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Double Up Food Bucks for the Win-Win: Healthy Food Incentives Boost Healthy Food Access and Local Economies
Posted May 23, 2013 @ 10:20 AM
Dr. Hesterman was one of the speakers at Altarum’s recent roundtable on encouraging healthy food choices in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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Farm Bill 2013: A Mixed Bag
Posted May 22, 2013 @ 1:30 PM
Last week, the Senate and House Agriculture Committees both passed a Farm Bill, and on Monday, May 20, debate on the Senate Ag Committee bill (S. 954 The Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act) began in the full Senate. The full House is expected to take up its Ag Committee’s bill (H.R. 1947...
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Press Release: Double Up Food Bucks program boosts local economy and healthy food access
Posted May 14, 2013 @ 1:44 PM
For Immediate Release—May 14, 2013 Double Up Food Bucks program boosts local economy and healthy food access New report confirms healthy incentives programs are good for farmers and low-income consumers
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Altarum Institute convenes national roundtable to explore healthy food incentives for low-income families and individuals
Posted May 14, 2013 @ 7:39 AM
Statement of Support Today, Tuesday, May 14, the Altarum Institute Health Policy Forum convenes a national roundtable to explore innovative approaches that encourage healthy food choices for low-income families and individuals in the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP...
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Incentives to Healthier SNAP Food Choices
Posted May 9, 2013 @ 2:38 PM
Join Altarum, Grantmakers in Health, and the American Society for Nutrition at their latest roundtable, "Encouraging Healthy Food Choices in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) - Examining Financial and Other Incentives to Change Purchasing Patterns,” on Tuesday, May 14...
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Fair Food Network’s Good Food Social Enterprise Lab
Posted May 9, 2013 @ 11:29 AM
History In March of 2010, Fair Food Network (FFN) gathered key information from recognized leaders in the field of community food systems with the goal of using the knowledge to help inform potential investment in the field. The information FFN sought from these leaders concerned the innovative...
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Cleveland Seasonal High Tunnel Project’s First Training Build
Posted May 1, 2013 @ 8:04 AM
High Tunnel Project Overview Fair Food Network (FFN) staff  just returned from Cleveland’s Salaam Community Garden 131, where staff and high tunnel specialist Adam Montri co-hosted a high tunnel training build for Cuyahoga County’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)...
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“Treme” star Wendell Pierce joins farmers, anti-hunger and food advocates to press Congress for healthy food/healthy economies
Posted Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:54 PM
Tri-Caucus briefing focuses on collaboration by Fair Food Network, Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), and PolicyLink.
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New in the Resources Section: Hunger in the Land of Plenty
Posted Apr 18, 2013 @ 11:53 AM
At FFN, we engage with stakeholders from many walks of life: low-income consumers who receive SNAP benefits, health care providers who serve low-income communities, community organizers, national thought leaders, and policymakers. Sustainable agriculture organizations, the antihunger community, the...
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Detroit Voices: A Community Calls Out for Change
Posted Apr 10, 2013 @ 3:07 PM
No place has more serious food systems challenges than Detroit; more than half of Detroit residents lack access to healthy, fresh food and consequently many suffer from food-related health issues. Yet, Detroit is also an epicenter of the good food movement with hundreds of neighborhood and school...
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