josh viertel

The Cooperative Food Empowerment Directive (CoFed) announced the launch of its nationwide campaign to empower university students to create campus food co-ops as a source of sustainable, ethical and local food. CoFed evolved out of a campaign at UC Berkeley against a proposed fast-food restaurant on campus. The movement against the restaurant turned into a successful effort to create a campus food co-op, which opened its doors in November of 2010. In January, CoFed held its first national training and leadership retreat for student leaders. According to launch committee member and Slow Food USA President Josh Viertel, the campaign will help students across the country start similar efforts...