Center for Food & Justice

Policy Development

A Taste of Justice
On November 3, 2001, nearly 200 social justice advocates, community gardeners, farmers, farmers’ market advocates, teachers, parents, high school students, and food activists participated in A Taste of Justice conference. The conference, organized by the Center for Food & Justice and several other co-sponsoring organizations, was designed to facilitate networking as well as provide an opportunity to plan and strategize around food and justice issues in Los Angeles. Read the report on the conference, which includes a number of "next steps" for effecting policy change around food issues in LA.

Healthy School Food Policies: A Checklist
Throughout the country people are working to make schools healthier places to learn. They are getting fresh, tasty, locally-sourced food into school cafeterias and junk food out. Health-oriented school food policies have been one way that educators, concerned parents, and community advocates have advanced these goals. This working paper collects many of the innovative policies that have been adopted or proposed to improve school food. It provides a checklist of approximately 65 such policies. Download the checklist.

Food and Nutrition Priorities for Los Angeles
Progressive Los Angeles Network (PLAN) Agenda
Picture a Los Angeles where no one goes hungry, where fresh food from local and regional farms can be found in school lunchrooms, and all communities have access to food markets and farmers markets. A City where the Parks and Recreation Department serves a salad bar in their Summer Food Program, utilizing produce from the farmers’ markets that the City helped start. Where vacant City-owned land is utilized by community groups for community gardens, with the Department of Water and Power waiving water fees. Picture, as a result, a healthier and more livable Los Angeles. Download the PLAN recommendations.