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Planning for urban farming - Oakland holds public brainstorming

Article by Irene.

Last updated at Sun, 31 Jul at 11:31pm.

"Urban farmers should pay a nominal yearly fee, perhaps $100 per participating farm, to fund animal husbandry inspections."

This was one of the many ideas submitted at Thursday night’s city of Oakland urban farming community meeting.

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Oakland Food Policy Council Recommends new Rules for Food System

Blog entry by Rebecca McCurdy.

Last updated at Thu, 13 Jan at 9:19am.

Aprons showed up in City Hall yesterday when representatives from the Oakland Food Policy Council presented the group’s initial proposals for strengthening the city’s food system. The independent advocacy group called on City Council’s Life Enrichment Committee to take ten ‘first-steps’ toward reaching a series of food system goals.

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Tuesday: Oakland Food Policy Council presents food equity action plan

Blog entry by Oakland Food Poli....

Last updated at Tue, 11 Jan at 8:51am.

The Oakland Food Policy Council's presentation to the Oakland City Council Life Enrichment Committee is just one week away! We are presenting our PLAN FOR ACTION on Tuesday, 1/11 at 4:00 pm!

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Healthy Food for All? OFPC discussion in Fruitvale identifies issues, solutions

Article by Irene.

Last updated at Thu, 28 Oct at 6:36am.

By Irene Florez and Cynthia Joseph

Rosaura Marin’s son isn’t obese, but his weight is going up.

Marin noticed the tell-tale love handles about a year ago and says that his weight is increasing.

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The Oakland Food Policy Council is now accepting applications for its second group of council members, including its first youth

Blog entry by Oakland Food Poli....

Last updated at Sun, 22 Aug at 9:26am.

The Oakland Food Policy Council is now accepting applications for its second group of council members, including its first youth representatives!

Applications are due August 27, 2010.

Eight seats are available for three-year terms.

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Feed the Hunger Foundation – Food for Thought Microcredit Loan Program (by Alethea Marie Harper)

Blog entry by Oakland Food Poli....

Last updated at Thu, 1 Jul at 7:13am.

Last week I attended the Oakland focus group for Feed the Hunger Foundation’s new program, the California Food for Thought Microcredit Loan Program. The idea behind Food for Thought is to “provide microcredit to low income borrowers in the food system whose goal is to better their communities and provide healthy food for all.”

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