Organization |
Advocacy resources |
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General |
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Edible Communities |
~60 Edible magazines throughout U.S. Useful for identifying local food resources |
Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) |
Advocacy and lobbying for a broad range of food and nutrition issues, school food among them. |
Slow Food USA |
Promotes policies favoring slow, as opposed to fast, food |
Strategic Alliance for Healthy Food and Activity Environments |
Promotes policies to improve corporate and government practices that affect food and activity environments in California |
Community Food Security Coalition |
More than 300 organizations working to build sustainable, self-reliant, local and regional food systems, and promote a healthier farm bill. |
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School Food |
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Background legislation
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The Healthy, Hunger-free Kids Act of 2010
Proposed nutrition standards for school meals |
USDA programs |
Team Nutrition: supports child nutrition programs through training
Chefs Move to Schools: partners chefs with schools |
Public Health Advocacy Institute |
Promotes use of the legal system to improve school food |
National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity (NANA) |
Lobbies for federal policies and programs to improve school food and activity environments (a project of CSPI) |
Public Health Law & Policy
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Offers a policy package with goals and actions for school wellness policies, and a fact sheet on the schools section of its website |
National Farm to School Network |
Promotes connecting farm produce to schools |
California ProjectLEAN (Leaders Encouraging Activity and Nutrition) |
Helps develop school wellness policies and healthier food and activity environments (a joint project of the California Department of Public Health and the Public Health Institute) |
CANFIT (Communities, Adolescents, Nutrition, Fitness) |
Community-based initiatives to improve diet and fitness among low-income, minority adolescents |
Center For Ecoliteracy |
Rethinking School Lunch Guide shows how to incorporate ecological understanding into school meals |
School Food Focus |
Focus: Food Options for Children in Urban Areas |
One Tray |
More direct connection between local farms and school meal programs |
Better School Food |
Community-based connection of school food to health |
Cook For America |
Culinary training to support healthy school lunches cooked from scratch |
The Lunch Box |
Online toolkit with information about healthy lunch options |
Let’s Move Salad Bars to School |
Supports salad bars in schools |
Project Lunch |
Improves Marin County school lunch program |
Nourish Life |
Food and sustainability in schools and communities |
PEACHSF |
How-to guides and resources |
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Farm Bill |
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Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy |
Public policies for food and farming
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Food and Water Watch |
Bring agricultural policy in line with health and environmental policy |
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition |
Promotes healthier and more sustainable systems for small- and medium-size farms, farming opportunities, fair competition |
Organic Trade Association (OTA) |
Supports organic food production, large and small |
Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) |
Protect and expand food assistance programs
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Environmental Working Group |
Exposes inequities in food subsidies; provides data on who gets what |
PolicyLink |
Working to get Healthy Food Financing Initiative into the Farm Bill |