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Economic Security Buying at Home Keeps America Strong
Poll after poll points to Americans’ prefer- ence for locally produced goods, accord- ing to
msn.com; the real question is if we are willing to look for them and pay more. A 21st-century grassroots website,
StillMadeInUSA.com, provides a helping hand with an online shopping directory of American brands. Categories range from personal apparel, handcrafts and house- hold goods to tools, sports and entertain- ment, and include special occasions and shop-by-geography menus. “I try to buy American products whenever possible, but as
a working mother of three boys, I don’t have time to drive from store to store or search for hours online,” says founder Stepha- nie Sanzone, explaining her website’s genesis. The Made in USA label represents a heightened concern for guarding Ameri- can manufacturing jobs, worker and environmental health, product quality, consumer safety, national competitiveness and security while defending against an increasing trade deficit.
Lunch Box Funding Debate Slows Upgrade of
School Nutrition
For the past year, Slow Food USA has led a consumer campaign now exceeding 100,000 emails asking Congress to improve school nutrition. “We cannot, in good conscience, continue to make our kids sick by feeding them cheap byproducts of an industrial food system,” states Josh Vi- ertel, president of Slow Food USA. “It is time to give kids real food, food that tastes good, is good for them, is good for the people who grow and prepare it and is good for the planet.” President Obama has proposed investing an additional
$1 billion a year to help schools serve healthier food, but Congress is hesitating to approve the full amount. This change to the five-year Child Nutrition Act, now up for renewal, would add 20 cents to the $1 allocated for ingredients in each school lunch. School nutrition directors say an additional $1 is needed to serve sufficient vegetables, fruits and whole grains, making the ultimate goal $4 billion a year. Meanwhile, the viable farm-to-school movement is seeking just $50 million of the total to link local farms with schools. Vending machines also must be subject to stronger nutrition standards. “Kids have the most at stake here,” remarks Emily
Ventura, of Slow Food Los Angeles. “This is their future, their health, their quality of life. But it’s also America’s future.”
Support the Time for Lunch campaign at
SlowFoodUSA.org. 20 Collier/Lee Counties
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