Field Reports
Growing a Healthy Food System in Southern Arizona
Eric Hoffman,
Emerson Fellow
Published 2009
Tucson, Arizona
Growing a Healthy Food System in Southern Arizona is a collection of stories that documents the efforts of government and community organizations to increase food security, and demonstrates how sustainable food production can help increase access to healthy, local food.
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Publication tags: Field Reports - Food Systems, Food Systems and Agriculture - Community Members, Policymakers, Service Providers
Originally from Maryland, Eric earned a degree in political science and a minor in environmental studies from St. Mary’s College of Maryland where he was a Nitze Scholar. He was active in the Student Environmental Action Coalition, Maryland Votes, the Student Government Association, wrote his honors senior thesis on U.S. food aid policy, and worked at a local organic farm. He has also interned at Food & Water Watch, worked for the Ben Cardin for U.S. Senate Campaign, traveled to India, and completed a Semester at Sea.
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