{"id":13,"date":"2015-07-07T09:55:34","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T09:55:34","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-01-30T12:28:40","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T17:28:40","slug":"top-food-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/2015\/07\/07\/top-food-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Food Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/urbanharvest.jpg\" alt=\"woman gardening\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/>A big thank you to Adam Liebowitz at North Star Fund, a fellow member of the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders, for this great collection of news on all things food and farming.<\/p>\n<div id=\"x_stcpDiv\">\n<h3 class=\"x_null\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0;padding: 0;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 18px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing: -.5px;color: #606060!important\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">ECONOMICS &amp; TRADE<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=b2eae10282&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Don&#8217;t Let Food Industry Stir the Pot<\/a>.\u00a0 Pam Kock, Huffington Post, Mar 23, 2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=d717dc27a8&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The PR War Continues: Monsanto and the myth of peaceful coexistence<\/a>.\u00a0Laetitia Benador, Food First, Apr 2, 2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=861784cbe7&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trade Rules Create Obstacle Course for a Better Food System<\/a>.\u00a0Karen Hansen-Kuhn, IATP, May 15, 2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=ec95e8f68c&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Oliver Explains the Abuses of the Chicken Industry (Not the Ones You Think)<\/a>.\u00a0 L.V. Anderson, Slate, May 18, 2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=584f6639d6&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Walmart\u2019s Sustainability Promises: Myth vs. Reality<\/a>. Steve Holt, Civil Eats, Jun 5, 2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=e2104acd2b&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Egg rationing in America has officially begun<\/a>.\u00a0 Roberto Ferdman, Washington Post, Jun 5, 2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=7ed8b8ff93&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Whole Foods Markets: Throwing Organic Farmers Under the Bus?<\/a>\u00a0Cornucopia Institute, Jun 12, 2015<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"x_null\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0;padding: 0;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 18px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing: -.5px;color: #606060!important\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">ENVIRONMENT &amp; FARMING PRACTICES<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=1555846ead&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Climate Change Poses Serious Threats to Food Distribution<\/a>.\u00a0 Elizabeth Grossman, Earth Island Journal, Mar 4, 2015<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=23b24c50b4&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Let&#8217;s put an end to factory farming<\/a>.\u00a0 Tom Colicchio, CNN, Apr 6, 2015<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=30e9922672&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Food, Farming and Climate Change: It\u2019s Bigger than Everything Else<\/a>. Ryan Zinn, Common Dreams, Apr 13, 2015<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=d71e1d8f5c&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Feeding the future through agroecology<\/a>.\u00a0Dr. M. Jahi Chappell and Tara Ritter. IATP, Apr 21, 2015<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"x_null\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0;padding: 0;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 18px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing: -.5px;color: #606060!important\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">FOOD JUSTICE &amp; ADVOCACY<\/span><\/h3>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage2.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=35557e7600&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Racism and Capitalism: Dual Challenges for the Food Movement<\/a>.\u00a0 Eric Holt-Gimenez, Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development.\u00a0 Mar 25, 2014<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=c54bdaeba6&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Color of Food: America&#8217;s Invisible Farmers<\/a>.\u00a0 Natasha Bowens, Civil Eats, Apr 14, 2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=f0ab1a9a24&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Color of Food: Building Autonomy as African American Farmers<\/a>.\u00a0 Natasha Bowens, Civil Eats, Apr 14, 2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=f49b976b54&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Promised a Supermarket Five Years Ago, a Housing Project Is Still Waiting<\/a>. Keith Williams, New York Times, Apr 17, 2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage2.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=361e51ba2f&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The World Bank\u2019s Long War on Peasants<\/a>. \u00a0Eric Holt-Gim\u00e9nez and Tanya M. Kerssen,\u00a0Food First, Apr 20, 2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=a062ba317f&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What happened to America\u2019s black farmers?