Today is Food Day, the nationwide celebration
for healthy, affordable, and sustainable food.
Food Day offers events consumers can
take part in such as those focusing on health, sustainable agriculture,
farmworker justice, and animal welfare.
It’s coordinated by the Center for
Science in the Public Interest, a consumer advocacy group, with an advisory
board of food movement leaders.
Events are being offered in all 50
states. To fine one, check out the details on the map at FoodDay.org.
Among
the events
Future of Food: 2050, Washington,
D.C., 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Mott
Haven Academy Rooftop Garden Opening, New York, N.Y., 10 a.m. to
11:15 a.m.
Eat
Real at Foley Square, New York, N.Y., 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Savannah Food Day Festival,
Savannah, Ga., Sunday, October 28, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Denver
Botanic Gardens Food Day, Denver, Colo., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Los Angeles Food
Policy Council, Los Angeles, Calif., 9 a.m.
Food Days at
Babson College, Wellesley, Mass., noon to 4 p.m.
Online
events
Eat Real Quiz.
Twitter
Conference.
More events are listed at FoodDay.org.
Food Day seeks to motivate Americans to
change their diets for the better and to take action for improved food
policies, the center said in a statement.
