Greetings Fair Foodies!

Another school year is upon us and exciting things are happening in the Fair Food movement!

• Food Day is coming up on October 24th and Fair Food Jacksonville wants to make a presence! We are thinking about holding two events: The first would be our favorite past time, holding a demonstration to put pressure on Publix, Quizno's and others who refuse to work with the CIW and farmworkers. For the second we would like to hold a a meeting and show a documentary. Right now we are looking for a venue to hold the event, so if you have ideas/connections please get in touch with james at tayj0016@gmail.com. Also, please give us ideas for any documentary you think would  be fun to show and discuss.

• There is a push in the downtown area to pass Urban Agriculture ordinances by Sustainable Springfield. Urban Ag has been embraced by many cities across the US for economic, health, and environmental reasons.  The Planning Dept is very supportive and is working on this.  However, the next step they need is for the citizens to push the City Council to acting on this. We need everyone to start putting public pressure on your city council people. If anyone has media contacts or wants to know more please contact Amanda Searle (sustainablespringfield@yahoo.com)

• The Real Food Challenge is gearing up for another leadership summit on September 2-4 in Chapel Hill, NC. The summit is only $25 to attend and is an amazing opportunity to learn about the college food system and network with other student activists. To learn more visit www.realfoodchallenge.org. 

• On September 17 from 5pm - 7pm there will be Food Swap in Historic Springfield. Please visit the Facebook page here for more information.