Actions - Roots of Change

Actions

The Changemakers Action Menu

Here are some suggested actions you can take today to help create a sustainable food system for California:

1. Sign the National Declaration calling for healthy food and agriculture policy at fooddeclaration.org.

2. Become a Locavore and buy more sustainable food: local, seasonal, organic, biodynamic.

3. Ask your School District to make food part of the curriculum.

4. Make Friends with Your Food Producers: farmer, fisher, farmworker, cheesemaker, baker, chef.

5. Support a local organization seeking healthy food and agriculture.

6. Read a book about food systems.

7. Plant a Garden at home.

8. ~~Ask the Governor and President~~ ~~to plant victory gardens at the State Capitol and White House.~~ Done 3/19/09!

9. Learn More about these important concepts :
• urban-rural partnerships
• biologically integrated farming systems
• food sovereignty
• foodshed
• farming with the wild
• working landscapes
• ecosystem services

10. Be informed. Be invited. Be involved. Be a Changemaker. Join the network.