Policy Advocacy

Initiatives

• Budget Advocacy and Performance Oversight

• Food Access

  • No Senior Hungry, Give SNAP A Raise

• Institutional Food

  • DC Jail Food Reform, Universal Free School Meals, School Food Collaborative

• Food as Medicine

At DC Greens, we believe that policy change is necessary to create a just and resilient food system. We believe that individuals most impacted by food injustice must have channels to influence, shape, manage and control the solutions for their communities. Far too often, those with the most lived experience of food insecurity are not a part of building or running the programs designed to serve them. Impactful and sustainable solutions must involve impacted communities at every stage of the process, from idea formation to implementation.

Policy Updates

• New Report from DC Greens and Harvard Law School Outlines Path Forward for Food is Medicine Interventions, June 14, 2023

• DC Greens submitted formal comments on two proposed rules being considered by the US Department of Agriculture: 1) Child Nutrition Programs: Community Eligibility Provision – Increasing Options for Schools, 2) Child Nutrition Programs – Revisions to Meal Patterns Consistent with the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. May 2023.

• DC Council Committees released their FY 2024 Budget Reports, which include recommended changes to the Mayor’s budget, April 2023

• Mayor Bowser unveils FY 2024 Proposed Budget, March 22, 2023