The following list of topics and articles was published as a public service by Grow Calgary, the largest urban community farm in Canada. Jenny’s Food and Ag Update is published once a month by Jenny Huston of Farm to Table Food Services in Oakland, CA. To be added to the mailing list, contact Jenny at chefjennyhuston@yahoo.com.
November Update on Food and Ag
- How activists forced FDA to blacklist “carcinogenic” flavor chemicals the agency says are safe (The New Food Economy) https://bit.ly/2J9s0NS
- Iowa Farm Bureau’s Plan to Buy Secretary of Ag Race (Iowa Starting Line) https://bit.ly/2EF45Hr
- ‘’It’s not fair, not right’: how America treats its black farmers (The Guardian) https://bit.ly/2P5ZmU2 Sugarcane farmers can’t survive without large crop loans. For the Provosts, who say they suffered decades of discrimination, this could be the end of the line
- Eating Locally and in Season: Is It Really Better for the Environment? (Truthout) https://bit.ly/2CvWtEw
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