The Keystone Fresh Farm to School Nutrition Act (HB 1768)
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The Keystone Fresh Farm to School Nutrition Act (HB 1768)

Pennsylvania schools serve more than 168 million lunches every year. That's an enormous amount of food, and right now most of it isn't coming from Pennsylvania farms. HB 1768 aims to change that by creating a grant program that helps schools buy more food from local farmers. This means fresher meals for kids, more business for local growers, and food dollars that stay right here in our communities.

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Unearthing Inequities: A Review of Black Food Geographies
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Unearthing Inequities: A Review of Black Food Geographies

In recent years, Black scholars and activists have re-imagined the word “food desert” and its meaning within a structure that flattens and strips the experiences of Black people in America. From this re-imagining, the term “food apartheid” was created by Karen Washington – borrowing part of its name from the political, racial, social, and economic separation and subjugation of Black South Africans.

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