In a recent article from Quartz, Chase Purdy details three important shifts in food policy across the country and how they are being led by citizen movements. Soda taxes, GMO labeling, and cage-free eggs have all won legislative victories on the heels of tremendous citizen engagement. Here in Berkeley, research continues on the effects of soda taxes…
We reached out to food policy experts to find out what they made of this turn of events—and what the USDA’s flip flop means about transparency for the American public.
January 26, 2017 By Nina F. Ichikawa, BFI Policy Director Kathy Ozer was born August 4, 1958, and taken from us way too early. We have lost a lion of the food and farming movement. In the more than quarter-century she led the National Family Farm Coalition, as well as co-founding or guiding other organizations,…
January 23, 2017 By Ann Thrupp, Berkeley Food Institute Executive Director This blog post originally appeared in the UC Food Observer on January 19, 2017. Over the past three years, I have been continually inspired by the remarkable level of student enthusiasm about education and activism tied to sustainable agriculture and food systems. At the…
Puzder’s nomination has many food policy and labor experts deeply worried. They say his history of opposition to minimum wage, overtime, and other pro-worker regulations portends a new era of strife for low-income workers.
President-elect Trump has nominated Sonny Perdue, former governor of Georgia, to be the next Secretary of Agriculture. This was the final Cabinet nomination, announced only two days before the Presidential transfer of power. As noted by Ag Insider, Perdue’s first cousin, Senator David Perdue, sits on the Senate Agriculture Committee, which will hold confirmation hearings on the…