I am sure most people haven't heard of Food Day. I know I hadn't until I started interning with Local First Arizona.
In a nutshell, Good Food Day is a day that celebrates, and inspires people to change their eating habits by supporting healthy food, and changing our food policies.
Here is a link to a blog I wrote about Food Day 2014, for Local First Arizona's website:
For Food Day in Phoenix, many people gathered at Cesar Chavez Park in downtown Phoenix. If you didn't catch the correlation between food day and Cesar Chavez, I highly encourage you to look up Cesar Chavez! Anyways, of course Steve, Jaime, and I (all from LFA) set up a table at Food Day to do our part to inspire people. We took the initiative to talk to the public about local food, and how it benefits the consumer and the local economy. We weren't the only passionate folks there. There were plenty of local farms, CSAs, educators, and government presence there. It was a great gathering to celebrate good food, and the initiative to change our eating habits and food policies.
It was definitely very inspiring to me to learn about this event, and see the day that the City of Phoenix put together to celebrate. One of my favorite parts of the day, was when everyone was given an apple, and at 12 noon, everyone took a bite. It was just one loud crunch of a group of people eating a healthy food item! For me personally, I just love events like these, because I really am passionate about knowing where my food comes from, and supporting a healthy food system. I am not sure why everyone wouldn't want to care more about what they are putting into their bodies!
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