Photo source: Greg Mihailovich (@gregmihailovich) | Twitter At the end of March, the New York City Council passed and sent to the Mayor legislation that requires restaurants and other food service establishments to serve water, low-fat milk or 100% juice as the default drinks with children’s meals, rather than soda or other sugary drinks. Parents can [...]
FOOD POLICY FROM ELSEWHERE Globalization and neoliberal policies are shaping current food and agricultural systems. Food in cities and certain ideas regarding local food systems have emerged as counter-movements. As formulated in The Declaration of Nyéléni,1 food sovereignty refers to “the right of people to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and [...]
In response to growing pressure from eaters who want healthier food, governments that want to take action to protect public health and reduce the costs of diet-related diseases, and competitive markets that jeopardize profits, global big food companies have launched a multi-pronged campaign to protect their interests. On November 30, 2016, Gyorgy Scrinis, Senior Lecturer [...]
