A. Ficus on Food...


Watch the trailer for the new film "Fresh-The Movie,"
directed by Ana Sofia Joanes


A. Ficus: For Safe, Healthy, and Nutritious Food

Eat Locally, Feed Globally Is the New Cry

Why Our Food System May Suffer the Same Fate as Our Financial System By Lisa M. Hamilton, AlterNet. Posted June 11, 2009.

Eat This Recession. Posted at Alternatives Journal by Wayne Roberts, Oct. 15, 2009.

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1. Join the Edible Gardens Project at ediblegardensproject.org

2. Join the effort to get local schools to create "Edible Schoolyards" or "Garden of Eatin'"-type school/community gardens, and incorporate growing food and nutrition into the school curriculum

3. Set improved nutritional standards for seniors and children

4. Support buying locally grown food

5. Pass ordinance to phase in mandatory labeling or point-of-purchase identification of foods with GMOs, additives & pesticides, and foods that are irradiated, as well as country-of-origin labeling

6. Promote food literacy education in partnership with local/regional organizations working on food literacy, such as SustainableTable

Watch "Grocery Store Wars," by Free Range Studios


In "The Meatrix," also by Free Range Studios, learn about the environmental, human rights, and health impacts of factory farms


Michael Pollen, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, speaks on "Beyond the Bar Code"


Links
Columbia University Food Sustainability Project

Paid for by Friends of Ficus for Mayor Committee. Rose Bush, Treasurer.