\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0Madeleine Thomas,Grist, Apr 24, 2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=f896b7780c&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justice for farmworkers as labor rights bill makes overdue progress in the New York State Senate<\/a>.\u00a0 Editorial, NY Daily News, May 3, 2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=55a35b1f47&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Can We Finally Treat Food Workers Fairly?<\/a>\u00a0 Mark Bittman, New York Times, May 27, 2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=b764299467&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New Food Movement Has a Problem with Race<\/a>.\u00a0 Lauren Rothman, Mucnhies, May 29, 2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=a8a6cce8a9&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Food Revolution and the War for Our Minds<\/a>.\u00a0 Jonathan Latham, Rural America, Jun 12, 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"x_null\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0;padding: 0;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 18px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing: -.5px;color: #606060!important\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">HEALTH &amp; FOOD ACCESS<\/span><\/h3>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=7ba13ab7b3&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fewer NYC teens are drinking sodas:\u00a0study<\/a>.\u00a0 Carl Campanile, NY Post, Apr 6, 2015<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=2b5fa93fc6&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">As Global Food Chain Grows, So Does Risk of Illness<\/a>.\u00a0 Maryn McKenna, National Geographic, Apr 7, 2015<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=f7f2b55690&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Food System Recommendations Should Account for More Than Public Health<\/a>.\u00a0 Gabrielle Blavatsky, EcoCentric, Apr 21, 2015<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=d5c315ef44&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lessons from Supermarket Failure in a Food Desert<\/a>. Kate McCleary, Liveable Future, May 5, 2015<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=ec320db5e3&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">School Lunch May Be Next to Nudge Antibiotics Off the Plate<\/a>.\u00a0 Maryn McKenna, National Geographic, May 8, 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=e3a636191e&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What Happened After One Family Went Organic For Just Two Weeks<\/a>.\u00a0 Huffington Post, May 14, 2015<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=00ae76e502&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">France to force big supermarkets to give unsold food to charities<\/a>. \u00a0Angelique Chrisafis,\u00a0The Guardian, May 22, 2015<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=b5fd9283af&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Former Trader Joe\u2019s Exec Opens Super Cheap Nonprofit Supermarket<\/a>. Brad Tuttle, Time, Jun 4, 2015<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=c05ad481e0&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Restaurants Pan New York City\u2019s Plan for High-Salt Labels<\/a>. Melanie Grayce West, Wall Street Journal, Jun 10, 2015<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=b1f9a79baa&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Daily Table: Is This What We Really Need?<\/a>\u00a0 Mark Winne, Beacon Broadside, Jun 30, 2015<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"x_null\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0;padding: 0;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 18px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing: -.5px;color: #606060!important\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">OTHER<\/span><\/h3>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=f8ff62236e&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CT jumps into top 10 in locally produced food index<\/a>. Hartford Business, Apr 7, 2015<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=2cfcd41bbf&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In Newark, a Vertical Indoor Farm Helps Anchor an Area\u2019s Revival<\/a>. C.J. Hughes, New York Times, Apr 7, 2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=d2e79de75a&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why \u201cClean Label\u201d School Lunch May Be a Pipe Dream<\/a>. Bettina Elias Siegel, Civil Eats, Apr 9, 2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=a8705656c1&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Council Members Ask De Blasio to Invest in Farmland<\/a>. Samar Khurshid, Gotham Gazette, Apr 21, 2015<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=82384639fb&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Craft Distilleries and Breweries Take Hold in South Bronx<\/a>.\u00a0 Winnue Hu, New York Trimes, Apr 22, 2015<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=03957f56e6&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USDA Report Shows Increase in Activity of Local and Regional Food Systems<\/a>.\u00a0 AJ Hughes, Seedstock, May 10, 2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=41cd1a312a&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vermont: America\u2019s Food Relocalization Laboratory<\/a>.\u00a0 Steve Holt, Civil Eats, May 13, 2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=4d62e8e03c&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Let\u2019s Help Create More Farmers<\/a>.