On October 24th, Somerville will join other communities and institutions across the country to celebrate
the 5th annual Food Day. This event was created with the
intention of having “individuals and organizations come together to learn,
debate and mobilize to improve our food system and the American diet”.
This year’s theme is Towards a Greener Diet, encouraging more
environmentally friendly approaches to eating.
Food Day activities are
designed to look at ways to “green up” our food choices throughout the food
supply chain or from farm to landfill. We will be talking about
everything from where and how our food is grown, to eating a more plant based
diet, to reconsidering ways we can prevent edible food from being thrown out
and wasted. In Somerville, you can look forward to neighborhood scavenger
hunts, a harvest day at Groundwork Somerville’s farm, a community meal, and a
local harvest day at the schools. Keep checking back for more
details on the upcoming activities!
