The 100-Mile Diet Society and the Get Local Project welcome you to the reading of the “Eat Local Month” proclamation at Trout Lake Farmers Market this Saturday, September 15th, 2007.

Reading: 08:50 am

Market hours: 9am to 2pm

Several food security-related initiatives are currently being led by concerned groups in Vancouver and surrounding municipalities. They have come together to endorse this September 2007 as Eat Local Month! One such initiative, the Eat Local Challenge has citizens committing online to taking on a more local diet from September to Thanksgiving in October with the intention of supporting the local economy and reducing their food miles. The final event will announce the collective greenhouse gas emissions reduction number. In accordance, the Get Local Project is focusing on distributors and businesses to include more local food.
Our food system has swiftly moved out of the hands of farmers, the small business sector and the public and into the control of large-scale corporate industry. Healthy, tasty, and local food should be accessible to everyone. Several non-profit food security and public education organizations have endorsed the written proclamation coordinated by the 100-Mile Diet Society and the Vancouver Food Policy Council.

In terms of greenhouse gases emitted, if the entire city of Vancouver were to eat an exclusively local diet for one day it would be the equivalent of taking approximately 55,000 compact cars off the road for one day. If the entire population of the Greater Vancouver Regional district were to eat local for one day, it would be the equivalent of taking 182,500 cars off the road for one day!Our average meal travels 2,400 km from farm to plate - a fact that not only contributes to issues such as climate change, but also compromises our local economy and food security. Connecting the community through the common factor of food has been an effective solution to bringing important issues to the public eye while supporting our local farmers.

Click here to find out more about the Eat Local Challenge and what is happening all this month until Thanksgiving holiday in October.

Get Local Project www.getlocalbc.org or come by the Trout Lake Farmers Market this Saturday, September 15th and visit the 100-Mile Diet Society’s information display.

The following projects and organizations have endorsed the “Eat Local Month” Proclamation:
100-Mile Diet Society Vancouver
Vancouver Food Policy Council
The Get Local Project
Your Local Farmers Market Society
FarmFolk/CityFolk Society
UBC Farm
Smart Growth BC
Environmental Youth Alliance
Check Your Head
Urban Aboriginal Community Kitchen Garden Project

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