Don’t Wait! Start Sowing Seeds Now
Photo by Mother Jones, originally published in report about “two dozen state legislatures have passed Seed-preemption Laws designed to block counties and cities from adopting their own rules on the use of seeds, including bans on GMOs.” Read more here.
USDA Announces Support Available for Specialty Crops, the Local Food Sector, and Agricultural Marketing
March 7th, USDA Released Statement – “The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced nearly $89 million in available funding to support specialty crop growers, strengthen local and regional food systems, and explore new market opportunities for farmers and ranchers. USDA helps fund projects that bolster rural economies across the country.” Read the full article here.
Big Wins for Equality in Restaurant Industry and Worker’s Rights to Tips
Photo taken from Union of Concerned Scientists Blog post, “Trump Administration Raids Workers’ Tip Jars, Buries Data Showing That’s a Horrible Idea”
New York Times published a powerful report affirming research by Restaurant Opportunities Centers (ROC) United, which has shown over the last several years that “the subminimum wage for tipped workers is the source of the industry’s egregiously high rates of sexual harassment.” Moreover, after six months, ROC has successfully organized more than 350,000 people to push back on Trump’s proposed rule to make tips the property of workers. Now, Secretary of Labor Acosta has admitted that worker’s tips should be the property of workers. Read more in NY Times accompanying editorial on ‘Wage Theft’ here.
Upcoming Food Tank Summit in Seattle: Join the LiveStream!
The Summit, titled “Growing Food Policy,” will be held in partnership with the Environmental Working Group, Food Action, Garden-Raised Bounty (GRuB), the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Seattle University’s Center for Environmental Justice and Sustainability on March 17, 2018. The Seattle Food Tank Summit is now SOLD OUT, but please sign up for our waitlist HERE – more tickets may become available. If you can’t attend in person, you can still join the conversation! Please join us via livestream on our Facebook Page or FoodTank.com.
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