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Food Day is new, national, annual celebration on October 24th created by the Center for Science in the Public Interest to increase awareness and action for a more sustainable food future. Communities across the nation will be hosting Food Day events and activities to support Food Day’s six commitments:

1. Reduce diet-related disease by promoting safe, healthy foods
2. Support sustainable farms & limit subsidies to big agribusiness
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Expand access to food and alleviate hunger
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Protect the environment & animals by reforming factory farms
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Promote health by curbing junk-food marketing to kids
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Support fair conditions for food and farm workers

UNH will be participating in Food Day with a signature event on October 24th in MUB Theater II:

• 2:30-4 PM: Fair Trade Café
• 4-5:15 PM: Rob Everts, Co-Founder, Equal Exchange. "Equal Exchange: A Radical Model for Global Food, Farming & Business." Co-sponsored by the UNH Center for International Education, the Sustainability Institute at UNH, and the Carsey Institute
• 5:15-5:45 PM: Fair Trade Café
• 5:30 - 7:00 PM: UNH Sustainable Food Task Force Video & Panel Discussion

Co-Sponsors

• Sustainability Institute at UNH
• UNH Sustainable Food Systems Task Force
• UNH Center for International Education