Food Policy & Systems - In the News

May 9, 2017 - Pittsburgh 2017 Primary Election Mayoral candidates talk hunger and poverty

May 7, 2017 - Peduto Says time is Right for City to Swing Big

May 2, 2017 - Pittsburgh Mayoral Candidates Devour Food Issues at Debate 

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January 20, 2017 - So Your World is Falling Apart, Here's How to Build it Back Up Again

January 19, 2017 - Inviting Arts & Creativity into Food Policy Councils

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December 12, 2016 - Anti-Hunger Advocates Concerned About Food Stamp Cuts

2016 - Food Policy Networks Announces 2016 Photo Contest Winners- 2nd Place for Collaboration Awarded to Pittsburgh Food Policy Council

October 13, 2016 - Sunday Supper Aims to Bring Community Members Together

October 13, 2016 - Food, Policy, and an Oasis in Homewood: A Conversation with Dr. Stephanie Boddie

October 12, 2016 - Pittsburgh City Council Comics, featuring PFPC Food Day Proclamation

September 22, 2016 - Pa. Officials Say They Will Help fight Hunger

October 4, 2016 - Researchers Find Low Income Individuals Willing to Forgo Produce

Proclamation from County Executive Rich Fitzgerald Declaring October 24th as Food Day. 

October Sign On Letter to USDA  urging Secretary Vilsack to ensure that farmers markets and other direct farmer-to-consumer markets authorized to accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (SNAP) by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) may do so without incurring costs for equipment, services and transaction fees.

October 2015 RELEASE: 

March 10, 2015 - Pittsburgh's Food Supply: The Haves and the Have Nots

October 17, 2014 - Pittsburgh Food Policy Council Supports Pres. Obama's Continued Commitment to Child Nutrition

September 29, 2014 - Duquesne Club Seeks Permission From City to Keep Rooftop Hives

September 15, 2014 - Michigan Based FPC to Present Policy Agenda to County Board of Commissioners

September 9, 2014 - Fixing the Food System from the Base of the Supply Chain

August 31, 2014 - Bar Marco Raises Funds for Charities on a Weekly Bases

May 13, 2013 - New Program Will Allow You to Use Food Stamps

May 9, 2013 - CitiParks Markets to Accept Food Stamps

June 18, 2012 - Pittsburgh Area Markets and Farmers Cultivate Customers on Assistance

June 17, 2012 - Demand for Local Fresh Food Is Up In Pittsburgh

January 6, 2012 - Inaugural Symposium Addresses Food System Topics

October 27, 2011 - Regional Leaders Get Together to Talk Food Policy in Pittsburgh

July 19, 2011 - Extension Hosts the Evolving Pittsburgh Food Policy Council (PFPC)

May 6, 2011 - Public Meeting: Hot to Apply for an Urban Ag Zoning Permit

June 6, 2010 - Food Inc Community Screening at Homewood Library

February 17, 2010 - Proposed zoning ordinance could create changes for urban agriculture

                                                                                             photo credit: Penn's Corner Farm Alliance

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June 9, 2015 - Your Environment Update for July 9, 2015

Pennsylvania Funders Uniting Over Food - PFPC was part of this delegation!