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Agribusiness

Cook County seeks public input on proposed food policy council

by Cassandra West September 17, 2011 Agribusiness

Share The Cook County Department of Public Health is proposing the creation of a food policy council for Cook County. The food policy council would be an official committee that explores cross-agency and cross-jurisdictional food issues and makes recommendations to the Cook County Board of Commissioners. Do you live or work in Cook County, Illinois? [...]

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Chicagoan LaDonna Redmond joins Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

by Cassandra West March 19, 2011 Agribusiness
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Share LaDonna Redmond, the new Food and Justice Senior Program Associate for The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, was back in Chicago this weekend for the Family Farmed Expo. Redmond, who recently relocated to Minneapolis to join IATP, is a Chicago native who built a national reputation around advocating for equitable food access, developing [...]

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Sherrod case highlights struggles of black farmers

by Editor July 28, 2010 Agribusiness

Share COMMENTARY By Susan Richardson For black farmers who were part of the landmark discrimination settlement against the USDA in 1999, Shirley Sherrod’s story is a reminder that the federal agency has a long way to go to end a legacy of racial discrimination.  The farmers sued because the agency frequently denied loans and other financial [...]

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Documentary explores history of the School Lunch Program

by Editor June 19, 2010 Agribusiness

Share By Susan Richardson Lunch Line, a new documentary about the history of the school lunch program, comes at  an important time. The 64-year-old  program is up for reauthorization by Congress as part of the Child Nutrition Act, bringing attention to what children are eating, where it comes from and the role of the federal government  in ushering [...]

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Chicago food activists stand with Haitian farmers in rejecting Monsanto seeds

by Cassandra West June 1, 2010 Agribusiness

Share Since the catastrophic Jan. 12 earthquake, many Haitians came to see agriculture as the most practical and long-term solution to healing the land and the economy. Then in stepped big agribusiness, as always, with its own solution, designed more to help its bottom line than the Haitian population. Monsanto, the St. Louis-based agri-chemical company, [...]

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