By FALPC Intern, Kristina Kalolo Organic, GMO, grass-fed, free-range, natural, raw, vegan. For many consumers, these labels represent important social and environmental issues. While this is complicated but true, these categories also exist within a discourse that obscures the people behind these labels- the farmers and farmworkers who grow these foods, pick these foods, package […]
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“An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure”
By FALPC Intern, Kristina Kalolo The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) recently released, The $11 Trillion Reward an article that argues for “how simple dietary changes can save lives and money, and how we get there”. They contend that the simple and painless solution of increasing daily fruit and vegetable servings is the way to […]
Corporations, Cultural Genocide, & Food Sovereignty: The Sociocultural Side of GMOs
By FALPC Intern, Kristina Kalolo Earlier this summer we posted about GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) and how labeling legislation is being considered in Massachusetts. While that post talked about the consumer’s right to know what they are putting in their bodies, there is a lot more than just health to consider with GMOs. It is […]
Debunking Food Labels: Five Deceiving Terms
The food industry has a wide range of terms, labels, and buzzwords that are used to draw in consumers. Oftentimes these labels can be misleading and cover up inconvenient realities. 1) Free-Range Poultry & Eggs- While this encourages thoughts of chickens roaming on spacious fields, the reality is often the opposite. To be “free-range” means the […]
Walkability and Unrealized Assets: A Guest Post by Sam Bryson-Brockmann
Over the past two years I worked as a teacher in inner city Kansas City, MO. Returning to school this past fall as a Community Development and Planning (CDP) Master’s student at Clark University was hard because I no longer had that time with youth that had inspired me to move halfway across the country […]