\u00a0 Mark Bittman, New York Times, Jun 10, 2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=e0a64e1c48&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">30 Women Under 30 Changing Food<\/a>.\u00a0Danielle Nierenberg, Huffington Post, Jun 23, 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right\" src=\"\/site_media\/media\/uploads\/blogs\/food_and_faith\/images\/urbanharvest.jpg\" alt=\"woman gardening\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/>A big thank you to Adam Liebowitz at North Star Fund, a fellow member of the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders, for this great collection of news on all things food and farming.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n<div id=\"x_stcpDiv\">\r\n<h3 class=\"x_null\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0;padding: 0;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 18px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing: -.5px;color: #606060!important\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">ECONOMICS &amp; TRADE<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p class=\"x_null\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 18px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing: -0.5px;color: #606060 ! important;text-align: left\"><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=b2eae10282&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Don&#8217;t Let Food Industry Stir the Pot<\/a>.&nbsp; Pam Kock, Huffington Post, Mar 23, 2015<br \/> <br \/> <a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=d717dc27a8&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The PR War Continues: Monsanto and the myth of peaceful coexistence<\/a>.&nbsp;Laetitia Benador, Food First, Apr 2, 2015<br \/> <br \/> <a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=861784cbe7&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trade Rules Create Obstacle Course for a Better Food System<\/a>.&nbsp;Karen Hansen-Kuhn, IATP, May 15, 2015<br \/> <br \/> <a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=ec95e8f68c&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Oliver Explains the Abuses of the Chicken Industry (Not the Ones You Think)<\/a>.&nbsp; L.V. Anderson, Slate, May 18, 2015<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0;padding: 0;color: #505050;font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left\"><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=584f6639d6&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Walmart&rsquo;s Sustainability Promises: Myth vs. Reality<\/a>. Steve Holt, Civil Eats, Jun 5, 2015<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0;padding: 0;color: #505050;font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left\"><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=e2104acd2b&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Egg rationing in America has officially begun<\/a>.&nbsp; Roberto Ferdman, Washington Post, Jun 5, 2015<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0;padding: 0;color: #505050;font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left\"><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=7ed8b8ff93&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Whole Foods Markets: Throwing Organic Farmers Under the Bus?<\/a>&nbsp;Cornucopia Institute, Jun 12, 2015<\/p>\r\n<h3 class=\"x_null\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0;padding: 0;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 18px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing: -.5px;color: #606060!important\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">ENVIRONMENT &amp; FARMING PRACTICES<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p class=\"x_null\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 18px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing: -0.5px;color: #606060 ! important;text-align: left\"><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=1555846ead&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Climate Change Poses Serious Threats to Food Distribution<\/a>.&nbsp; Elizabeth Grossman, Earth Island Journal, Mar 4, 2015<\/p>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=23b24c50b4&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Let&#8217;s put an end to factory farming<\/a>.&nbsp; Tom Colicchio, CNN, Apr 6, 2015<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=30e9922672&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Food, Farming and Climate Change: It&rsquo;s Bigger than Everything Else<\/a>. Ryan Zinn, Common Dreams, Apr 13, 2015<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=d71e1d8f5c&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Feeding the future through agroecology<\/a>.&nbsp;Dr. M. Jahi Chappell and Tara Ritter. IATP, Apr 21, 2015<br \/> &nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<h3 class=\"x_null\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0;padding: 0;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 18px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing: -.5px;color: #606060!important\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">FOOD JUSTICE &amp; ADVOCACY<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage2.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=35557e7600&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Racism and Capitalism: Dual Challenges for the Food Movement<\/a>.&nbsp; Eric Holt-Gimenez, Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development.&nbsp; Mar 25, 2014<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0;padding: 0;color: #505050;font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left\"><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=c54bdaeba6&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Color of Food: America&#8217;s Invisible Farmers<\/a>.