Good Food for All Agenda 2017 of the Los Angeles Food Policy Coalition

Authors

Lead Research, Writing and Project Management: Breanna Hawkins; and Writing, Editing and Production Support: Clare Fox, Camille de la Vega, Iesha Siler, Divana Olivas, Nare Park.

Publication

Los Angeles Food Policy Coalition | 2017

Abstract

GOOD FOOD FOR ALL IS A PARADIGM SHIFT.

It means a radical movement toward deeply regenerative and fundamentally just ways to grow, distribute and nourish ourselves with food. Originally expressed seven years ago in the form of a visionary policy platform, the Good Food for All Agenda represents the aspirations and commitments of what has grown into a nationally significant movement.

The Los Angeles Food Policy Council was a result of the Good Food for All Agenda in 2010, the result of a Food Policy Taskforce convened by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Today, we are honored to present to you the first update to a collective vision that we trust will bear great fruit in the following seven years. We collaborated, interviewed and discussed the contents of the new Agenda with hundreds of local food organizations, farmers, gardeners, entrepreneurs, distributors, retailers, scientists, policymakers, advocates and residents throughout the Los Angeles food system.

Pulitzer-prize winning food journalist Jonathan Gold wrote in the original Good Food for All Agenda that, “Los Angeles is the best place to eat in the world right now.” We contend that Los Angeles is also the best place to be an advocate for Good Food, where the web of connection, creativity and commitment among thousands immersed in this movement is stronger than ever before. Once perhaps seen as a “niche” issue, ‘Good Food’ is now leading critical public conversations on equity, the economy and health.