Food access advocates are in a lather worrying how poor people will afford groceries if they have to pay the five-cent fee for plastic bags that went into effect a week ago here in the District of Columbia. Others are vowing to take their food shopping dollars to Maryland and Virginia so they won’t be […]
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Today’s guest post on “Healthy Schools” legislation recently introduced in the D.C. Council is written by Andrea Northup, executive director of the D.C. Farm to School Network, and cross-posted from the DC Food for All blog. I edited the piece and contributed some of the text. On January 12, Andrea will be conducting a “webinar” […]
A federal ban on fishing red snapper went into effect this week from Florida to the Carolinas and officials are considering banning fishing of any kind in a large area of Atlantic waters. Fishermen don’t like the ban much and some groups are threatening to file suit, arguing that federal agencies should consider economic impacts […]
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