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A Modest Proposal for Sustainable Eating

August 17, 2008
Roots of Change was featured in the SF Chronicle Op-Ed section today . The article by Katrina Heron, Chair of the board of Slow Food Nation and a director of the Chez Panisse Foundation - asks the question: 'How do we kick our fast-food addiction and re-establish a relationship with what's good for us and good for the planet?'

One of the solutions she offers is to sign The Healthy Food and Agriculture Declaration, orchestrated by Roots of Change as a response to the farm bill, which will be posted on August 28 at www.fooddeclaration.org for public comment and to sign on to the Declaration Petition.
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USDA Data Shows America is Swimming in Calories

August 14, 2008
Last Sunday’s New York Times looked at some recently released data from the USDA Economic Research Service showing that between 1970 and 2006, the amount of food available to the average American grew by 1.8 pounds of food per week. Among the increases were meat and egg consumption (+0.2 pounds per week), fruits (+0.5 pounds), fats (+0.5 pounds), and refined sweeteners (+0.3 pounds) - read full article here.

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Los Angeles Stages a Fast Food Intervention

August 14, 2008
There was an article in yesterday morning's New York Times about recent Los Angeles City Council action to combat food deserts in South Los Angeles, where ROC Stewardship Council member Sylvia Drew Ivie has been very active. Interestingly, the article also features quotes from 2007 ROC Fellow Larry Bain from Nextcourse - read full article here.

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Slow Food Needs Reality Check, Not Makeover

August 4, 2008
Brahm Ahmadi, ED of Peoples Grocery - wrote this blog entry in response to the July 23 article in the New York Times written by Kim Severson entitled Slow Food Savors Its Big Moment. In his blog, Brahm writes, "While I think that Slow Food’s hope and desire to become more diverse and inclusive of people of color and people of lower socio-economic status is admirable, I’m not sure that trying to make Slow Food more diverse is the best strategy for supporting food justice movements and communities of color."
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Slow Food Nation Gains Momentum

Aug. 5, 2008
Slow Food Nation and Roots of Change arel featured in an article today by Shepherd Bliss (of Kokopelli Farms) on an independent news website called CounterPunch - read full article here .

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