Water. We drink it. We use it to grow food. We use it to cook and to clean. To say we depend on water is an understatement. High water usage rates and climate change are making it more clear every day that this “renewable” resource is not so much.
The Steering Committee of the Greater Kansas City Food Policy Coalition kicked of 2016 at its annual spring meeting on Monday, March 7, 2016. The Steering Committee shares their expertise, skills, and time to further advance the strategic goals of the coalition.
Kansas House Bill 2595, which seeks to bar local governments from requiring and regulating food nutrition labels, will be debated on the House floor next week.
“Everything you see has been funded by the food we’ve grown – the fence, the parking lot, the house, the solar panels,” Brooke Salvaggio told KCMO policy makers at a recent site visit organized by the Kansas City Food Policy Coalition.
As part of her Missouri Agriculture Tour, a statewide tour of Missouri’s agriculture economy, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill visited Kansas City’s Ivanhoe Neighborhood Center on Wednesday to talk directly with area growers and agencies in a roundtable discussion on efforts to eliminate urban food deserts.
On June 27th, a group of city leaders gathered at the Sunfresh grocery store on E 50th St. in KCMO for a policy makers tour hosted by the Kansas City Food Policy Coalition.
In February of 2007, a diverse group of stakeholders attended a forum to discuss the nation’s food policies as they related to national health and nutrition goals. This forum was the first of its kind in Kansas City, and was organized by KC Healthy Kids with additional funding support from the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City.
When it comes to our region’s food system, it is important to remember every little bit counts. At the Greater Kansas City Food Policy Coalition’s Spring Luncheon in May, we celebrated the past year’s “little bits” that helped move us toward a healthier community!
Healthy Food for All: Stories of Improving Access
UPDATE July 9, 2014: Governor Nixon signed the Farm-to-School legislation in Senate Bill 701 and also in Senate Bill 672. The Grocery Access Task Force has published recommendations for developing healthy, affordable food retail in underserved communities throughout Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri. Their report, Stimulating Supermarket Development in Bi-state Kansas City, outlines nine state and local policy recommendations.
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