Food Day

Food Day will be October 24—in 2011 and in years to come. Food Day seeks to bring together Americans from all walks of life—parents, teachers, and students; health professionals, community organizers, and local officials; chefs, school lunch providers, and eaters of all stripes—to push for healthy, affordable food produced in a sustainable, humane way. We will work with people around the country to create thousands of events in homes, schools, churches, farmers markets, city halls, and state capitals.

Here are the 6 Food Day Principles:

• 1Reduce diet-related disease by promoting safe, healthy foods
• 2Support sustainable farms & limit subsidies to big agribusiness
• 3Expand access to food and alleviate hunger
• 4Protect the environment & animals by reforming factory farms
• 5Promote health by curbing junk-food marketing to kids
• 6Support fair conditions for food and farm workers