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Conversation by Michael LatschSNAP benefit deployment hits big data
Gillian Tett of the Financial Times talked to an unnamed retail food industry source who noted the increased prominence of paycheck and SNAP benefit cycles in food purchasing: http://on.ft.com/10A68LTConsumers pushed into SNAP-benefit cycle spending face significant temporal barriers to eating fresh produce. The impact of the monthly boom-bust cycle on retailers is blunted by an increasing spreading out of SNAP benefit distribution days (…See More
Conversation by Michael LatschVegetables: A Biography
If you enjoy the Latin intellectual tradition and vegetables, Evelyne Bloch-Dano's Vegetables: A Biography is the book for you. It's a slender volume chock-full of folkloric and etymological bon mots that'll let you cross rhetorical swords re: veggies at a George Will-ian level. Check out the book's mission statement:"To speak of…See More
Michael Latsch replied to Jose Luis's discussion Urban Farming Power! in the group Urban Agriculture Community"Thanks for sharing the metric grid, I'm not sure what their standard for "evidence based" is, but I could certainly add some data points there, if not statistically significant sample sizes. I gather a couple of sets of data in…"
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Northeast MN Food Network
A growing collaboration to build a strong sustainable food system in northeast Minnesota. Participants include farmers, community leaders, higher education, social service agencies, public health and healthcare sectors. Open to the general public--anyone interested in helping build a strong sustainable food system in NE Minnesota.See More
Michael Latsch added a discussion to the group Urban Agriculture Community
Snowy spring day at Seeds of Success
It was a snowy spring day at Growing Farms for the Seeds of Success urban agriculture crew. We were out shoring up hoophouse frames in advance of the winter (?!?) storm coming tonight. …See More
Terry VanDerPol replied to Michael Latsch's discussion CFSC shutters itself? Or not? in the group Food Policy"I think that's a great idea.
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Michael Latsch added a discussion to the group Urban Agriculture CommunityLincoln Park Bus Tour at #mnfoodaccess
As a part of the MN Food Access Summit in Duluth, Local Initiatives Support Corporation Duluth (LISC) and Community Action Duluth (CAD)hosted a bus tour of Lincoln Park, a Duluth neighborhood just west of Downtown. The neighborhood is classified as a "food desert" by the USDA on account of the absence of full-service grocery stores and the high percentage of residents without their own cars. LISC and…See More
Neisha Reynolds liked Michael Latsch's discussion Fair Food Access Campaign In Duluth-First Community Meeting
Maggi Adamek replied to Michael Latsch's discussion CFSC shutters itself? Or not? in the group Food Policy"I'm wondering if we could loop LaDonna Redmond into this conversation and explore how the Food + Justice = Democracy conference (and related attending stakeholders and conference follow-up) might be a national pathway for sustaining the work..."
Erin Meier replied to Michael Latsch's discussion CFSC shutters itself? Or not? in the group Food Policy"I agree with you both! But don't have anything else "inside" to add. I met the new-and-soon-to-be-last ED at this yr's Food & Community gathering. She didn't indicate anything. Others??"
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Michael Latsch's Conversation
SNAP benefit deployment hits big data
Posted on May 5, 2013 at 8:50am 1 Comment 1 Like
Gillian Tett of the Financial Times talked to an unnamed retail food industry source who noted the increased prominence of paycheck and SNAP benefit cycles in food purchasing: http://on.ft.com/10A68LT
Consumers pushed into SNAP-benefit cycle spending face significant temporal barriers to eating fresh produce. The impact of the monthly boom-bust cycle on retailers is blunted by an increasing spreading out of SNAP benefit distribution…
Vegetables: A Biography
Posted on April 28, 2013 at 8:00am 0 Comments 1 Like
If you enjoy the Latin intellectual tradition and vegetables, Evelyne Bloch-Dano's Vegetables: A Biography is the book for you. It's a slender volume chock-full of folkloric and etymological bon mots that'll let you cross rhetorical swords re: veggies at a George Will-ian level. Check out the book's…
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 1:19pm on April 2, 2012,
Amber Collett said… Welcome to Healthy Eating MN! Glad to have you on board, Michael!
- At 10:59am on August 1, 2012,
Migdalia Loyola said… Congratulations on a wonderful piece on MPR about the great work of the Fair Food Access Campaign in Duluth! http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/07/29/regional/duluth-grocery/"
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