The Dark Side of Food Campaigns, Part 2

So at this point, it’s clear that big soda and beverage companies haven’t curtailed their marketing campaigns targeted at children and young adults. On the contrary, the marketing towards this demographic has only increased, and the health implications that could result from this have been well-documented.

So, what can be done to combat this?

More Crowdsourcing for Improving Food Policy

Hopefully this trend continues.

First, the New York City government started a Tumblr site for New Yorkers to share easy and healthy recipes with one another, which I thought was a fantastic idea and an excellent use of crowdsourcing. Now it appears that similar strategy is being used by Slow Food USA as a tool to promote better and healthier food policies.