Sign the Food Declaration
The mission of Roots of Change (ROC) is to create a sustainable food system in California, the largest producer of food and agricultural products in the U.S., by the year 2030. ROC has drafted a national declaration in order to present a sustainable vision for food and agriculture to policymakers.
A primary goal is to reorganize the food system based on a foundation of health: for communities, for people, for animals, and for the environment. The quality of food, and not just its quantity, can guide our agricultural policies. We need to take a closer look at how we grow, distribute, and prepare food and help steer our agricultural practices onto a sustainable track in order to meet our growing food needs without compromising our health or the environment.
Let your voice be heard.
Sign the Food Declaration for Healthy Food and Agriculture
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Support the "Time For Lunch" Campaign
Support local and wholesome food in schools and in our broader community! Time for Lunch is a national movement organized by Slow Food USA asking parents, teachers and every citizen to speak up and tell our leaders that change can't wait: It's time to provide our children with more local, fresh, and healthy food in schools across the US.
Sign the "Time for Lunch" petition to show Congress that you support giving kids real food at school.
Join the "Eat the View" Campaign
You can also support the Eat the View campaign, an effort led by Kitchen Gardeners International, to plant food gardens in high-profile places such as the White House Lawn. Eat the View is a people-powered campaign. Over 100,000 people signed the White House Victory Garden petition, which helped inspire the Obamas in Spring 2009, to convert part of the White House South Lawn back into a healthy, edible landscape.
Help promote "Victory Gardens" and locally grown food! Sign up for the Eat the View campaign!
President Obama is now even talking about the possibility of creating a Farmers Market in front of the White House to sell food from the White House garden or from local farmers.
"That is a win-win situation. It gives suddenly D.C more access to good, fresh food, but it also is this enormous potential revenue-maker for local farmers in the area...those kind of connections can be made all throughout the country, and has to be part of how we think about health."
- President Barack Obama, August 2009
Listen to Michelle Obama talking about the new White House garden in this short video clip.
