New Haven, CT - Will Allen, CEO of Growing Power, has been to many a food summit. Many a local food conference, many small farm fundraisers. He travels around the country and sees first hand what cities are doing to ensure their local food system is vibrant and healthy and he gives first hand advice on what to do next. So he's seen alot but he told me that he saw something at the New Haven Food Summit 2012 on October 12th that he had never seen before: a community coming together to prepare a meal, and then discuss what they ate and how it got there. And how to make it better.
New Haven, CT - October 24 is National Food Day but New Haven is taking it a big step further and is declaring October to be Food Month! Chairwoman Tagan Engel and the New Haven Food Policy Council members have been working hard on a Food Action Plan that will change the course of our local food system and how food is grown, distributed and consumed in the city.
Agribusinesses Owning Natural/Organic Brands Betray Customers: Fund Attack on GMO Labeling Proposal in California. By using Cornucopia’s Proposition 37 funding guide, consumers can invest their food dollars in organic and non-GMO companies that are truly committed to supporting sustainable agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Seventy-five family farmers, seed businesses, and agricultural organizations representing over 300,000 individuals and 4,500 farms filed a brief last week with the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., asking the appellate court to reverse a lower court's decision from February dismissing their protective legal action against agricultural giant Monsanto's patents on genetically engineered seed.
