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2011 School Meals Challenge

2011 School Meals Challenge

A few years ago I listed to an interview with U.S. Congressman Tim Ryan about his experience tackling the 2007 Congressional Food Stamp Challenge. He and four other representatives pledged to eat for a week on $21, the average ‘food stamp’ budget at the time. They did – and in the process they drew a [...]

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NYC Sugar in Yogurt 3

CSI: Policy Unit, NYC

Imagine you’re a kid living in New York City. How would you eat? The answer is a big ‘it depends’. You might eat quite well – if your mom and dad are among New York’s growing population of foodistas. They might pick up their beans and greens at a farmers market – there are over [...]

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