Comments on: Take a Stand on Food Day 2014! https://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/its-food-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-food-day Supporting the economic and environmental sustainability of agriculture, natural resources, and rural communities. Fri, 24 Oct 2014 18:55:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Susan Santone https://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/its-food-day/#comment-1009620 Fri, 24 Oct 2014 18:55:57 +0000 https://sustainableagriculture.net/?p=31869#comment-1009620 Food Day is an opportunity to remind ourselves of the importance of engaging youth in sustainable agriculture. Students need not only healthy food, but also information and critical thinking skills to make good decisions. Classrooms can be the vehicle for positive change. Here’s one powerful example: http://www.creativechange.net/track-record/case_studies/wtmc/

]]> By: Annette Wells https://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/its-food-day/#comment-1009512 Fri, 24 Oct 2014 15:44:54 +0000 https://sustainableagriculture.net/?p=31869#comment-1009512 I support the revision of FSMA rules to make safe and sustainable food available to all. As an organic grower and consumer I know that organic methods are what sustains and builds the soil for generations to come–conventional growing destroys it, and remediation is costly and detrimental to the entire biome, a vicious cycle that we have just barely begun to address. Lets get it right for the next generations, rather than handing them our problems-which will be intractable of we don’t act on their solutions ‘yesterday’. Thank you.

]]> By: Bette Shapiro https://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/its-food-day/#comment-1009482 Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:46:13 +0000 https://sustainableagriculture.net/?p=31869#comment-1009482 I want to be eating food that is not grown with chemicals. I assume you want your children to be eating chemical free food also. I support family farmers and organic, no gmo food. And that is all I eat these days.

SUSTAINABLE FARMING PRACTICES! YES!

]]> By: Autumn’s Harvest and Food Day | The Kitchen Dahla https://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/its-food-day/#comment-1009000 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 22:52:28 +0000 https://sustainableagriculture.net/?p=31869#comment-1009000 […] It’s Food Day blog post posted by National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition […]

]]> By: 12 Ways To Get Healthy Food Into Your Child's School - Real Mom Nutrition — Real Mom Nutrition https://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/its-food-day/#comment-1008871 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:08:14 +0000 https://sustainableagriculture.net/?p=31869#comment-1008871 […] It’s Food Day blog post posted by National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition […]

]]> By: Why Organic Food Matters, Beyond Our Plates https://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/its-food-day/#comment-1008746 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 13:59:42 +0000 https://sustainableagriculture.net/?p=31869#comment-1008746 […] It’s Food Day by National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition […]

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