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Commentary: Getting a Good Measure of Food Security

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 02, 2019
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Commentary: Getting a Good Measure of Food Security

On Monday, Robb Davis did a good job of analyzing the data on poverty and food security issues locally. ...

On Monday, Robb Davis did a good job of analyzing the data on poverty and food security issues locally. As he pointed out in the piece – it is difficult in an area like Davis to separate out stu ...

January 02, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Food Security and Poverty

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 31, 2018
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Guest Commentary: Food Security and Poverty

Definitions, Measures, and Data for Davis and Yolo County by Robb Davis Michael Bisch, Executive Director ...

Definitions, Measures, and Data for Davis and Yolo County by Robb Davis Michael Bisch, Executive Director of the Yolo Food Bank has provided valuable information on the state of food insecurity among ...

December 31, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Food Insecurity: A Councilmember’s Inspiring Story

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 13, 2018
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Food Insecurity: A Councilmember’s Inspiring Story

by Michael Bisch What follows is an un-redacted email I received from Winters City Councilmember Jesse Lo ...

by Michael Bisch What follows is an un-redacted email I received from Winters City Councilmember Jesse Loren yesterday morning. To say that I was moved doesn’t begin to describe my reaction to Jesse’s ...

December 13, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Student Food Insecurity a Pervasive Issue at UC Davis, Elsewhere

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 11, 2018
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Student Food Insecurity a Pervasive Issue at UC Davis, Elsewhere

In his article yesterday on hunger in Davis, Michael Bisch notes: “one of the biggest challenges in my fi ...

In his article yesterday on hunger in Davis, Michael Bisch notes: “one of the biggest challenges in my first year as Executive Director of the Yolo Food Bank (founded in 1970 in Davis as the Yolo Coun ...

December 11, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Hunger in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 10, 2018
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Guest Commentary: Hunger in Davis

by Michael Bisch “When we’re talking about poverty, what we’re really talking about is hunger and malnutr ...

by Michael Bisch “When we’re talking about poverty, what we’re really talking about is hunger and malnutrition.” – Yolo County Supervisor Don Saylor To my surprise, one of the biggest challenges in my ...

December 10, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Coming Together to Give Thanks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 03, 2018
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Guest Commentary: Coming Together to Give Thanks

Photo caption: Left-to-right, UC Davis Chancellor Gary May, Yolo County Supervisor Don Saylor, City of Da ...

Photo caption: Left-to-right, UC Davis Chancellor Gary May, Yolo County Supervisor Don Saylor, City of Davis Mayor Pro-Tem Gloria Partida and Yolo Food Bank Executive Director Michael Bisch at the Yol ...

December 03, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Thanksgiving for Everyone

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 12, 2018
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Thanksgiving for Everyone

By Michael Bisch With nearly 20% of Yolo County residents living in poverty and even more who are food in ...

By Michael Bisch With nearly 20% of Yolo County residents living in poverty and even more who are food insecure, Thanksgiving would be in jeopardy for 52,000 children, seniors and families were it not ...

November 12, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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FARM Davis Feeds Less Fortunate

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 02, 2017
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FARM Davis Feeds Less Fortunate

By Anya McCann There have been some interesting, heated conversations on Nextdoor this month about those ...

By Anya McCann There have been some interesting, heated conversations on Nextdoor this month about those who live among us but are “between homes” or chronically homeless. Davis has many giving and ki ...

May 02, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Shifting Diets: Beans Not Beef

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 17, 2017
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Shifting Diets: Beans Not Beef

By Anya McCann, COOL Cuisine Have you heard? The livestock sector produces about 15% of global greenhouse ...

By Anya McCann, COOL Cuisine Have you heard? The livestock sector produces about 15% of global greenhouse gases, roughly equivalent to all the exhaust emissions of every car, train, ship and aircraft ...

January 17, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Update on the Sugary Beverage Tax – One Year Later

Posted by Tia Will
|Date: January 07, 2017
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Update on the Sugary Beverage Tax – One Year Later

By Tia Will One year ago, the Davis City Council considered putting a sugary beverage tax on the ballot. ...

By Tia Will One year ago, the Davis City Council considered putting a sugary beverage tax on the ballot. By a 3-2 vote, the Council delayed such a measure. Amongst the reasons given were that there ha ...

