Pepsi is doing something good for Mexican farmers, and it’s more than just a PR stunt masquerading as corporate social responsibility. It’s a new partnership with social benefits and an economic gain. The New York Times reports that in San Gabriel, Mexico, 300 local corn farmers are no longer selling their corn to middlemen but …
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Meatless Monday. Sounds like lent, but on a different day of the week, right? Exactly. A project of The Monday Campaigns, and in association with the Johns Hopkins’ Bloomberg School of Public Health, Meatless Monday was launched to help Americans reduce their meat consumption by 15 percent in order to improve their personal health and the …
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Originally posted on The Blog at 16th and Q, the blog of the DC JCC, and cross-posted on the Pursue blog. What is a food democracy, and why do we need one? This was the central question of the panel discussion entitled “How Good Food Makes a Difference” that took place at the Goethe-Institut (in cooperation with the Heinrich Boll …
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Last summer, a group of prominent Jewish leaders traveled to Haiti with AJWS to learn about grassroots earthquake relief efforts and AJWS’s disaster to development strategy. Tonight, these leaders are coming together for an event at the Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Manhattan to share their reflections and to continue a conversation about Haiti’s future. If you can’t …
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Today is exactly one year since the earthquake in Haiti killed hundreds of thousands of Haitians and left millions without adequate shelter, healthcare and food. Haiti was a food insecure country long before the earthquake. But a year after the tremendous devastation and the collapse of infrastructure, making sure that Haitians get the food they need …
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