Take Action in Honor of World Food Day

[Amerigo Vespucci]

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"FOOD PRICES -- FROM CRISIS TO STABILITY" has been chosen as this year's World Food Day theme to shed some light on this trend and what can be done to mitigate its impact on the most vulnerable.

October 24, 2011 04:00 PM
Take Action in Honor of World Food Day

By Kenneth Quinnell

http://crooksandliars.com/kenneth-quinnell/take-action-honor-world-food-day

In honor of World Food Day Monday, the United Farm Workers launched an action alert to help spread the word about the issues related to world hunger and to thank the farmers who feed the world. UFW and other groups are also lobbying Congress on a set of issues related to food and farming.

Dozens of organizations are partners in supporting World Food Day. They are asking supporters to e-mail Congress to support a set of goals that would help lessen world hunger, improve health and farm working conditions and increase food security:
Reduce diet-related disease by promoting safe, healthy foods
Support sustainable farms & limit subsidies to big agribusiness
Expand access to food and alleviate hunger
Protect the environment & animals by reforming factory farms
Promote health by curbing junk-food marketing to kids
Support fair conditions for food and farm workers

The United Farm Workers action alert: http://action.ufw.org/page/s/foodday