For advocate, fight for good food is about justice, survival: thefoodtimes

For advocate, fight for good food is about justice, survival

04-12-2009

To recast debate about good food from moral to economic battle, Dave Murphy of nonprofit Food Democracy Now uses grassroots methods, drawing attention to those living amidst effects of corporate agriculture in Midwest and who are well positioned to lobby. He sees better school lunches, for example, as way to sustain small farmers, rural America, but knows he must unite stakeholders - health insurers, senior citizens and teacher lobbies - to succeed.

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