&nbsp; Natasha Bowens, Civil Eats, Apr 14, 2015<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0;padding: 0;color: #505050;font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left\"><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=f0ab1a9a24&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Color of Food: Building Autonomy as African American Farmers<\/a>.&nbsp; Natasha Bowens, Civil Eats, Apr 14, 2015<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0;padding: 0;color: #505050;font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left\"><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=f49b976b54&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Promised a Supermarket Five Years Ago, a Housing Project Is Still Waiting<\/a>. Keith Williams, New York Times, Apr 17, 2015<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0;padding: 0;color: #505050;font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left\"><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage2.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=361e51ba2f&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The World Bank&rsquo;s Long War on Peasants<\/a>. &nbsp;Eric Holt-Gim&eacute;nez and Tanya M. Kerssen,&nbsp;Food First, Apr 20, 2015<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0;padding: 0;color: #505050;font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left\"><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=a062ba317f&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What happened to America&rsquo;s black farmers?&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;Madeleine Thomas,Grist, Apr 24, 2015<br \/> <br \/> <a style=\"line-height: 1.6em;color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=f896b7780c&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justice for farmworkers as labor rights bill makes overdue progress in the New York State Senate<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em\">.&nbsp; Editorial, NY Daily News, May 3, 2015<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0;padding: 0;color: #505050;font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left\"><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=55a35b1f47&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Can We Finally Treat Food Workers Fairly?<\/a>&nbsp; Mark Bittman, New York Times, May 27, 2015<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0;padding: 0;color: #505050;font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left\"><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=b764299467&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New Food Movement Has a Problem with Race<\/a>.&nbsp; Lauren Rothman, Mucnhies, May 29, 2015<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0;padding: 0;color: #505050;font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left\"><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=a8a6cce8a9&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Food Revolution and the War for Our Minds<\/a>.&nbsp; Jonathan Latham, Rural America, Jun 12, 2015<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<h3 class=\"x_null\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0;padding: 0;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 18px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing: -.5px;color: #606060!important\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">HEALTH &amp; FOOD ACCESS<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=7ba13ab7b3&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fewer NYC teens are drinking sodas:&nbsp;study<\/a>.&nbsp; Carl Campanile, NY Post, Apr 6, 2015<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=2b5fa93fc6&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">As Global Food Chain Grows, So Does Risk of Illness<\/a>.&nbsp; Maryn McKenna, National Geographic, Apr 7, 2015<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=f7f2b55690&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Food System Recommendations Should Account for More Than Public Health<\/a>.&nbsp; Gabrielle Blavatsky, EcoCentric, Apr 21, 2015<\/div>\r\n<div><br \/> <a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=d5c315ef44&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lessons from Supermarket Failure in a Food Desert<\/a>. Kate McCleary, Liveable Future, May 5, 2015<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0;padding: 0;color: #505050;font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left\"><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=ec320db5e3&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">School Lunch May Be Next to Nudge Antibiotics Off the Plate<\/a>.&nbsp; Maryn McKenna, National Geographic, May 8, 2015&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=e3a636191e&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What Happened After One Family Went Organic For Just Two Weeks<\/a>.&nbsp; Huffington Post, May 14, 2015<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=00ae76e502&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">France to force big supermarkets to give unsold food to charities<\/a>. &nbsp;Angelique Chrisafis,&nbsp;The Guardian, May 22, 2015<\/div>\r\n<div><br \/> <a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=b5fd9283af&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Former Trader Joe&rsquo;s Exec Opens Super Cheap Nonprofit Supermarket<\/a>. Brad Tuttle, Time, Jun 4, 2015<br \/> &nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=c05ad481e0&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Restaurants Pan New York City&rsquo;s Plan for High-Salt Labels<\/a>. Melanie Grayce West, Wall Street Journal, Jun 10, 2015<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=b1f9a79baa&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Daily Table: Is This What We Really Need?