Background Information/Resources
A Fair Farm Bill For Public Health: A Series of Papers on the 2007 U.S. Farm Bill, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. (PDF Format)
Food Conscious: The New Food Crusade, Carol Ness, San Francisco Chronicle, July 20 2007.
Nutrition and Food Production: A Role for Health Care Institutions, Ted Schettler, MD, MPH, San Francisco Medicine, Journal of the San Francisco Medical Society, April 2007.
Farming's Dirty Secrets: What's Gone Wrong With How We Produce Food, Steve Heilig, MPH, San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday, June 23 2002.
A Health Professional Sign On Letter For a Healthy Food Bill (PDF Format)
A Food and Farm Bill for Health, Susan L. Roberts, JD, MS, RD and Fern Gale Estrow, MS, RD, CDN (PDF Format)
Make Farm Bill About Providing Healthful Food, David Wallinga and Robert Lawrence, The Des Moines Register, Opinion, July 18 2007.