National Food Day Events | October 24

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Check the Food Day website for the full list of October 24th events observing the first Food Day in California and beyond. On October 24th and the weekend before you'll find community food events from tiny towns to big cities.

Here are just a few...


San Francisco hosts Bread of the Dead, a SPUR event revealing what it takes to feed thousands of school children daily, amd Not Your Same-Old Hospital Food--prompting discussion of sustainable food in hospitals. (Hear hear!)

In Yountville. explore and celebrate the abundance of local food, family farms and farmers’ markets, along with the restaurants, grocers, and organizations that support them.

In San Mateo Autumn in Italy is a Fundraising Dinner for Collective Roots, who builds breathtaking school gardens unique open spaces where both students' minds and the community's spirit can take root.

And beekeeper in Truckee hosts a honey tasting and discussion, along with other Food Day events in the area.

Homesteading in Los Angeles takes root at the Ralph Bunche house, where you can see how RootDown trains local youth to grow, cook, and create micro enterprises with our own home grown produce!

Throw Your Own Food Day Event!

You can list it on their website. The Food Day Principles include:

• 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

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