<\/a>&nbsp; Mark Winne, Beacon Broadside, Jun 30, 2015&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h3 class=\"x_null\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0;padding: 0;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 18px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing: -.5px;color: #606060!important\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">OTHER<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=f8ff62236e&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CT jumps into top 10 in locally produced food index<\/a>. Hartford Business, Apr 7, 2015<\/div>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0;padding: 0;color: #505050;font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left\"><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=2cfcd41bbf&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In Newark, a Vertical Indoor Farm Helps Anchor an Area&rsquo;s Revival<\/a>. C.J. Hughes, New York Times, Apr 7, 2015<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0;padding: 0;color: #505050;font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left\"><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=d2e79de75a&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why &ldquo;Clean Label&rdquo; School Lunch May Be a Pipe Dream<\/a>. Bettina Elias Siegel, Civil Eats, Apr 9, 2015<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0;padding: 0;color: #505050;font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left\"><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=a8705656c1&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Council Members Ask De Blasio to Invest in Farmland<\/a>. Samar Khurshid, Gotham Gazette, Apr 21, 2015<\/p>\r\n<div><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=82384639fb&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Craft Distilleries and Breweries Take Hold in South Bronx<\/a>.&nbsp; Winnue Hu, New York Trimes, Apr 22, 2015<\/div>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0;padding: 0;color: #505050;font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left\"><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=03957f56e6&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USDA Report Shows Increase in Activity of Local and Regional Food Systems<\/a>.&nbsp; AJ Hughes, Seedstock, May 10, 2015<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0;padding: 0;color: #505050;font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left\"><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=41cd1a312a&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vermont: America&rsquo;s Food Relocalization Laboratory<\/a>.&nbsp; Steve Holt, Civil Eats, May 13, 2015<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0;padding: 0;color: #505050;font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left\"><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=4d62e8e03c&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Let&rsquo;s Help Create More Farmers<\/a>.&nbsp; Mark Bittman, New York Times, Jun 10, 2015<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0;padding: 0;color: #505050;font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left\"><a style=\"color: #ed7522;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/communityfoodfunders.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cf5cb8b8ad510b5f51fad52a4&amp;id=e0a64e1c48&amp;e=1c25021e20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">30 Women Under 30 Changing Food<\/a>.&nbsp;Danielle Nierenberg, Huffington Post, Jun 23, 2015<\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[33,34,17,24,32,36,35],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-justice","tag-environment","tag-food","tag-food-justice","tag-hunger","tag-news","tag-presbyterian","tag-trade"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.5 (Yoast SEO v23.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Top Food Stories - Food and Faith<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/2015\/07\/07\/top-food-stories\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top Food Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A big thank you to Adam Liebowitz at North Star Fund, a fellow member of the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders, for this great collection of news on all things food and farming.  ECONOMICS &amp; TRADE Don&#039;t Let Food Industry Stir the Pot.&nbsp; Pam Kock, Huffington Post, Mar 23, 2015 The PR War Continues: Monsanto and the myth of peaceful coexistence.&nbsp;Laetitia Benador, Food First, Apr 2, 2015 Trade Rules Create Obstacle Course for a Better Food System.&nbsp;Karen Hansen-Kuhn, IATP, May 15, 2015 John Oliver Explains the Abuses of the Chicken Industry (Not the Ones You Think).&nbsp; L.V. Anderson, Slate, May 18, 2015 Walmart&rsquo;s Sustainability Promises: Myth vs. Reality. Steve Holt, Civil Eats, Jun 5, 2015 Egg rationing in America has officially begun.&nbsp; Roberto Ferdman, Washington Post, Jun 5, 2015 Whole Foods Markets: Throwing Organic Farmers Under the Bus?&nbsp;Cornucopia Institute, Jun 12, 2015 ENVIRONMENT &amp; FARMING PRACTICES Climate Change Poses Serious Threats to Food Distribution.&nbsp; Elizabeth Grossman, Earth Island Journal, Mar 4, 2015 &nbsp; Let&#039;s put an end to factory farming.