WKKF: Food/Rural News

Food safety on back burner

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST

By: Michael Doyle Publication: The Seattle Times Published: 06/11/2008 A nationwide salmonella outbreak attributed to tomatoes comes just as Congress and President Bush are finishing a tug of war over their farm bill, which omits some of the ...

Let Them Eat Kale: Schools Get Serious about Nutrition

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST

By: Debra Lau Whelan Publication: School Library Journal Published: 06/01/2008 With America’s kids in danger of becoming obese, a growing number of schools are thinking outside the lunchbox. Click here for more information. ...

Feeding the locavores

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST

By: Lindsey Nair Publication: Roanoke.com Published: 06/08/2008 Rising demand for locally grown food has created challenges for Southwest Virginia farmers. Click here for more information. ...

Do food miles matter?

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST

By: Erika Engelhhaupt Publication: Environmental Science and Technology Published: 04/16/2008 The benefits of eating locally grown food may not extend to curbing global warming, according to a comprehensive study of greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. ...

Do food miles matter?

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST

Local farmers join movement to save seeds, protect agriculture diversity

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST

By: Erin Ryan Publication: Idaho Statesman Published: 06/14/2008 Hundreds of feet inside a frozen mountain, billions of seeds from all over the planet are being stored in the hope of protecting our precious biodiversity from war, environmental ...

Shoppers Prefer Locally-Grown Food, Study Finds

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST

By: Clara Moskowitz Publication: LiveScience Published: 06/10/2008 A new study finds that grocery store and farmers market shoppers, in general, are willing to shell out more money for locally-grown foods than they would for the same product trucked, ...

Food Forecasts: Where Will We Be in 30 Years?

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST

By: Jo-Ann Heslin, MA, RD, CDN Publication: Health News Digest Published: 06/08/2008 Trend watchers at the Institute for Alternative Futures have taken a careful look at the global food system and predicted what the future may hold. Hold on to your ...

About Farmers, Without Farmers- On the food summit

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST

By: Sabina Zaccaro Publication: ZNet Published: 06/08/2008 Record high food prices and their impact on poor countries will dominate the three-day UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) summit of world leaders that opened Tuesday in Rome. But the ...

Cheap Food in the City? Grow Your Own

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST

By: Alice Gomstyn Publication: ABC News Published: 06/04/2008 As food prices continue to rise, many urbanites are beginning to share Fairman's reasoning. From Boston to Seattle, municipal officials and community organizers are finding an increased ...

Kids like planning gardens, not weeding

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Publication: United Press International Published: 05/26/2008 Children's gardens to promote exercise and healthy eating have mushroomed in the last 20 years, but what kids like is the planning, U.S. researchers say. Researchers at the Cornell ...

In Missoula, Stopping Subdivisions from Eating Up Local Food

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

By: Matthew Frank Publication: New West Development Published: 05/24/2008 As the push to localize our food systems is countered by the outward push of development, Missoula's Community Food and agriculture Coalition is working to find common ground. ...

Why we need the Farm Bill

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

By: Gus Schumacher Publication: Boston Globe Published: 05/26/2008 THE FARM BILL that Congress has overwhelmingly supported over President Bush's veto has taken a beating from many pundits and editorial boards, especially in the Northeast. Yet there ...

Our New Program Framework

Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Visit our What’s New mini-site to learn about the evolution of our grantmaking and how we are building on our past work to promote opportunities for all children. We are reframing our programs to strengthen the ties between our donor’s original intent ...

Farm Bill must be passed all over again

Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

By: Robert Pore Publication: The Grand Island Independent Published: 05/21/2008 It was discovered after the House vote that a 34-page section of the bill had been omitted, so Bush vetoed a different bill from what Congress passed. Click here for ...

The Rise of the 'Locavore'

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

By: Pallavi Gogoi Publication: Business Week Published: 05/20/2008 The strengthening local food movement in towns across the U.S. is reshaping farms and food retailing. The local food movement has already accomplished something that almost no one ...

Center for Rural Affairs urges Bush to veto Farm Bill

Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

By: Robert Pore Publication: The Grand Island Independent Published: 05/19/2008 Despite overwhelming approval for the new Farm Bill, the Center for Rural Affairs is concerned, stating, "This farm bill commits the federal government to subsidizing the ...

The high cost of lunch

Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

By: Christy Mullins Publication: Herald Online Published: 05/19/2008 School cafeterias - hit by the same rising costs for food and fuel as other consumers - may be passing those costs on to parents and students. Lunch prices in some areas could ...

Students sow healthy picks in schoolyard

Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

By: Stephen Maloney Publication: New Orleans City Business Published: 05/19/2008 For children raised in inner city New Orleans, access to healthy produce is hard to come by, and growing food to eat is an abstract concept at best. But the students at ...

When shopping, remember to take care of those who harvest our food

Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

By: Melinda Hemmelgarn Publication: Columbia Daily Tribune Published: 05/14/2008 According to the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs, some migrant and seasonal farm workers might be classified as "illegal," but close to half are U.S. ...