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Health Equity

Too Many U.S. Communities Are 'First Food Deserts' By Kimberly Seals Allers Posted March 5, 2013 Strong community support and resources are a starting point in the next frontier for breastfeeding success. Kimberly Seals Allers challenges governors in three Southern states to make a pledge to mothers.	Is Your Community "First Food Friendly?" Join the Movement! Video By Kimberly Seals Allers Posted February 22, 2013 Join the movement to ensure that all communities are first food friendly--a place where all mothers and babies thrive!	Fighting Hunger or Causing Hunger? By Andy Fisher Posted January 11, 2013 Why we should hold our applause for Walmart's flashy anti-hunger initiative.	How a Soul Train can help kids eat healthier By Kimberly Seals Allers Posted December 14, 2012 If you are a mom who wants to save money at the grocery store and fill your cart with healthier food items, I have one foolproof tip for you.
Would you like more figs with that? Pass a Farm Bill for Farm-to-School By Rebecca Wiggins-Reinhard Posted November 2, 2012 Schools are one major entryway into improving children’s health. Yet, schools have been an outlet for surplus commodities, many of which are designed for a long shelf life, full of sodium and preservatives.	At Last: Linking Health Care and a Sustainable Food System (Slideshow) By Melinda Hemmelgarn Posted October 30, 2012 Dick and Diana Dyer have always wanted to farm, but they needed jobs with access to health care.	The Government Can Start With Women and Infants By Kimberly Seals Allers Posted October 29, 2012 Our government remains an active participant in promoting unhealthy food practices for its most vulnerable citizens. Let's start with the first food, breast milk.	A quick-read nutrition label? It’s out there. By Jane Black Posted October 26, 2012 Bon Appetit Management has created the "Goldilocks" of food labels: There’s not too much information to confuse consumers. But there’s not so little as to be meaningless.
American Voices: Haile Johnston By Haile Johnston Posted September 11, 2012	Protecting Our Potential: LaDonna Redmond at TEDx TC Video Posted July 23, 2012 LaDonna Redmond tells her story at TEDx TC	Whoopi, get your (sister) act together on breastfeeding By Kimberly Seals Allers Posted May 4, 2012 Whoopi Goldberg's recent anti-breastfeeding rant on The View is bad for the health of women and their babies.	Are hospitals undermining neonatal health by pushing formula? By Kimberly Seals Allers Posted April 30, 2012 Pharmaceutical companies want your baby hooked on their infant formula whether you want to breastfeed or not--And hospitals may be in cahoots.

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Ideas in focus

Cultivating Leadership and Equity in the Food Movement

April 2013

The IATP Food and Community Fellows Program is coming to an end, but it's springtime for our work growing equity in the food system and cultivating diverse leadership in the movement.

Issues

Children's Health and Well-being Food Workers Health Equity Community Economic Development Food Policy Growing Food Movement Building Food and Culture

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