In last week’s New Yorker, an article entitled Testing, Testing, written by Atul Gawande, details the author’s optimistic perspective on the Senate’s new health care bill. Gawande highlights and applauds the bill’s inclusion of pilot programs reminiscent of those responsible for transforming American agriculture in the early 20th century. “While we crave sweeping transformation,” he [...]
Posts Tagged ‘health care’
Listening, Learning
Posted in Fall 09, tagged health care, history, policy on December 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Real Food, Real Health
Posted in Brooklyn, Spring 09, tagged health care, policy, research on May 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Over the last several months, I have conducted a research project with my friend Sam Lipschultz, who recently graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. Our research focused upon farm to institution collaboration in the United States, and particularly upon Farm to Hospital programs. Below is a brief introduction to our final report, and you can download [...]
Op-Ed: The Marathon for Health
Posted in Brooklyn, Spring 09, tagged food justice, health care, institutions, policy on April 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Americans are beginning to understand that buying and eating locally grown food is better for our health, the environment, and our local communities and economies than consuming the monocropped or factory-raised processed foods that we find cheaper, faster, and more readily available.. Local communities support farmers markets across the country. Through outlets known as Comnunity [...]
A Prescription for Power
Posted in Brooklyn, Spring 09, Institution Distribution, tagged health care, research on March 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This is one in a series of essays related to an ongoing research project. The research is focused upon developing a Farm-To-Institution distribution program in New York State. A more detailed description of this work can be found under Ongoing Research, in the Research section of this site. The latest two interviews conducted for this project presented [...]
Missing: Prisoners and Patients
Posted in Brooklyn, Spring 09, Institution Distribution, tagged health care, prisons, research on February 13, 2009 |
This is the first in a series of essays related to an ongoing research project. The research is focused upon developing a Farm-To-Institution distribution program in New York State. A more detailed description of this work can be found under Ongoing Research, in the Research section of this site. During a recent conversation with Christina [...]
New Yorkana
Posted in Berkeley, Spring 08, tagged biodiversity, cuba, cyclical, food justice, food sovereignty, health care, land use, urban agriculture on January 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It took a crisis in Cuba for urban agriculture to take over. The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 cut off nearly all agricultural imports to Cuba, including pesticides, fertilizers, farming equipment, and food. Not only did organic farming increase, by necessity, but Cubans began cultivating a significant percentage of their food in urban [...]
Hedonistic Health Care
Posted in Brooklyn, Fall 07, tagged food justice, health care, policy on January 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last week I attended two events featuring journalist, author, and professor Michael Pollan. He joined chef and restaurant owner Dan Barber on Tuesday evening in a lecture hall of the 92nd Street Y, and Wednesday he spoke at a Just Food fundraiser, in a beautiful Flatiron District apartment. Prompted by the queries of Joan Gussow at both events, Pollan had to address the [...]
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