This Monday, October 24 celebrate Food Day.  Food Day “seeks to bring together Americans from all walks of life—parents, teachers, and students; health professionals, community organizers, and local officials; chefs, school lunch providers, and eaters of all stripes—to push for healthy, affordable food produced in a sustainable, humane way.” Maybe you can take your child to a local dairy farm or buy some local, seasonal produce – pumpkins anyone? Events and celebrations will be held all around the country.

Food Day’s six principles will show you why eating local is good for the economy, good for the environment, and better for the farm animals themselves.

Join Rhode Islanders at 10am at the Statehouse for the launch of the RI Food Policy Council – an effort to expand access to healthy, locally grown food to everyone in Rhode Island. Then at 4pm at the URI Feinstein auditorium join the conversation about food at a Community Forum. This is your chance to become a part of the local food movement – no matter how big or small – and help to make a difference and bring local food where it needs to be: home.

For more information and to find out what’s happening where you live, visit www.foodday.org