Posted on 24 January 2011.
What do you think of the proposed upscale grocery store in Downtown Hartford?
Total Voters: 21
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Posted on 27 July 2010.
Julie Carrion, director of catering and education, discusses The Kitchen at Billings Forge in Hartford. Topics include the farm to table movement, food policy, and community development through job training.
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Posted on 30 November 2009.
Abe Bobman of Middletown Food Not Bombs discusses food activism and their recent battle with the health department.
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Posted on 10 August 2009.
The latest in a series of battles between public health officials and Food Not Bombs happens tomorrow, August 11, at the Department of Public Health, 410 Capitol Avenue in Hartford. Through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, members of Food Not Bombs learned that the DPH has specifically targeted Food Not Bombs chapters across the state with the aim of disrupting or stopping them completely. Food Not Bombs is a loosely organized, national grassroots food distribution network that provides free, weekly vegetarian meals to anyone who wants to eat. Read the full story
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Posted on 22 June 2009.
After a series of crackdowns by Middletown officials against Middletown Food Not Bombs, the food activists are going on the offensive. Today, FNB filed a federal injunction that would halt a cease and desist order which bars the group from meal-sharing activities unless food is prepared in a Health Department registered kitchen. The target of the injunction is both the city of Middletown and the state of Connecticut. According to the FNB press release, the cease and desist order also applies to “political” activities as well. And, in a lawsuit filed on Friday, FNB argues that attempts to stop FNB’s public meals infringe on the group’s constitutional rights and has a chilling effect on such activities elsewhere. Read the full story
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Posted on 19 January 2009.
Interview with Curtis and Kristin Griffing of Healthpath, the Windsor-based health education organization, which teaches about the health benefits of a raw food diet.
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