&nbsp; Tom Colicchio, CNN, Apr 6, 2015 &nbsp; Food, Farming and Climate Change: It&rsquo;s Bigger than Everything Else. Ryan Zinn, Common Dreams, Apr 13, 2015 &nbsp; Feeding the future through agroecology.&nbsp;Dr. M. Jahi Chappell and Tara Ritter. IATP, Apr 21, 2015 &nbsp; FOOD JUSTICE &amp; ADVOCACY Racism and Capitalism: Dual Challenges for the Food Movement.&nbsp; Eric Holt-Gimenez, Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development.&nbsp; Mar 25, 2014  The Color of Food: America&#039;s Invisible Farmers.&nbsp; Natasha Bowens, Civil Eats, Apr 14, 2015 The Color of Food: Building Autonomy as African American Farmers.&nbsp; Natasha Bowens, Civil Eats, Apr 14, 2015 Promised a Supermarket Five Years Ago, a Housing Project Is Still Waiting. Keith Williams, New York Times, Apr 17, 2015 The World Bank&rsquo;s Long War on Peasants. &nbsp;Eric Holt-Gim&eacute;nez and Tanya M. Kerssen,&nbsp;Food First, Apr 20, 2015 What happened to America&rsquo;s black farmers?&nbsp;&nbsp;Madeleine Thomas,Grist, Apr 24, 2015 Justice for farmworkers as labor rights bill makes overdue progress in the New York State Senate.&nbsp; Editorial, NY Daily News, May 3, 2015 Can We Finally Treat Food Workers Fairly?&nbsp; Mark Bittman, New York Times, May 27, 2015 The New Food Movement Has a Problem with Race.&nbsp; Lauren Rothman, Mucnhies, May 29, 2015 The Food Revolution and the War for Our Minds.&nbsp; Jonathan Latham, Rural America, Jun 12, 2015   HEALTH &amp; FOOD ACCESS Fewer NYC teens are drinking sodas:&nbsp;study.&nbsp; Carl Campanile, NY Post, Apr 6, 2015 &nbsp; As Global Food Chain Grows, So Does Risk of Illness.&nbsp; Maryn McKenna, National Geographic, Apr 7, 2015 &nbsp; Food System Recommendations Should Account for More Than Public Health.&nbsp; Gabrielle Blavatsky, EcoCentric, Apr 21, 2015  Lessons from Supermarket Failure in a Food Desert. Kate McCleary, Liveable Future, May 5, 2015  School Lunch May Be Next to Nudge Antibiotics Off the Plate.&nbsp; Maryn McKenna, National Geographic, May 8, 2015&nbsp;  &nbsp; What Happened After One Family Went Organic For Just Two Weeks.&nbsp; Huffington Post, May 14, 2015 &nbsp; France to force big supermarkets to give unsold food to charities. &nbsp;Angelique Chrisafis,&nbsp;The Guardian, May 22, 2015  Former Trader Joe&rsquo;s Exec Opens Super Cheap Nonprofit Supermarket. Brad Tuttle, Time, Jun 4, 2015 &nbsp; Restaurants Pan New York City&rsquo;s Plan for High-Salt Labels. Melanie Grayce West, Wall Street Journal, Jun 10, 2015 &nbsp; The Daily Table: Is This What We Really Need?&nbsp; Mark Winne, Beacon Broadside, Jun 30, 2015&nbsp;  OTHER CT jumps into top 10 in locally produced food index. Hartford Business, Apr 7, 2015 In Newark, a Vertical Indoor Farm Helps Anchor an Area&rsquo;s Revival. C.J. Hughes, New York Times, Apr 7, 2015 Why &ldquo;Clean Label&rdquo; School Lunch May Be a Pipe Dream. Bettina Elias Siegel, Civil Eats, Apr 9, 2015 Council Members Ask De Blasio to Invest in Farmland. Samar Khurshid, Gotham Gazette, Apr 21, 2015 Craft Distilleries and Breweries Take Hold in South Bronx.&nbsp; Winnue Hu, New York Trimes, Apr 22, 2015 USDA Report Shows Increase in Activity of Local and Regional Food Systems.&nbsp; AJ Hughes, Seedstock, May 10, 2015 Vermont: America&rsquo;s Food Relocalization Laboratory.&nbsp; Steve Holt, Civil Eats, May 13, 2015 Let&rsquo;s Help Create More Farmers.&nbsp; Mark Bittman, New York Times, Jun 10, 2015 30 Women Under 30 Changing Food.&nbsp;Danielle Nierenberg, Huffington Post, Jun 23, 2015\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/2015\/07\/07\/top-food-stories\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Food and Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-07-07T09:55:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-01-30T17:28:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andrew Kang Bartlett\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andrew Kang Bartlett\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/2015\/07\/07\/top-food-stories\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/2015\/07\/07\/top-food-stories\/\",\"name\":\"Top Food Stories - Food and Faith\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-07-07T09:55:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-01-30T17:28:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/#\/schema\/person\/7c7725d2162c8a26f77ab85e7894f944\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/2015\/07\/07\/top-food-stories\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/2015\/07\/07\/top-food-stories\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/2015\/07\/07\/top-food-stories\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Top Food Stories\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/\",\"name\":\"Food and Faith\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/#\/schema\/person\/7c7725d2162c8a26f77ab85e7894f944\",\"name\":\"Andrew Kang Bartlett\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/500e80d0517e36938c9dcc29cfa52930?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/500e80d0517e36938c9dcc29cfa52930?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Andrew Kang Bartlett\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/author\/andrewkangbartlett\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Top Food Stories - Food and Faith","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/2015\/07\/07\/top-food-stories\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Top Food Stories","og_description":"A big thank you to Adam Liebowitz at North Star Fund, a fellow member of the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders, for this great collection of news on all things food and farming.  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