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Wednesday! Mar 02 2005 // 7:52 pm //

Building Bridges: Linking Public Health and the Sustainable Ag Movement

“The Building Bridges project of Prevention Institute is trying to create opportunities to promote a just and sustainable food system by making connections between public health and the sustainable agriculture movement. The Institute explores these connections in a September 2004 report titled Cultivating Common Ground: Linking Health and Sustainable Agriculture (PDF) The report documents links between agriculture and health, identifies overlapping issues that provide opportunities for collaboration, notes issues that need to be resolved before engaging in partnerships, and makes recommendations for developing a collaborative movement. The report also explains that the time is ripe to connect agriculture and health and lists 10 reasons why, including: everyone cares about health, good eating habits are key to preventing chronic disease, concern over rising obesity levels, and health disparities across race and income level that are related to the food system.” [ATTRA]