Los Angeles Food Policy Council 2012-2013 Prioritives

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The Los Angeles Food Policy Council (LAFPC) has set exciting policy targets for 2012-2013.

The purpose of the food policy council is to bring together leaders from across sectors, geographies, and socioeconomic communities to build new relationships and to strengthen, facilitate, and coordinate change. LAFPC is a collective impact initiative, working to make Southern California a Good Food region for everyone where food is healthy, affordable, fair and sustainable. LAFPC calls for a number of polices that would increase the number of healthy food retail outlets in underserved areas.

They support policies that transform neighborhood markets and convenience stores in South and East Los Angeles into healthy food retailers. They also support policies that authorize street food vending in the City of Los Angeles and that provide incentives for vendors to offer healthy fare. They also support city policies that would promote opportunities to expand access to community gardens in low income neighborhoods. The policy council also supports policies that ensure that all farmers’ markets accept Federal nutrition benefits, including Cal-Fresh (nationally referred to as SNAP- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) and Women, Infant, Children (WIC), expand coverage of incentive programs which double the purchasing power of low-income residents, and work with partners to promote farmers’ markets in low-income areas.

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