Aug 19, 2020 | Current Events, Food and Farming, Food Justice, Policy & Public Health, Slow Meat, Take Action
Written by Caitlin Balagula (Fellow) and Ed Yowell (Chair) It is no secret that factory farms produce a vast majority of the nation’s meat. There are over 25,000 factory farms in the United States, and meatpacking is dominated by just a few corporations. Just four...
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 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...
May 12, 2020 | Current Events, Slow Fish, Take Action
Saving the Wild Salmon: Bristol Bay Contends with Pebble Mine Proposal May 12, 2020 Stephanie Armstrong, Intern,Ed Yowell, Chair,SFUSA Food and Farm Policy Working Group Save What You Love – Bristol Bay This story and call-to-action is about a salmon ecosystem...
