Metro Omaha Food Policy Council

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Metro Omaha Food Policy Council

At-large meetings are held on the third Tuesday of every month at the Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center on UNO's campus from 5-6:30pm. Goals

1.

Mission

The Metro Omaha Food Policy Council (MOFPC) is dedicated to establishing an equitable, nutritious and sustainable local food supply for all residents. Through community awareness and engagement from all levels of the food system, we will affect policy that improves the environmental, economic and social conditions of our community. Vision

We envision a just, equitable, and sustainable food supply for everyone. Establishing benchmarks for a successful food system including:
a) Efficient production, processing, and distribution of healthy, affordable foods;
b) Fair wages and safe working conditions for food industry workers;
c) Reasonable profits for all members of the food system;
d) Competitive returns to investors and landowners;
e) Effective soil, water, and wildlife management;. f) Sufficient access to healthy foods;
g) Economic development;
h) Improved health outcomes;
i) Positive environmental impacts

2. Identify needs and examine opportunities for improving the local food system.

3. Develop related policy recommendations and implementation strategies.

4. Educate and communicate with the public and key decision makers.

5. Promote collaboration and linkages within local food system networks and provide a forum for discussion and coordination.

6. Become a clearinghouse for information and act as an advisory body. Website: metroomahafpc.wordpress.com
Email: metroomahafoodpolicycouncil@gmail.com
Facebook: Metro Omaha Food Policy Council
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07/29/2023

The United Nations says it has been forced to cut food, cash payments and assistance to millions of people in many countries because of “a crippling funding crisis” that has seen its donations plummet by about half as acute hunger is hitting record levels.

03/29/2023

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says the proposed ban aims to protect farmers and consumers.

02/12/2023

Typical food-aid benefit will decline by $82 per person in March, with some recipients getting as little as $23 a month.

02/01/2023

FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf is vowing to better protect consumers and the U.S. food supply.

01/22/2023

Fresh meat, sliced cheese and white bread would be banned from food stamp purchases under the proposed bill.

10/12/2022

Another report on the pace of inflation in the U.S. is due later this week and there's some hope that it's slowing. But most people have noticed higher prices at the grocery store on everything from dairy to meat to wheat products. The cost of groceries rose 13.5% in the past year, the largest incre...

08/11/2022

Conflict, COVID, the climate crisis and rising costs have combined in 2022 to create jeopardy for up to 828 million hungry people across the world

08/10/2022

Tribal leaders from across the region gathered Tuesday to discuss the critical relationship between sustainable farming and tribal sovereignty during the 2022 Omaha Indigenous Peoples Summit.

05/11/2022

Actor and activist James Cromwell glued his hand to a midtown Manhattan Starbucks counter on Tuesday to protest the coffee chain's extra charge for plant-based milk.

05/04/2022

President Joe Biden will convene a White House conference in September focused on ending hunger and improving nutrition across the nation, a White House official told CNN, as the US sees higher rates of food insecurity amid the coronavirus pandemic.

05/02/2022

The heated exchange left some senators stunned.

04/06/2022

In rural farming regions, dangerous chemicals from fertilizer have made their way into water sources. For some towns, it takes millions of dollars just to get clean water for a few hundred residents.

03/18/2022

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03/12/2022

Svein Tore Holsether says the world is careening toward a food crisis that could affect millions of people.

03/08/2022

The food shock of 2022 is not a good-news story. But our “bad” is less bad than ever before.

02/14/2022

A number of the stores’ nearly 500,000 employees have reported being homeless, receiving government food stamps or relying on food banks.

02/09/2022

The state of Nebraska knew about AltEn’s plans to use pesticide-treated seed corn to create ethanol years ago in Mead, and even signed off on a permit to allow it 10 years ago.

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Omaha, NE

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http://metroomahafpc.wordpress.com/, http://twitter.com/MetroOmahaFPC

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