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What You Need to Know about Food Stamps and the 2012 Farm Bill
Sep 22, 2011 @ 07:52am

This article, posted on Food Systems Network NYC website by Michael Crupain MD, MPH with Ed Yowell, presents great information about what we need to know about food stamps and the 2010 Farm Bill, including:

Reports

Questions for Oran Hesterman about the Good Food Revolution
Nov 23, 2010 @ 04:39pm

Originally published in The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal
(copyright 2010, Crazy Wisdom, Inc.)

Ann Arbor's Crazy Wisdom Community Journal interviewed Oran Hesterman about Fair Food Network, its mission and projects, and the good food revolution.
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Midterm Elections 2010: Implications for Food Systems Policy
Nov 19, 2010 @ 01:38pm

By Kate Fitzgerald, FFN Senior Policy Advisor

As we work to inform the debate on important food and agriculture policy initiatives, such as the Farm Bill and Child Nutrition Act, we will occasionally feature reports from our policy staff in Washington, DC.

This is the first of such reports, focused on the implications of the 2010 mid-term elections on food systems policy.
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Economic Impact of Localizing Detroit's Food System
Nov 16, 2010 @ 11:37am

What would be the economic impact of encouraging residents in and around Detroit to purchase more local food and beverages? In a word – major.

This report by Michael Shuman demonstrates how just in the city of Detroit, shifting 20% of food spending would increase annual output by nearly half a billion dollars.
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Healthy Food for All: Building Equitable and Sustainable Food Systems in Detroit and Oakland
Sep 08, 2010 @ 08:10pm

This report assesses the current environment and potential for change in two cities where the need for food justice is particularly acute: Detroit and Oakland.
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Leadership and Investment for Community-Based Food Systems
Sep 08, 2010 @ 07:18pm

Report from Convening in Holyoke, MA, and Dublin, NH, March 1-3, 2010.

In March of 2010, Fair Food Network took a step to gather 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. This report presents a summary of that convening.
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Growing Food in the City: The Production Potential of Detroit’s Vacant Land
Sep 08, 2010 @ 06:25pm

A report we’d like to share, produced by Kathryn Colasanti, Charlotte Litjens and Michael Hamm through the C.S. Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems.
application/pdf iconGrowing Food in the City: The Production Potential of Detroit’s Vacant Land
A Closer Look at Michigan
Sep 08, 2010 @ 06:20pm

Michigan is one of the hardest hit states in our economic downturn. This report presents some realistic facts about Michigan’s situation and the opportunity that exists in SNAP sales at Michigan farmers’ markets.
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Michigan Farmers Market Diversity
Sep 08, 2010 @ 06:15pm

This brief report demonstrates the diversity in some of Michigan’s farmers markets.
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Audio/Video

Fair Food: No Longer Just Fried and on a Stick
Sep 08, 2010 @ 06:33pm

In this podcast, A2ethics.org interviews Oran Hesterman about "fair food," which is definitely NOT about fried concoctions sold on a stick at the state fair!
Fair Food Podcast