Thank you! Your actions and advocacy have made a difference. We just wanted to share with you the latest update from Worcester County Food Bank, detailing the successes your advocacy has helped achieve this spring and to send out two last asks. The full text of the letter from WCFB’s Maggie Cawley is below. Please […]
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Advocacy Action Alert – Breakfast After the Bell
Hi, friends! We want to share some good news and a request for help from our friends at Worcester County Food Bank. We’ve been pushing hard to get Breakfast After the Bell over the finish line this year, and we’ve got a good shot at making it happen! Here’s the full text of the letter […]
Advocacy Alert: HIP Needs Your Help Today
I’m posting today to share a letter from Martha, our director here at the Worcester Food Policy Council. If you haven’t done this already, could you please pick up the phone and call your senator today? It’s the best way to let them know that you care about healthy food access for all of our […]
Breakfast After the Bell – 10 Reasons It Makes Sense
You probably already know that Breakfast After the Bell is one of our key legislative priorities this year (and it’s not exactly new – we’ve been working on it for a while and so have many of our progressive food champions in the legislature). What you may not know is why BATB is so important […]
Federal Government Tackles Wasted Food
Wasted food is a big issue — an enormous one, really, when you consider that nearly half the food produced in the US goes to landfills. In a world where we’re frequently at odds with policy proposals coming out of Washington, this release from the EPA was a rare bit of good news, so we’re […]