Resources for advocacy: school food and ag policy

My San Francisco Chronicle column on food advocacy includes a severely edited list of organizations working on food issues, particularly school food and the farm bill. I thought the entire list might be useful.

Note that information about how to contact government officials appears at the end.

I consider this list preliminary. Please use the Comments to add to it. And pass it along, use, and enjoy!

Organization	Advocacy resources

General
Edible Communities	~60 Edible magazines throughout U.S. Useful for identifying local food resources
Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)	Advocacy and lobbying for a broad range of food and nutrition issues, school food among them.
Slow Food USA	Promotes policies favoring slow, as opposed to fast, food
Strategic Alliance for Healthy Food and Activity Environments	Promotes policies to improve corporate and government practices that affect food and activity environments in California
Community Food Security Coalition	More than 300 organizations working to build sustainable, self-reliant, local and regional food systems, and promote a healthier farm bill.

School Food
Background legislation	The Healthy, Hunger-free Kids Act of 2010 Proposed nutrition standards for school meals
USDA programs	Team Nutrition: supports child nutrition programs through training Chefs Move to Schools: partners chefs with schools
Public Health Advocacy Institute	Promotes use of the legal system to improve school food
National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity (NANA)	Lobbies for federal policies and programs to improve school food and activity environments (a project of CSPI)
Public Health Law & Policy	Offers a policy package with goals and actions for school wellness policies, and a fact sheet on the schools section of its website
National Farm to School Network	Promotes connecting farm produce to schools
California ProjectLEAN (Leaders Encouraging Activity and Nutrition)	Helps develop school wellness policies and healthier food and activity environments (a joint project of the California Department of Public Health and the Public Health Institute)
CANFIT (Communities, Adolescents, Nutrition, Fitness)	Community-based initiatives to improve diet and fitness among low-income, minority adolescents
Center For Ecoliteracy	Rethinking School Lunch Guide shows how to incorporate ecological understanding into school meals
School Food Focus	Focus: Food Options for Children in Urban Areas
One Tray	More direct connection between local farms and school meal programs
Better School Food	Community-based connection of school food to health
Cook For America	Culinary training to support healthy school lunches cooked from scratch
The Lunch Box	Online toolkit with information about healthy lunch options
Let’s Move Salad Bars to School	Supports salad bars in schools
Project Lunch	Improves Marin County school lunch program
Nourish Life	Food and sustainability in schools and communities
PEACHSF	How-to guides and resources

Farm Bill
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy	Public policies for food and farming
Food and Water Watch	Bring agricultural policy in line with health and environmental policy
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition	Promotes healthier and more sustainable systems for small- and medium-size farms, farming opportunities, fair competition
Organic Trade Association (OTA)	Supports organic food production, large and small
Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)	Protect and expand food assistance programs
Environmental Working Group	Exposes inequities in food subsidies; provides data on who gets what
PolicyLink	Working to get Healthy Food Financing Initiative into the Farm Bill