Franklin County Local Food System

In Nicolette Hahn Niman's article, "America's Good Food Fight" the author illustrates the benefits of supporting local farming and the problems with argibusinesses to advocate a change in public policies. Niman describes her personal experiences with her family opinions on the food comidities at a family dinner, while going into even further detail about government policies and background knowledge. Niman advocates changes in public polies in order to give the public a larger idea about what the government is doing to our produce.

I am very interested in pursing a dietetic intern position at South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC). I am confident that this internship will provide me a wide variety of practical hands-on training in all aspects of the dietetic field, which is necessary to successfully reach my career goals as a Registered Dietitian (RD).

According to Aynsley-Green (2014), many federal laws and regulations have greater impacts on the United State food supply. “The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008”, which is also known as the 2008 U.S. Farm Bill, supports my proposed policy (Aynsley-Green, 2014). Through the U. S. Farm Bill, a lot of money is allocated to nutrition programs, which improve the health conditions of African American neighborhoods at large (Aynsley-Green, 2014). This program was designed to provide grants to farms, food hubs, and the food enterprises that process, distribute, or store locally or regionally produced food products (Aynsley-Green, 2014). Since the regulations governing commerce in the U.S locale are well understood by the investors within the United States, establishment and operations of such supermarkets can be done (Aynsley-Green, 2014). Moreover, this bill creates strides in supplying low-income Americans with improved access to healthy as well as locally produced foods (Aynsley-Green, 2014).

Sarah Henry is a journalist who usually writes about nutrition and local foods. Her intended audience for this article are minorities interested in farming. Penniman raises a local farm with fresh foods and wants people to have access to fresh produce. This is a great article for my unit three essay because this essay talks about a way to solve one of my problems the lack of healthy food or (availability). This article is also great for my essay because the ideas of local farms also fix the problem with processed food.

both argue that food issues should be addressed by public policy. To combat hunger, malnutrition, and growth deficiencies in children, Frank argues that public policy relating to food has to be changed. Poor families should be supplemented with federal grants such as WIC vouchers to care for their young ones. Robertson et al. take a slightly different approach in their article “Food is a Political Issue” by not only holding the government accountable for reducing issues associated with food, but also the food producers and suppliers. Who should decrease the health disparities and care for the disadvantaged members of society? Robertson et al. advocate that although health disparities caused by food have to be primarily tackled through government policies, the health disparities are everyone’s problem and have to be addressed by everyone— from government officials, to religious groups, to the farmers and food suppliers

A recent article uploaded on February 5, 2016 had featured Leesee Papatsie, a well- known activist in Iqaluit that started a Facebook group called “Feeding my Family.” She started this group to protest against high food prices and has been for over two and a half years (Zerehi, 2016). The pricing for perishable foods are already high as is. Now with the sinking loonie and drought in California that occurred in the middle of 2015, the price for food has yet again gone up immensely starting in the new year of 2016 (Zerehi, 2016). The Conference Board of Canada has five key areas to strategize for food security which are: food health and safety, household food security, industry prosperity and environmental sustainability. In January 2016, there

It is known that food insecurity is one of the major issues in the United States. Politicians have a great role to reform and speak for the rights of those who do not have a voice. Towns play an important role in providing access to healthy and affordable food. Establishing a food Security Council may offer lots of help; and by nominating representatives to speak and consider all the issues, discuss them, and decide on what 's best for the public. This law may enhance and improve in order to fight obesity in children and adolescents.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (2012), defines food security as “when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life” (para. 1). The human right to have access to food is fundamental. There are many meal assistance services within Australia that aim to improve food security and fight hunger. FairShare is a food charity organisation that rescues and accepts donated food to cook nutritious meals each week for those in need. FairShare’s vision is “a society where food is not wasted and hunger is minimised” (FairShare, 2014).

Record-high levels of food inequality are being felt most prominently in the world's cities. Since the year 2000, New York City food costs have increased by 59 percent, while the average income of working adults has only increased by 17 percent. (Breggin 1) rising food costs and lack of food availability in urban areas has created effects that are felt by millions of people around the world. The USDA defines Food insecurity as a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food, and it is plaguing our nation. Characterized by inability to find healthy food and not having enough to sustain a household are problems that an estimated 12.3 % of American households experience regularly (USDA 1).chart food sec..png

Food policy is an area of public policy concerning how food is produced, processed, distributed, and purchased. Food policies are designed for influencing the operation of food and agriculture systems. Policies often include decisions on production and processing techniques, the marketing of food, labeling of food products, availability, and the consumption of food. Food policy can impact all populations on many levels from local to global, especially the lower socio economic level individuals and families. This issue is critical to address now because our nation is focused on caring for those who are already sick instead of illness prevention. This paper will address the various organizations that influence our nation’s food policy and

It is not always easy to access healthier food choices due to location or cost for some of the struggling families in the United States. The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors addresses the need for a “population-bases public health strategy” that will reach everyone in the community (Why We Need). In the article “Why we need Public Health to Improve Healthcare,” the National Association of Chronic Disease Directions give 6 “Keys to Progress.” Theses keys are health in all policies, health promotion to ensure better choices, working with all ages, procced based on science, address disparities, and adjust proportion of the issues for

The SDSU Food Pantry Project aims to meet to goals of decreasing food insecurity on the campus of SDSU and increase the knowledge of nutrition. Bridgett Tuschen will be the project director of this program and will teach the nutrition classes. This program is needed because food insecurity affects over 15 million individuals worldwide and it can affect the future of students. Using a food pantry and nutritional classes we hope to educate individuals in making wise dining choices and provide food for food insecure individuals. This program will be focused on helping individuals that are freshmen and sophomores so that we can give them the information they need to advance in college. Our program will last for a year in which we will administer

The only difference between me and my peers is that I had the opportunity to witness firsthand the disparities between our lives and those who suffer on the other side of the world. I collaborated with my best friend and our supportive faculty advisors to create a partnership with a local food pantry. However, I know a food pantry only addresses the symptom of a larger problem: lack of nutritious foods to lower income families. While I know this problem goes beyond individuals and is really a systemic problem, during my time at Tulane I intend to at least address the problems that have caused this. At Tulane, I intend to continue my work with affected individuals in the city of New Orleans. The Hope Gardens Project at Tulane combines community food sustainability with educating the local population about the nutritional benefits of home grown food. The necessity of food education in poorer neighborhoods is vital to their survival. I would like to combine these community service opportunities with my passion for biology and, in particular, educating others about the negative effects of processed

Food security is historically defined as the overall regional, national as well as global food supply and shortfalls in supply as associated to requirements (Foster, 1992). The same author contended that, even though, the increased observation of differences in the sufficiency of food intake by certain groups despite overall adequacy of supply, the term has been applied recently at a local, household, or individual level and it has been widened beyond notions of food supply to include elements of access (Sen, 1981), vulnerability (Watts and Bohle, 1993), and sustainability (Chambers, 1989). Different organizations, scholars and institutions define food security differently. However, basic concept remains the same.

Donaldson’s findings are evidence to the importance of evaluating and setting the policy agenda with respect to all of the objectives outlined in food policy rather than just focusing on a single aspect, in this case poverty reduction, can hamstring the policy. Ignoring the interdependence of the objectives will ultimately cripple developmental policy as the externalities of narrow-minded policy create a negative feedback loop and thus kicks the developmental can down the road rather than dealing with the root of the