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Will you join us?
Posted on Wed, September 29, 2010 by Jerusha Klemperer
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I’ve just joined Slow Food USA as Membership Manager. I came to work at Slow Food USA because I got tired of seeing the problems in our food system and I wanted to change them. I’ve seen my Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn neighbors choose frozen pizza and mac-and-cheese over produce at my local grocery store because the lettuce was brown and the onions were covered in flies and mold.
There is something seriously wrong with our food system—people across the country are making the choice between nutritious food and junk because they can’t get affordable fresh produce where they live.
What is change in the food system? To me, it’s a selection of affordable fresh fruit and vegetables in your local grocery store, not week-old overpriced tomatoes that are starting to go moldy. It’s healthier meals for the nearly 400,000 school children who get free lunch at New York City public schools. It’s policies that help make bodegas and corner markets able to afford to sell vegetables over snack foods, alcohol and tobacco in low-income neighborhoods.
Slow Food USA unites powerful local communities in the grassroots movement for good, clean and fair food. But now more than ever, we need more changemakers to get involved. This month and next, we want to add 10,000 more voices to our powerful network of everyday people demanding a just and healthy food system. If you haven’t joined yet, now is the time, because a donation of $25 or more makes you a member*.
We did a lot of listening to our leaders, members and supporter and heard that we needed to make membership more affordable. So from now to October 22, you can become a member with a contribution of $25 or more. We’re testing this new membership structure and our success over the next 30 days will help us determine whether to make this a permanent change. If you’re already a member, you can tell a friend through this link:
http://www.slowfoodusa.org/JoinTheFoodFight5
People across the United States and around the world have dramatically shifted their consciousness around food system issues, with much greater concern for where their food comes from and how it gets to them. Half a billion dangerous eggs have been recalled. Obesity and diabetes are at record levels. Children’s school lunches are revoltingly unhealthy. And people across the nation are mobilized to change that. Will you join us?
*If you join with a donation of $60 or more, you can opt-in to get special offers.
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From michael scher on Wed, September 29, 2010
/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Ax4M9fetA
A reason to join Slow Food? Watch this quick clip.(Woody Gutherie and Dylan all in one)
Take a Stand - it’s an American Tradition.
America the Bountiful,...
Let me know what you think. In sunny Miami, the pioneer traditions continue: of gardens and fighting back.
Mike
From Stan on Wed, September 29, 2010
i think ill join you, because recently i was to pay for essay about all this stuff.. so)
From Gerry Gouthro on Sun, October 03, 2010
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From Denver DUI Lawyer on Tue, October 05, 2010
One of my friends recently told me about slow food. She spoke of it like it was a concept and not necessarily an organization. I am glad I stumbled across this blog, because now I know it is an active organization and that I can be a part of it. Do you guys do much outreach to get the word out about what you do?
From Patricia C Nichols on Fri, October 08, 2010
You have your work cut out for you. Forget the policy issues and get to work creating an accurate data base of our membership, updated monthly. We don’t know WHO our members are or WHEN/IF they have paid their dues.
Recently, when I renewed my own family membership @ $75, I go no notice of it being received. When I refered a potential member (currently unemployed but very connected) to your website, it indicates that October 22 is the cut-off date for the $25 membership dues. Are you folks out of your mind, or do you intentionally want this organization to be comprised of the rich and old? Our unemployment in wealthy Silicon Valley is well over 10%, and folks will not fork over excessive $$ to an organization that does not even acknowledge their membership.
Please let us know how we can help—but do your work on the membership lists. Pronto.
Pat Nichols, SlowFoodSouthBay
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