All school should serve students healthy, nourishing and wholesome foods for lunch. Slow Food USA supporters and members are working hard on this cause and trying to get thousands of letters (especially from children) sent to legislators' districts offices before February, when Congress is expected to begin debating the funding standards for school meal programs. Please get involved and support this movement by writing a letter or organizing a letter-writing campaign. The Slow Food In Schools program meaningfully and directly connects children to their food source and ensures they have a future full of good, clean and fair food. They run wonderful Garden to Table projects that provide hands-on food experiences, community interactions and educational projects to K-12 students. Please visit Slow Food USA's website for tips and talking points to help you campaign and write a letter to congress to support this movement.
In the news:
Just this past week, the Senate Agriculture Committee held its 1st hearing about school meal programs. Sen. Blanche Lincoln opened by saying, "we must take steps to provide food that nourishes and promotes the development of our children, not just fills their stomachs." This past week, the Senate Agriculture Committee held its first hearing about school meal programs. Sen. Blanche Lincoln opened by saying, "with obesity, diabetes, and nutrition-related chronic disease epidemic among us, we must not stop at just filling [our children's] bellies, we must also take steps to provide food that nourish and promote the development of our children." Read on here.
You may also support Slow Food USA's partner organization farmtoschool.org. This organization also brings healthy food from local farms to school children nationwide. Farm-to-fork organizations like Slow Food USA and Farm to School instill healthy eating habits in children that last a lifetime and teach them about natural resources...a priceless gift if you ask me.
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