairy farmers off their land over the next couple of months, strengthening corporate control of the dairy industry and severely impacting the health of local and regional economies nationwide.

“Setting a fair price for milk… Continue

Added by Ashley Colpaart on June 10, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments