Deadline – September 7th, 2009
The Slow Food Campaign, a movement to help people eat food that is good for them, has a campaign currently to tell Congress:
It’s time to provide America’s children with real food at school.
Showing your support is easy,
click here to sign the petition.
They need 20,000 names by Monday, September 7th 2009.
If you’re looking to help with a more hands-on approach, The Slow Food Campaign is hosting Eat-Ins across the country. What is an Eat-In? An Eat-In is a potluck. Eat-Ins bring people together to share a meal and show their support for a cause like getting real food into schools.
Area Eat-Ins are occurring at the following locations:
- Clinton, NY Eat-In (Near Utica)
- Organizer: Frank Sciacca, Slow Food Central Leatherstocking
- Email: fsciacca@hamilton.edu
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- New Hartford, NY Eat-In (Near Utica)
- Organizer: Naomi Guttman
- Email: nguttman@hamilton.edu
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- Salem, NY, Eat-In (Near Saratoga Springs)
- Organizer: Rocco Verrigni
- Email: roccitman@gmail.com
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- Syracuse, NY Eat-In
- Organizer: Dawn Wilson, Slow Food Central New York
- Email: dawnwilsonx@gmail.com
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You can also start your own chapter, and Cooperstown is currently looking for a chapter leadership team. For more information email info@slowfoodusa.org
About the Child Nutrition Act The Child Nutrition Act is a federal law that comes up for reauthorization in Congress every four to five years. It governs the National School Lunch Program, which sets the standard for the food that more than 30 million children eat every school day. In the last few decades, as school budgets have been cut, our nation’s schools have struggled to serve children the real food they need. The deadline for reauthorizing the current Child Nutrition Act is September 2009. Unless we speak up now, “business as usual” on Capitol Hill will let Congress pass a Child Nutrition Act that continues to fail our children.
Thank you for letting us know about this importnant issue. I had no idea. I support this campain 100%. The foods that are being served in the schools is horrible. Please everyone sign the pettition for better nutrition for the schools. Let our congress know that we care about our children & their future eating habits.
That’s awesome. Why don’t they have a Mohawk Valley chapter? I’m willing to go to Saratoga, though.