Last December, Jane Kramer of East Lansing, Michigan, started a Change.org petition calling on Meijer — a midwest based grocery store chain — to put their customers’ health first by replacing “junk food with food and non-food options in the checkout aisles at each of its stores.” For the last eight months, Jane’s been putting […]
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Here’s what one parent is doing to improve grocery store checkout aisles
Written by Pulin Modi · July 17, 2017 7:23 pm -
Exclusive Interview with the Director of Harvard’s Food Law and Policy Clinic
Emily Broad Leib is the Director of the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic. Read what she has to say about the current state of the food movement and how you can help make an impact.
Written by Pulin Modi · September 16, 2016 6:28 pm -
Here’s How The Huffington Post is Empowering People to End Food Waste
We our excited to announce that we are partnering with The Huffington Post on its new ‘Reclaim’ campaign to empower people to do something to end food waste. I caught up with Jo Confino, the Executive Editor of Impact and Innovation at The Huffington Post, who has been spearheading this project.
Written by Brianna Cayo Cotter · June 28, 2016 12:00 pm -
Bettina Won 3 Campaigns on Change.org. Here’s How She Does It.
Bettina is also one of the most successful petition creators in Change.org’s history working on controversial issues like “pink slime,” “Chinese chicken,” and a marketing program McDonald’s launched in schools.
Written by Pulin Modi · May 31, 2016 9:13 pm -
The Beautiful Story Behind An Ugly Victory
Jordan Figueiredo is the founder of UglyFruitandVeg.org — an advocacy campaign to fight food waste worldwide by changing the perception around “ugly” produce. We talked to him about campaigning for “ugly” produce and asked about his best tips for success.
Written by Pulin Modi · March 15, 2016 9:08 pm -
How Passionate Consumers are Changing the Food Industry
Just as the East coast was heading out of work for Super Bowl weekend, I called Renee Shutters to share the news that she won her Change.org petition and Mars announced it was eliminating the dyes from all food products within 5 years.
Written by Pulin Modi · February 10, 2016 6:07 pm