Farm-to-institution programs create partnerships between local farmers and communities via schools, public institutions, restaurants and businesses. Farmers benefit from increased business; the community benefits from the dollars kept in the region; and the eaters -- be they schoolchildren or hospital patients in particular need of a healthy diet -- benefit from the nutrients of local produce. Here are some articles
01-07-2014
01-07-2014
Recently, Brooke Smith (Director of the Grassroots Action Network at WhyHunger), traveled with three of our partners—Don Bustos (NM), Alma Maquitico (TX) and Cesar Lopez (AZ) to learn and share with the Sonoran Desert Latino Food Justice Network. Conversations with leaders/activists/growers from Tucson down to the border town of Nogales, Mexico threaded through many layers of life and resistance in
27-06-2014
Farm-to-institution programs create partnerships between local farmers and communities via schools, public institutions, restaurants and businesses. Farmers benefit from increased business; the community benefits from the dollars kept in the region; and the eaters -- be they schoolchildren or hospital patients in particular need of a healthy diet -- benefit from the nutrients of local produce. Here are some articles
01-07-2014
01-07-2014
Recently, Brooke Smith (Director of the Grassroots Action Network at WhyHunger), traveled with three of our partners—Don Bustos (NM), Alma Maquitico (TX) and Cesar Lopez (AZ) to learn and share with the Sonoran Desert Latino Food Justice Network. Conversations with leaders/activists/growers from Tucson down to the border town of Nogales, Mexico threaded through many layers of life and resistance in
27-06-2014