School Lunch
Investing in child nutrition is an investment our future.
Slow Food in Schools
Supporting School Gardens, Healthy School Lunch Options, and Food Education
CCA Scholarship to Italy
Sending one Le Cordon Bleu California Culinary Academy student to Italy for training
Terra Madre
Sending one Bay Area farmer to the annual Terra Madre meeting in Torino, Italy
Ark of Taste
Supporting a catalog of over 200 delicious foods in danger of extinction.
National day of Action: Sept. 7th, was a success!
Thank you to everyone who attended, volunteered and donated.
Find your Magnolia Photobooth pictures here. | See all the eat-in picts on Flickr
Slow Food SF hosted an Eat-In on September 7th to show support for the Time For Lunch Campaign and bring awareness of the situation affecting school and students. Over 300 Eat-Ins happened all over the country with over 20,000 people in attendance.
Please visit us on Facebook and Google groups to learn more about our efforts.
Our San Francisco chapter is working hard to increase awareness about the Slow Food in Schools program and show support for the re-authorization of the Child Nutrition Act, which would increase standards for nutrition in school lunches. Our "Working Lunch" group is actively making connections with other local and international organizations such as Alice Waters' program, Edible Schoolyard, and The Time for Lunch Campaign, one of the strongest efforts in the country gathering support for the re-Authorization decision, which is to happen later this year. To sign an online petition and show your support, please visit their website!
We've realized that the most important thing we can do as a movement is reframe the way people think about food in school: not just tinkering with the way food is processed but making sure our children eat real food in school. Good food is a right, it tastes good, it's good for children, it's good for families, it's good for the economy, it's good for the planet, and it's good for America. Investing in child nutrition is an investment our future.
One way you can start making a difference is to write to your local congressman/woman and tell them we need to make improvements in the Child Nutrition Act. Let them know we are ready to raise a healthy generation starting with school lunch! You can also send an email to friends and family letting them know about the event and why it is so important.
"No nation is healthier than its children."
-Harry S. Truman