In the Media: Springfield Food Policy Council

2020 Features

October 26, 2020: Elizabeth Wills-O'Gilvie, Janine Fondon Named Pynchon Medalists
October 20, 2020: 2020 Pynchon Medalists Announced by Advertising Club of Western Massachusetts
June 10, 2020: Program reaches one million meals
May 12, 2020: Food Security Virtual Panel and Q&A with Senator Comerford
January 7, 2020: Access to Good Food is a Human Right

2019 Features

Nov 22, 2019: 2019 Speak Up for Better Health Award
June 12, 2019: Healthy School Meals That Are Also Tasty? Springfield, Mass., Gives It A Try
May 10, 2019: CISA Local Hero Awardees
Apr 22, 2019: Public School System Boasts Big Leap in Quality of Food
Apr 16, 2019: First in the nation culinary center opens for Springfield students
Apr 12, 2019: ​Springfield opens Culinary and Nutrition Center
Apr 10, 2019: ​Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture honors Local Heroes at annual meeting
​March 24, 2019: Springfield plant sale this Saturday to be sponsored by Gardening the Community and Springfield Food Policy Council
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Liz O'Gilvie, left, Springfield Food Policy Council chair. Zenaida Figueroa, at right, has cooked for the schools in Springfield, Massachusetts, for 17 years. Ben James, NEPR

Previous Features

June 2, 2018: Gardening the Community opens farm stand on Walnut Street in Springfield
March 5, 2018: Advochat Podcast: Healthy food and social justice in Springfield with Liz Willis-O'Gilvie
Nov 27, 2017: Full Shelves, Empty Calories: Springfield Neighborhoods Still Waiting for Healthy Food Options
May 23, 2017: America's Food Access Problem Starts on the Farm
May 3, 2017: Want healthy food? In much of Mass., it’s hard to get
Jan 9, 2015: Hunger in Western Massachusetts grows after Great Recession

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