Slow Food USA Announces "Eat In Day" to Help Improve Kids' School Food

SlowFoodUSA is asking that we note this date: September 7, 2009. It'll be the date we’ll look back on as the moment when folks across the USA took a stand about the food our children eat at school.   As you know, children who grow up enjoying food that is both delicious and good for them learn healthy eating habits that last throughout their lives. And those habits can start at school, but only if we give schools the resources to serve real food instead of the overly processed fast food that endangers their health.

To make that happen, Congressional leaders need to hear that when it comes to our children, change can’t wait.   That’s why they’ve organized a National Eat-In for Labor Day, Sept. 7, 2009. On that day, people across America will gather with their neighbors for public potlucks that send our nation’s leaders a clear message: It’s time to provide our children with real food at school.  To get Congress’ attention, SlowFood needs the help of all kinds of people: parents, teachers, community leaders, kids and people who’ve never done anything like this before. Everyone has to pitch in. Tell your friends, neighbors to contact your legislators and to organize Eat-Ins for Sept. 7.

Click here to get started.

The campaign web site will guide you through the easy process, and the campaign team is ready to provide support. SlowFood will give you everything you need to get involved, starting today.  And they mean today—because with President Obama calling for health care reform and the First Lady teaching kids to grow organic food on the White House Lawn, finally there's an opening to pass legislation that gives kids the opportunity to grow up healthy.  This fall, Congress will be debating whether to update the Child Nutrition Act, which is the law that determines what kind of food kids eat at school. By giving schools the resources to serve real food, we can make sure that the legacy we’re leaving our children is a future filled with opportunity, security and good health.
 
For more information, and to help your schools and to join the effort, go to SlowFoodUSA.org.