By: Sara Klausner Real Food Challenge (RFC) is a national organization that teams up with students across college campuses to build a healthy, just, and sustainable food system. The organization was founded on several core values, one of which is called the Partnership Principle, “While students are vital to the movement, we should not go … Continue reading The Power to Buy is the Power to Change
By Nick Boyd This weekend, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) is stopping in Boston as part of their national Behind the Braids Tour: Boycott Wendy’s. They are traveling across the country to picket the fast-food chain as a response to the company’s refusal to sign their Fair Food Program (FFP), which provides for worker-to-worker … Continue reading The Coalition of Immokalee Workers: Fighting for Fair
By Grace Woodward We are in an extremely exciting time! Across our campus, students are rising up for what they believe in. Divest is occupying Centennial with an amazing coalition of support. We are demanding more from Northeastern. As Northeastern Real Food Challenge stands in solidarity with Divest, it’s important to think about how different … Continue reading Northeastern RFC stands with DivestNU
By Alex Peterson This past weekend (September 23 - 25), one of our own student leaders Grace Woodward (History ‘19) attended the National Food Justice Summit at the University of Georgia in Athens (UGA), where over 20 schools came together from across the nation to collaborate and strategize around transforming our food systems. For Real … Continue reading No Ground to Lose: National Food Justice Summit 2016
Northeastern student and environmentalist, Liz Olson, works at a fair trade centered cafe. In this blog post, Liz discusses the problem with the latest buzzword, "Local," reminding us to always be conscious of misguiding labels. Here's Liz's take, what's yours? P.s. Thanks for the RFC shoutout Liz! The Problem with "Local" By Liz Olson I work … Continue reading Liz’s Take on “Local” food
You've probably seen photos of your peers holding signs saying phrases like, "Aoun Sign the Commitment," "Justice Tastes Good," and "NU needs sustainable foods." You're also probably wondering what the deal with all these photo. The photo campaign is to educate and curate support from the student body for our cause. After all, the students, … Continue reading What’s the deal with all these photos?
Exciting things have been happening with RFC Northeastern all semester. We attended our first Local Foods Trade Show, using the Real Food Calculator we're even closer to revealing how much of Northeastern's real food percentage, we hosted our first Crash Course event, and we started our own petition. To celebrate all the hard work we've accomplished this semester we invite you to … Continue reading Real Food Field Trip
by Mariam AlMarzouq The shy spring sunshine is slowly making her appearance and melting away the winter snow. Alas, we say goodbye to winter-inspired lattes, and return to a nice tall glass of ice tea! With its endless flavors and fusion, Tea will satisfy any of your needs whether its energy, sleep, or detoxification. However, with supermarket shelves … Continue reading Drink tea, not chemicals
In RFC we are advocating for the dining halls to "get real." Yet none of that means anything if we are not consuming real food in our daily lives. If we want Aoun to finally sign the unedited commitment then we have to start living, breathing, and eating real food (literally on the eating part). Don't … Continue reading Our Favorite Foods get a Real Food Makeover
When: 6pm-7pm Thursday, March 19th Where: 311 Ell Hall Why: Learn your role in the food system, eat some delicious real food, and meet some fellow “foodies.” Ever wonder where your dining hall food really comes from and Why it never seems to fill you up? What about those crazy food labels, people seem to … Continue reading Learn all things RFC at our Crash Course event
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