Archive for the ‘30 Project News’ Category

Can’t think of a resolution this year?…Give Food!!

December 29 | Posted by courtney.katz | 30 Project News

Less Waste=Food for All! On Christmas day, as every good Jew in America does, I went to eat Chinese food with my mother.  Although with our very best efforts, we gladly failed to finish the enormous portions served up to us, and took the rest of our food to go.  With an atrocious EPA statistic of “over 34 million tons of... Read more

A Little Luck + A Lot of Passion=How we are gonna’ create the BEST food system possible!

November 22 | Posted by courtney.katz | 30 Project News

I recently read an article in the New York Times called “What’s Luck got to do with it,” about a nine-year study to examine entrepreneurs that outperformed their industries in highly unstable environments.  The nature of the study was “how some people thrive in uncertainty, lead in chaos, deal with a world full of big, disruptive forces that we cannot... Read more

Vote Now!! Help 30 Project win $25,000 from the J.P. Morgan Give-It-Away Contest!

November 15 | Posted by courtney.katz | 30 Project News

Why waste money on plastic hand-outs, when in just five easy steps below you can help 30 Project win $25,000 to address hunger + obesity and change dinner!  We need your help: Step 1:  Click on the link:  (jpmorgan.com/giveitaway) Step 2:   Click “Vote to Give-It-Away” on the upper left hand corner Step 3:   Click on “Americas” Step 4: Click on “Vote... Read more

the 30 Project SAN FRANCISCO Dinner video!

August 1 | Posted by ellen.gustafson | 30 Project Events, 30 Project News, Around the Web

30 Project SAN FRANCISCO Dinner ... Read more

Ellen’s Food System Change Reading List

July 18 | Posted by ellen.gustafson | 30 Project News

OK, so we have been asked often for recommended reading for consumers and activists alike to learn more about the global food system and especially the changes in the last 30 years.  So, this will be a work in  progress! “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” – Michael Pollan “In Defense of Food” – Michael Pollan “Nourishing the Planet” – Danielle Nierenberg “Enough” – Roger Thurow “The End... Read more

Food Deserts in the rural Heartland, a sad legacy of the last 30 yrs

July 15 | Posted by ellen.gustafson | 30 Project News, Food System News

We just read this poignant explanation of the food system issues facing our food-growing regions from Harvest Public Media. In Rural Areas, an Opportunity to Innovate Some key quotes and stats: “We have some of the worst food deserts in local communities where food is produced,” said Mike Callicrate, a cattle rancher from [Kansas]. “In the livestock industry, more than 50 percent of the... Read more

Siouxland’s Food Warriors

June 24 | Posted by ellen.gustafson | 30 Project Events, 30 Project News, Food Histories

by Eliza Bennett Iowa’s northwest corner is home to the agricultural hub of Sioux City, which dominated the meat processing and livestock industries for much of the 20th century. The construction of the railroads and ease of steamboat travel on the Missouri gave Sioux City’s goods and people access to many large Midwestern cities and towns. Opened in 1884 to absorb... Read more

Did you catch our mention in the New York Times?

June 23 | Posted by ellen.gustafson | 30 Project News, Around the Web

Our friend Mark Bittman joined the discussion at our Sioux City, Iowa Dinner.  It was a great evening, eating on a community garden at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, with a table made by Terry Buol and family out of recycled barn and deck materials. Here is a beautiful recap from Rev. Torey Lightcap, of St Thomas Church, who graciously invited us... Read more

30 Project Launches Partnership with GOOD Magazine!

May 5 | Posted by ellen.gustafson | 30 Project News

We are proud to announce a partnership with GOOD! We all have a stake in the food system and, together with GOOD, we want to gather people, organizations, and companies to create a vision for a better system and the steps to get there. Stayed tuned to GOOD for more updates and join the community on Facebook and Twitter or... Read more

What is the 30 Project?

May 5 | Posted by ellen.gustafson | 30 Project News

A few weeks ago, the FEED Foundation launched the 30 Project, a new campaign to look holistically at the global food system and address the problems of 1 billion people hungry and 1 billion people overweight in the world.  Our first announcement of the project was at TEDxEast as a TED talk I gave...watch it here! More... Read more