Aug 4, 2020 | Current Events, EIJ, Food Justice, Policy & Public Health
The Next Covid-19 Aid Package Written by Alejandra Cleves (Fellow), Caitlin Balagula (Fellow), Ed Yowell (Chair), SFUSA Food and Farm Policy Working Group The following letter was recently sent by Executive Director Anna Mulé to key U.S. Senators requesting that the...
Jul 6, 2020 | Current Events, Policy & Public Health, School Food, Take Action
Written by Alejandra Cleves Morales (Intern), Cynthia Walters and Margaret Read (Member), Ed Yowell (Chair), SFUSA Food and Farm Policy Steering Committee A Spring Semester Like No Other There is little doubt that the nation’s 2020 spring semester was like no other...
May 29, 2020 | Current Events, Food and Farming, Food Justice
H-2A Farmworker Rights and Covid-19 May 29, 2020 Alejandra Cleves, InternEd Yowell, Chair,SFUSA Food and Farm Policy Steering Committee Foreign hired farmworkers, primarily from Mexico, are the backbone of U.S. agriculture. We depend on about one million, who work...
May 27, 2020 | Current Events, Food and Farming, News, Stories, Take Action
National Resilience Fund Round 1 Grantees We are excited to announce the first round of National Resilience Fund grants to 23 initiatives around the country! The fund is designed to give direct financial support to vital businesses and workers in community-based food...
May 27, 2020 | Current Events, EIJ, Food and Farming
Food after Covid-19: Opportunities for Equity, Inclusion and Justice (Scroll down to watch the recorded conversation.) On May 21, Chanowk Yisrael and Jim Embry joined Charity Kenyon, co-chair of Slow Food’s Equity, Inclusion and Justice Working Group, to discuss ways...
May 22, 2020 | Current Events, Food and Farming, Food Justice, Policy & Public Health
Food & Farm Policy: Bills to Support Right Now Ask your Senators to co-sponsor these bills! Find your senator’s contact info here. Use this script for an email to your Senator: Dear Senator ____, My name is ____. I am a constituent and a supporter of Slow...
