Healthy Food Policy Project

The Healthy Food Policy Project elevates local laws that promote #healthyfood in the U.S. - Project of @CAFScenter, @PHealthLawCtr, & @UConnRuddCenter

[healthTIDE @health_TIDE]

New Resource Alert: Food Access Policy Change Through Authentic Resident Engagement resource covers an inclusive process for informing, designing, implementing, and evaluating policy changes that centers community residents. https://t.co/ZAWGE8R3zj @HealthyFoodLaws

[Public Health Law Center @PHealthLawCtr]

Great coverage of a #publichealth story in California by high school sophomore @KianaHinkson of @scotscoop! #FoodPolicy #HealthyFoodAccess

[Healthy Food Policy Project @HealthyFoodLaws]

Community #planning can increase access to #healthyfood. HFPP created 'Local Planning and the Food System: Tools for Increasing Access to Healthy Food' which shows how planners can use existing tools to support local and regional #foodsystems. https://t.co/f8RbI3RIk6 #foodpolicy

[Healthy Food Policy Project @HealthyFoodLaws]

Community #planning can increase access to #healthyfood. HFPP created 'Local Planning and the Food System: Tools for Increasing Access to Healthy Food' which shows how planners can use existing tools to support local and regional #foodsystems. https://t.co/f8RbI49jIG #foodpolicy

[Civil Eats @CivilEats]

Senior Reporter @NadraKareem spoke with Julian D. Miller of Delta Fresh Foods, about food insecurity in Mississippi, the importance of involving young people in food advocacy, and the link between the food justice and civil rights movements. https://t.co/dvCcF8Hw1V

[Salud America! @SaludAmerica]

Big win for California! Cities will no longer be punished for enacting sugary drink taxes. Read more about how sugary drink taxes can help your community: https://t.co/XWZbfceVdU

[healthTIDE @health_TIDE]

New Resource Alert:
Growing Food Where You Live 🥬
https://t.co/v9VdWz0Jk0
@HealthyFoodLaws

[Healthy Food Policy Project @HealthyFoodLaws]

The ability to grow food where you live can alleviate food insecurity, connect people to their families, cultures, and history, and support food sovereignty. Check out our 'Growing Food Where You Live' resource: https://t.co/tfy86h1DPG #HealthyEating #FoodSystems #HealthEquity

[Livable Future @livablefuture]

Join us online Sept. 20-22 for the 1st-ever Power of Food Forum, where hundreds of participants will cultivate equitable policy through collective action. Registration is open! More info: https://t.co/lMSFz2rpKQ
#PowerofFoodForum

[The George Institute for Global Health @georgeinstitute]

Our feedback to the UN @FoodSystems Summit emphasises the importance of listening to #FirstNations and Pacific Island voices, preventing #NCDs, protecting the planet and promoting #equity in food and water systems.
Our report: https://t.co/lr5CEjMV5x

[Livable Future @livablefuture]

Rural and urban communities need one another. Learn how your food policy council can build bridges across the geographic divide. Register now for the #PowerofFoodForum on September 20-22 in Kansas City: https://t.co/I1YVg0mRc3

[Healthy Food Policy Project @HealthyFoodLaws]

Researchers at the Prevention Research Collaboration, @Sydney_Uni @CPC_usyd @syd_health, based their framework for physical activity law on the legal strategies delineated in our crosswalk resource. #PublicHealth #PhysicalActivity #HealthyFood https://t.co/T5BSwjqKAh

[Global Health Observ @GlobalPHObserv]

Legal strategies to improve physical activity in populations
https://t.co/y0vQg5IoJN

[Food Solutions New England @FoodSolutionsNE]

There are multiple layers of motivations for why building a thriving #LocalFood economy & strong regional #FoodSystem is the smart way forward. But don't fret about what is/isn't "local." Think of it more as a continuum & "think in zones." https://t.co/3lFQelyWGT

[ChangeLab Solutions @ChangeLabWorks]

This important resource from @HealthyFoodLaws cites our guide on equitable enforcement as part of their recommendations for enforcement and implementation of new policies. Check it out here: https://t.co/qjS2efmOwv

[Healthy Food Policy Project @HealthyFoodLaws]

Our new Policy Drafting Companion Guide provides an intro to using laws/policies to support local #healthyfood access, offers recommendations for policy drafting, and highlights advancing racial equity and #healthequity in all policies. https://t.co/Kj8du8diQE #foodpolicy

[Salud America! @SaludAmerica]

9 in 10 SNAP recipients face barriers to buying healthy, nutritious food, according to @USDA.

Our friends @HEResearch make some big recommendations for a SNAP overhaul: https://t.co/y3eri7kK6a

[UConn Rudd Center @UConnRuddCenter]

#DYK: Black youth viewed 75% more #fastfood ads than their White peers in 2019. New @UConnRuddCenter research finds continued targeted advertising of fast food to Black and Hispanic communities: https://t.co/oUhaD434UK.

[UConn Rudd Center @UConnRuddCenter]

UK government to implement restrictions on promoting HFSS foods and drinks in retailers from April 2022. Advert bans will also be introduced. Calorie counts are also set to be included on restaurant menus, but only on food and not drinks.
https://t.co/qJBhKATEau

[Livable Future @livablefuture]

#COVID19 Pandemic Highlights Longstanding Health Risks Facing US #Farmworkers @CAFScenter https://t.co/mIm5EVT9UU

[Healthy Food Policy Project @HealthyFoodLaws]

The Healthy Food Policy Project created a resource to help summarize #zoning laws that promote and support #urbanagriculture, and highlights examples of city & county strategies from around the country. Learn more: https://t.co/0NeyqIvtOy #foodpolicy #healthyfood #healthyeating