January 07, 2017
| by Tia Will

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Learn More About COOL Cuisine in Davis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 07, 2016
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Learn More About COOL Cuisine in Davis

By Anya McCann Davisites love our farmers market. Part of our identity is the chance to grab coffee, a pa ...

By Anya McCann Davisites love our farmers market. Part of our identity is the chance to grab coffee, a pastry and wander through the long aisle of fresh vegetables, fruits, and grains. One could argue ...

June 07, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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My View: Why Keep Denying We Have a Public Health Crisis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 23, 2016
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My View: Why Keep Denying We Have a Public Health Crisis?

In a recent column, Davis Enterprise columnist Bob Dunning pushes back against a public health brochure o ...

In a recent column, Davis Enterprise columnist Bob Dunning pushes back against a public health brochure on sugar, calling it “a big flop” because apparently a number of people emailed complaints to th ...

January 23, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Underlying Data on the Risks of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 29, 2015
| (103) Comments

Underlying Data on the Risks of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption

During the course of the community discussion on a potential soda tax, we have cited our interview with D ...

During the course of the community discussion on a potential soda tax, we have cited our interview with Dr. Harold Goldstein. Some of his figures have come into question and so we asked Dr. Goldstein ...

December 29, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Beverage Industry Sure Acts Like Soda Tax Works

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 27, 2015
| (54) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Beverage Industry Sure Acts Like Soda Tax Works

While there has been a philosophical opposition to the soda tax by some, for the most part the push back ...

While there has been a philosophical opposition to the soda tax by some, for the most part the push back has come on the issue of whether a soda tax will actually work. We hedge our bets on this by co ...

December 27, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Really, We Don’t Have a Problem in Davis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 23, 2015
| (102) Comments

Commentary: Really, We Don’t Have a Problem in Davis?

Stats Show Woodland and West Sac Need to Get on the Ball Too Earlier this week one of our posters wrote, ...

Stats Show Woodland and West Sac Need to Get on the Ball Too Earlier this week one of our posters wrote, “Davis does not have a real problem with obesity nor diabetes.” When challenged by another post ...

December 23, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Would a Soda Tax Pass in Davis and Would It Be Successful?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 22, 2015
| (28) Comments

Analysis: Would a Soda Tax Pass in Davis and Would It Be Successful?

As we debate whether to put a soda tax before the voters in Davis, there seems to be a lot of speculation ...

As we debate whether to put a soda tax before the voters in Davis, there seems to be a lot of speculation without a lot of analytical ground for that speculation. One of the key questions is why Berke ...

December 22, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts II: The Flip-Flopping Epidemic on Soda Tax

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 21, 2015
| (55) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts II: The Flip-Flopping Epidemic on Soda Tax

Last week we showed strong evidence that Mayor Dan Wolk had changed his tune on the soda tax, which went ...

Last week we showed strong evidence that Mayor Dan Wolk had changed his tune on the soda tax, which went from being part of his agenda on children’s health issues to being a distraction from the city ...

December 21, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary II: On Personal Struggles with Sugar Addiction

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 20, 2015
| (102) Comments

Sunday Commentary II: On Personal Struggles with Sugar Addiction

While we have spent much of the week talking about the political machinations around the soda tax, the un ...

While we have spent much of the week talking about the political machinations around the soda tax, the underlying issue has gotten short shrift. I found Friday’s column by Bob Dunning offensive and a ...

December 20, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Threat of Beverage Industry Enough to Roll the Mayor Off Soda Tax Proposal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 17, 2015
| (106) Comments

Commentary: Threat of Beverage Industry Enough to Roll the Mayor Off Soda Tax Proposal

Many were stunned to see Mayor Dan Wolk bail on his signature issue just two weeks after a coalition that ...

Many were stunned to see Mayor Dan Wolk bail on his signature issue just two weeks after a coalition that included his mother, Senator Lois Wolk, along with Dr. Harold Goldstein, former Assemblymember ...

December 17, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Will Council Put a Soda Tax on the Ballot?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 15, 2015
| (63) Comments

Will Council Put a Soda Tax on the Ballot?

The Davis City Council this evening will be considering a number of potential revenue measures. While mos ...

The Davis City Council this evening will be considering a number of potential revenue measures. While most of those will be aimed toward developing a revenue stream to pay for ongoing city services an ...

December 15, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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