The Time for Lunch Campaign is a project of Slow Food USA, an educational non-profit with the goal of creating a world in which everyone can enjoy food that is good, clean and fair. The Time for Lunch web site has been encouraging individuals to host Eat-Ins on Labor Day, Sept. 7th-cities and towns across America are getting people together to share a meal and send a clear message to legislators: It’s time to provide our children with real food at school.
An Eat-In is a potluck. Because it takes place in public, it’s also an opportunity to bring your community together, to get the media’s attention and to build support for serving children real food at school. Check online to find an eat-in in your community: http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/campaign/time_for_lunch-attend_an_eat_in/
In September, Congress will decide whether to update the Child Nutrition Act, which is the law that determines what 30 million children eat at school every day. No one wants to have to tell a child, “2009 was the year we could have begun building a strong foundation for your health, for your security and for your opportunity to succeed. But we missed our chance.”