Saturday, February 7, 2009, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer released "Food in the Public Interest," a food policy report developed in collaboration with the Building Blocks Project and other New York food advocates and labor activists.

The report calls for the designation of a New York City foodshed made of agricultural producers and food processors within 200 miles of New York City. Stringer also called for "funding to supermarkets that provide living wage jobs, health insurance, and food quality standards."

The Building Blocks Project is grateful to President Stringer for the passion that he has brought to the issue of food injustice and for his insistence that the voices of workers and communities should be part of the process that determines New York's food system.

Check out video footage of the press conference and read more of the report.

 

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