Festival, Panel Focus on Food Security Issues
“Harvesting Change: Fostering Partnerships for Food Security” included food, games and information booths, plus a panel discussion with local leaders in the battle against hunger. The post Festival,...
View ArticleStudent Volunteers Give Back, One Turkey Leg at a Time
UCLA Luskin Food Mentorship program lets students explore interesting and relevant topics while coordinating a volunteer event at a local organization focused on food issues The post Student Volunteers...
View ArticleVolunteers Collect Food for the Needy at Farmer’s Market
UCLA Luskin student mentors join with undergraduates to collect more than 1,700 pounds of excess food from farmer's market The post Volunteers Collect Food for the Needy at Farmer’s Market appeared...
View ArticleTurning Food Policy Into a Hands-On Learning Experience
Chef Evan Kleiman of "Good Food" on KCRW leads a moderated discussion on sustainability within the food industry and then helps attendees cook up an example for themselves The post Turning Food Policy...
View ArticleInternational Recognition for L.A.’s Food Chain Innovations
Urban Planning lecturer Paula Daniels' vision for a values-based food system earns global distinction.Source
View ArticleRoy on Rising Need Amid Government Inertia
A Civil Eats article on community-based food distribution efforts that have been overwhelmed during the COVID-19 pandemic cited Ananya Roy, director of the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and...
View ArticleReport Finds Spike in Food Insecurity, Patterns of Inequality
A new report from UCLA Luskin’s Center for Neighborhood Knowledge (CNK) documents a surge in food insecurity across the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. By mid-July, more than 64 million...
View Article‘It’s Not a Food Desert, It’s Food Apartheid,’ Wolff Says
Urban Planning lecturer Goetz Wolff joined a panel of activists and scholars to discuss injustice in the food system during a UCLA Semel Healthy Campus Initiative webinar. Black, poor and marginalized...
View ArticleStudy Identifies Regional Patterns in COVID-Related Food Insecurity
During the COVID-19 pandemic, disadvantaged households in the San Francisco Bay Area were at higher risk of food insufficiency compared with similar households in the Los Angeles and Inland Empire...
View ArticleTilly on the Intrusiveness of AI Technology
Urban Planning Chair Chris Tilly was featured in a Fox32 news segment about the growing use of artificial intelligence technology in the food industry. Many stores such as McDonald’s and Amazon Go are...
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