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Welcome to the webinar!

Welcome to the webinar!. Please type any questions into the box in your dashboard, and we’ll address them at the end of the presentation. This webinar will be recorded; a link will be sent out by email following the webinar. Visit www.foodday.org or email foodday@cspinet.org.

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  1. Welcome to the webinar! Please type any questions into the box in your dashboard, and we’ll address them at the end of the presentation. This webinar will be recorded; a link will be sent out by email following the webinar. Visit www.foodday.org or email foodday@cspinet.org

  2. www.foodday.org Center for Science in the Public Interest

  3. Food Day’s Programmatic Focus Food Day is committed to: • Reducing diet-related disease by promoting safe, healthy foods • Supporting sustainable farms and limiting subsidies to big agribusiness • Expanding access to food and alleviating hunger • Protecting the environment and animals by reforming factory farms • Reducing junk-food marketing to kids • Supporting fair working conditions for food and farm workers

  4. Recent activities being planned • Denver Botanic Gardens in Denver, Colorado is hosting a marquee event for Food Day featuring local producers and educational activities for families. • The City of Portland and the City of Seattle will proclaim October 24th as “Food Day” for their cities • The City of Little Rock is working with the Clinton Foundation, Heifer International, Blue and You, Alliance for a Healthier Generation, local schools, and numerous other organizations to have a city day of service building raised bed gardens for schools and individuals living in food deserts. The event is tentatively scheduled for the grounds of the Presidential Library. • The Atlanta Food Initiative and Georgia Organics are developing an “I Eat Real because...” photo campaign to expand existing farmers markets. • Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kansas, will host a Kids Nutrition Fair on Food Day

  5. How Could You Use Food Day? Food Day is an opportunity to take the initiative on food issues. What could you do? www.FoodDay.org

  6. Hon. Rosa DeLauro (D- CT) Food Day Co-Chair

  7. John Weidman Deputy Executive Director, The Food Trust

  8. Food Day Webinar: Hungry for Change July 28, 2011 Kathy Mulvey, CFSC Policy Director

  9. Overview • What is Community Food Security? • Community Food Security and the Farm Bill • Farm Bill Organizing and Advocacy • Food Day Actions

  10. The Community Food Security Coalition catalyzes food systems that are healthy, sustainable, just, and democratic by building community voice and capacity for change.

  11. Definition & Basic Principles Community food security is a condition in which all community residents obtain a safe, culturally acceptable, nutritionally adequate diet through a sustainable food system that maximizes community self-reliance and social justice. —Mike Hamm and Anne Bellows

  12. The Farm Bill and Community Food Security • The Farm Bill is generally not supportive of community food systems • Commodity programs do not support local agriculture • Local food system funding is limited • SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) addresses hunger and food insecurity

  13. Farm Bill Issues CFSC has worked on Historically • Community Food Projects • Farmers Markets • Local Purchasing • Healthy Food Access • Nutrition Title Programs  

  14. Preparing for 2012 Farm Bill • Listening sessions to inform CFSC’s priorities • Collaboration with local hosts • Hundreds of participants across the country

  15. 2012 Farm Bill Priorities Two Overarching Themes: • Improving access to healthy food for everyone, especially low-income people. • Building local and regional food systems and infrastructure.

  16. Food Day Actions Organize local actions and events that: • Raise public and policymaker awareness of community food security • Generate support for community food security priorities in the 2012 Farm Bill

  17. Resources • Farm Bill background: See http://www.foodsecurity.org/2012FarmBill.html • CFSC’s policy updates and action alerts: Sign up at http://foodsecurity.org/policy.html#materials

  18. THANK YOU For additional resources, visit CFSC’s website: www.foodsecurity.org.

  19. Food Security and Food Day! Use Food Day to advance or establish community goals relating to food security Don’t reinvent the wheel!!!! Use resources from the Community Food Security Coalition , the APA Food Interest Group, and partners. Be inspired by the Food Trust, Policy Link, and many, many others Remember that community participation and engagement are keys to long term success

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