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On efforts to prevent obesity and illness by creating healthy community environments

FOOD DAY California - Monday, October 24
Food Day is October 24
Thousands of Events Celebrate Healthy, Affordable, Sustainable Food
Sign CA FOOD DAY Petition for Healthy Food: >>Organization Petition
>>Citizen Petition
FIND A FOOD DAY EVENT in California: >> CLICK HERE
>> or go to the MAP AT FoodDay.org
FOOD DAY Resources >> CLICK HERE
>> Organizations working on Food & Ag policy change (listed by Marion Nestle)
Learn About Food Day >> FoodDay.org
>> 6 Food Day Principles
Food Day Updates >> CLICK HERE for the latest news on Food Day events
California Food Day activities are led by the Strategic Alliance, the Prevention Institute, California Convergence, and Roots of Change. They are mounting a statewide petition campaign for smarter federal food and farm policies.
Food Day brings together Americans from all walks of life to push for healthy, affordable food, produced in a sustainable, humane way.
- parents, teachers, and students
- health professionals, community organizers, and local officials
- chefs, school lunch providers, and eaters of all stripes
Honorary Food Day Co-Chairs:
-- Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA)
-- Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
FOOD DAY is Sponsored by:
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), the nonprofit watchdog group that has led successful fights for food labeling, better nutrition, and safer food since 1971.
An impressive Food Day Advisory Board includes anti-hunger advocates, physicians, authors, politicians, and leaders of groups focused on everything from farmers markets to animal welfare to public health.
