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Aiden Reed points out vegetables painted on the wall at the Oakland Museum of California. The museum’s new exhibit, “Take Root: Oakland Grows Food,” explores the city’s urban farming community. [Ali Tadayon/Bay Area News Group]

New Oakland museum exhibit spotlights local urban farmers

by Ali Tadayon East Bay Times January 15, 2018

A new exhibit at the Oakland Museum of California aims to grow visitors’ knowledge of how, where and why food is grown in the city. “Take Root: Oakland Grows Food” highlights Oakland urban farmers and explains the challenges they face and motiv...

[Photo: Keith Williamson, Flickr]

Food made from ‘ugly’ produce could be a beautiful business opportunity

by Cassie Chew Food Dive January 12, 2018

A growing number of manufacturers are meeting consumer demand for mission-based, sustainable and plant-based food by developing products made from "ugly" produce....

Mazon’s “This is Hunger” truck/exhibit [Photo/Courtesy Mazon]

“This is Hunger” truck on exhibit in California

by J.Staff The Jewish News of Northern California January 9, 2018

The traveling, interactive exhibit put on by Mazon, a Jewish advocacy and policy group working to end hunger in this country and Israel, has visited more than 50 cities on its 16-month tour in the US ...

Photo: Philip Cohen via New Food Economy

Prison food is making U.S. inmates disproportionately sick

by H. Claire Brown and Joe Fassler The New Food Economy January 8, 2018

According to a recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), published in the American Journal of Public Health, correctional inmates are 6.4 times more likely to suffer from a food-related ...

A college student selecting groceries from an on-campus food pantry [Photo: Dan Speicher, Trib Review]

New York governor calls for food pantries at all public colleges

by Jamie Martines Pittsburgh Tribune Review January 3, 2018

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is calling for all state universities to provide physical food pantries on campus or provide other means for students in need to receive food, making New York the first state to require every public campus to have a foo...

[Photo: Getty Images]

Children in charter schools shouldn’t go hungry

by Eve Rifkin The Hill December 26, 2017

Only three US States and the District of Columbia require public charter schools to provide meals to needy students and current policy regarding which schools are required to provide meals for poor students is left entirely up to the states. ...

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