Eat Real News
January 2013
Welcome to the first edition of the Eat Real Newsletter, Food Day's own monthly publication offering content related to Eating Real. We'll share with you cutting-edge food systems resources, information on upcoming events, food policy news and insight, and everything else in between as we work year-round towards creating a healthy, affordable, sustainable food system.
Contents:
Real Food News—Gaining Momentum to Take on Big Soda
From the Blog—TEDxManhattan Changing the Way We Eat 2013
Food Day 2013—Not Too Early to Start Planning!
Upcoming Opportunities
Stay Connected with Food Day
Food Day aspires to celebrate our food system when it works, and fix it when it’s broken. Michael Jacobson, Center for Science in the Public Interest Executive Director and Food Day Founder
Real Food News—Gaining Momentum to Take on Big Soda
In 2012, Food Day's partners fought hard to pass the landmark soda tax ballot measures in Richmond and El Monte, California. The Life’s Sweeter campaign ran a “Pour One Out” video contest to raise awareness around sugary sweetened beverages and engage the public on a national level, while Dunk the Junk traveled to Richmond to create a unique mural in support of the soda tax and host a ceremonial “soda funeral.” Despite earmarks on the Richmond ballot for obesity prevention programs and the fact that Richmond and El Monte have some of the highest obesity rates in California, both ballot measures were soundly struck down by voters after amulti-million-dollar attack campaign from the beverage industry.
While this loss was initially disheartening, public health advocates have reminded themselves that change comes with patience, vigilance, and smart planning. According to an article from the Berkeley Media Studies Group, “[Richmond City Councilman Dr. Jeff] Ritterman has announced a new goal to see 14 California cities put forth soda tax proposals by 2014, with the idea that this flurry of measures would stretch the beverage industry's resources so thin that this might allow a few of the ballot proposals to pass.”
Read more from the Berkeley Media Studies Group article: Advocates Bulking Up for the Next Battle with Big Soda.
From the Blog—TEDxManhattan Changing the Way We Eat 2013
On February 16, 2013,
The Glynwood Institute for Sustainable Food and Farming will host the third annual TEDxManhattan, "Changing the Way We Eat" conference. TEDxManhattan is a full day of talks broken into three sessions—Inform, Educate, and Empower— exploring the state of our food system and our progress toward sustainability. The impressive speakers’ list includes chef Ann Cooper, Maisie Greenawalt, VP of Strategy of Bon Appétit Management Company, Anna Lappé, author and a founding principal of the Small Planet Institute, and Tama Matsuoka Wong, a professional forager. Read more about TEDxManhattan in our blog.Food Day 2013—Not Too Early to Start Planning!
The 3rd annual Food Day is October 24, 2013, and while that might seem like a lifetime away, it’s never too early to start planning. TheFood Day website hosts a one-stop shop of organizing tools that will get you excited about Food Day and make the organizing process much easier for you and your partners.
Visit our resource library for the Food Day Guide for Organizers, School Curriculum, 2012 Wrap-Up, and other tools that can help you organize not only for Food Day, but for food systems reform year-round. And stay tuned, our 2012 Food Day Campaign Report will be released shortly!
Upcoming Opportunities
Webinar—From Supersize to Human-size: Shrinking Sugary Drink Portions
January 15, 2013 2:00 - 2:30pm EST
Join New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas A. Farley and his colleagues from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to learn how to reshape sugary drink portion size norms in your community. Register here.
Webinar—Expenditures on Food Marketing to Kids and Adolescents
January 22, 2013 3:00 - 3:30pm EST
Food marketing experts from the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the Federal Trade Commission, and ChangeLab Solutions will discuss findings from the Federal Trade Commission's updated Food Marketing to Children and Adolescents report (2008), highlight how food marketing has changed overtime, and describe options for state and local policy makers to address unhealthy food marketing to children. Register here.
6 Week Course—An Introduction to the U.S. Food System: Perspectives from Public Health Begins January 23, 2013
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health is offering a free 6-week online course exploring how food intersects with public health and the environment as it moves from field to plate. The course begins January 23. Register here.
Webinar—Understanding the Future Policy Implications of the Richmond and El Monte, CA 2012 Soda Tax Ballot Measures
January 24, 2013 3:30 - 4:15pm EST
Upcoming Opportunities
Webinar—From Supersize to Human-size: Shrinking Sugary Drink Portions
January 15, 2013 2:00 - 2:30pm EST
Join New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas A. Farley and his colleagues from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to learn how to reshape sugary drink portion size norms in your community. Register here.
Webinar—Expenditures on Food Marketing to Kids and Adolescents
January 22, 2013 3:00 - 3:30pm EST
Food marketing experts from the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the Federal Trade Commission, and ChangeLab Solutions will discuss findings from the Federal Trade Commission's updated Food Marketing to Children and Adolescents report (2008), highlight how food marketing has changed overtime, and describe options for state and local policy makers to address unhealthy food marketing to children. Register here.
6 Week Course—An Introduction to the U.S. Food System: Perspectives from Public Health Begins January 23, 2013
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health is offering a free 6-week online course exploring how food intersects with public health and the environment as it moves from field to plate. The course begins January 23. Register here.
Webinar—Understanding the Future Policy Implications of the Richmond and El Monte, CA 2012 Soda Tax Ballot Measures
January 24, 2013 3:30 - 4:15pm EST
This webinar will review the California soda-tax proposals, describe lessons learned, and offer suggestions for future ballot soda-tax initiatives. Expert speakers will specifically address message framing, campaign organization, and industry tactics, and provide motivation for future soda tax proposals. A question and answer period will follow the presentations. Register here.
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