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Last Stop On Our Campus Tour…You. We’re Hosting A Live Twitter Chat!

Posted on Mon, October 17, 2011 by Hnin
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Slow Food USA is going on the road to meet with the next generation of food movement leaders—and our last stop is Twitter! On Friday, October 21st at 4pm EST, @JoshViertel will host a live Twitter chat with students across the country #SlowFoodEDU. The topic of discussion is the current state of food and farming, and what students can do to grow the movement for better food.

The Twitter party will serve as the exclamation mark to a 3-day campus tour from Oct. 16 to 19—when Slow Food USA President Josh Viertel will be hitting up the Northeast, chatting with hundreds of college and high school students about the role of young people in the food movement.

While engaging students in the fight for better food policies is not new to Slow Food (our Slow Food on Campus program is growing and is now active on 47 campuses nationwide!), Josh’s campus tour is happening at an important time:

Now, more than ever, students are demanding to know the story behind their food.

At the same time, students face mounting challenges to accessing good, clean, and fair food—especially if they have limited income, little time to cook and eat, and restricted options in their dining halls. There is a reason why students often lead a fast food way of life.

Many students are getting fed up with the broken food systems and they are hungry for change and accountability on their campuses and in their communities.

Responding to rising student interest in the food movement, Slow Food USA’s campus tour carries forward the message from last month’s $5 Challenge and Pay-What-You-Can membership offer: Good, clean, and fair food is a universal right for everyone, everyday—and it should not be this hard to fight for a more just, sustainable, and healthier America.

Our hope for the tour and Twitter chat is to spark a much needed national dialogue about young people and their stake in the food movement. We hope you join the conversation from your campus or heck, from your home as we are all students and never stop learning!

Follow the tour with #SlowFoodEDU and submit your questions for the live chat before Oct. 21 to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), with subject line: #SlowFoodEDU. You can also submit your questions live with #SlowFoodEDU. During the chat, @JoshViertel will answer questions submitted by you, those that were asked on the road, and those he wishes he had been asked.

The parameters for your questions are simple:

Ask questions that can be answered in 140 characters or less.

Introduce yourself and rep your school: e.g. Name_School.

Have fun with it! And if you are interested in having Josh come to your school, please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Member Comments

From Lucy on Mon, October 17, 2011

This is wonderful that students are getting involved in better food policies and what our food contains. So much beef and chicken contain additives and are grown in a way that is down right harmful to our bodies. Food labeling can be deceptive. There has to be a reason cancer is so common in the USA and other places. Obesity is on the rise and has been for years. Diabetes is increasing even in children at the age of 5.
If our food was regulated better from unhealthy additives, we may see a nation that would weigh less and many diseases being on the decline that plague many people today. We need to know what is in our food!

From Hnin @ Slow Food USA on Mon, October 17, 2011

@Lucy: Word. Food labeling is definitely an issue for students on campus because most food options in the dining halls are not labeled. Students aren’t given information upfront about where their food comes from, how it’s sourced, how the workers are treated or even its nutritional value. Thanks for your comment.

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