The Food Policy Advisory Committee

The Prevention Research Center is a key member of the "Logistical Core," or support team, for the New Orleans Food Policy Advisory Committee.  Our partners on the Logistical Core include Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana, the City of New Orleans Health Department, Steps to a Healthier LA/New Orleans, the Louisiana Public Health Institute, the Renaissance Project, the New Orleans Food & Farm Network, and The Food Trust. 

Access to fresh produce was not plentiful prior to Hurricane Katrina; since the levee failure, however, availability has only gotten worse.  The Food Policy Advisory Committee, which is comprised of local and national grocers, public health professionals, banking and financial leaders, food and child welfare proponents, hunger and poverty advocates, and governmental officials, has spent the past year researching best practices and developing recommendations to improve food access in New Orleans.  The Committee is now working with local and state government to implement their recommendations. 

The Committee was authorized by a May 2007 resolution by the New Orleans City Council.  See it here. 

For more information on the need for access to fresh healthy food, click here.