A Food Fight You Should Get Behind

This Fri­day May 4th, join author Daniel Imhoff and spe­cial guests for a con­ver­sa­tion about the Food and Farm Bill, why it mat­ters to you, and what you can do about it.

So what is the Food and Farm Bill? The Farm Bill  allo­cates fund­ing for Food Stamps, con­ser­va­tion prac­tices, and farm sub­si­dies. The 2008 Farm Bill is set to expire Sep­tem­ber 30 of this year, so Con­gress is cur­rently debat­ing poli­cies that ulti­mately deter­mine what Amer­i­cans will eat for the next five years.

Accord­ing to Michael Pol­lan, “Noth­ing could do more to reform America’s food sys­tem, and by doing so, improve the con­di­tion of America’s envi­ron­ment and pub­lic health, than if cit­i­zens were to weigh in on the Farm Bill.”

Daniel Imhoff is the author of many books on food, farm­ing, and the envi­ron­ment. His lat­est book, Food Fight: The Citizen’s Guide to the Next Food and Farm Bill, is a com­pre­hen­sive and com­pre­hen­si­ble guide to food and farm pol­icy for the aver­age citizen.

The event is spon­sored by:
New York City Food and Farm Bill Work­ing Group
Green­mar­ket
Slow Food NYC
Brook­lyn Food Coalition

The event is free, but space is lim­ited. Click here for more infor­ma­tion and to reserve a seat.