“There are aspects of #3 and #8 that I do not fully support without further discussion.”
— Daniel Morgan, Australia on Jan 23, 2012
“Aho!”
— Rick Pickett on Jan 17, 2012
“I know w need a change-one that gets back to more natural ways of farming,not using geneically changed plants[Franknfoods] to repel the effect of the poisons the use to kill the weeds and insects-but these foods are causing irrevocable damage to our eco-system and us.Our bodies don’t recognize the change and start atacking he franken foods like an Allergen.I am allegic to corn,soy,carrots,possibly oats no and egg whites.Who knows what else.It’s really hard to find safe food for for me.This is one of the reasons I support this.”
— Heidi Black on Jan 7, 2012
“YES ! ”
— Susan Sides on Jan 2, 2012
“penis enlargement pills”
— Henrysmith Henrysmith, Good Old USA Baby on Dec 30, 2011
— Keemialeclids Keemialeclids, Mongolia on Oct 26, 2011
“I am appalled at the food that this country is producing, promoting and selling. The Western diet is unhealthy and is causing health issues around the world. Please do something, because if you don’t misinformed Americans will continue to eat chemical-filled, unhealthy food that is grown using methods that are bad for our planet. Americans deserve better than that!”
— Sarah Henrikson on Oct 20, 2011
“My life’s work.”
— Kathryn Major on Oct 19, 2011
“I want Clean Food from Local Farmers!”
— Sarah Encinas on Oct 15, 2011
“Right ON! Now is the Time!”
— Raymond Daily on Sep 18, 2011
“http://kck.st/q7UnCA”
— Greg Allen on Aug 4, 2011
“Everyone deserves healthy, sustainable food. Monsanto is the devil!”
— Coward on Jul 23, 2011
“>> permaculture <<”
— Kira Seto on Jul 17, 2011
“Yes. ”
— Leah Ashe on Jun 5, 2011
“Good Work!
I’m posting it on my email blast”
— Bhavani Jaroff on May 10, 2011
“Thanks for creating and promoting this vital declaration”
— Robert Pollard on May 8, 2011
“Excellent overview! I liked your way of presentation. And I hoping your best work will
continue in future also. Thanks for sharing this wonderful information with us.
“Our earth is struggling now, prices are increasing for food and fuel and it is time to actively promote a different approach to our food system for a healthy planet and humanity. ”
— Jayne Buchanan on Apr 2, 2011
“This is perhaps the most urgently necessary action of our time.”
— Janet Spring on Mar 24, 2011
“I don’t want my only options in school to be between pizza and french fries. There’s something wrong with that.”
— Kerstin Cook on Mar 24, 2011
“SAVE OUR FOOD, PROTECT OUR BODIES, MINDS, AND OUR PLANET.”
— Adam Kenney on Mar 3, 2011
“Fight for our Mother!”
— Brandon Kulow on Mar 3, 2011
“Help create a better tomorrow for the entire nation and world!”
— Alan Sechman on Mar 3, 2011
“Thank you, this is food for the soul that uplift the spirit ”
— Bruno Paris on Mar 3, 2011
“http://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/
In the note to distant future, if not now, hunger may become a direct force in our lives. This is one of the reasons that I am a member of the USDA Food and Nutriton Service’s Outreach programs. Us the link above to find out how you and your community can benefit by using SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly Food Stamps) in your Farmer’s Market. Eat well and may you…Be In Good Health!”
— Laura Dawson on Feb 16, 2011
“Easy I love it!!!”
— Demalda Newsome on Jan 13, 2011
“do it.”
— Claire Tyson on Jan 9, 2011
“Great! It’s about time!”
— Karen Sundal on Jan 8, 2011
“would also like to see more support of small scale agriculture. Regulations are needed for large producers but are often a burden on smaller, local, diversified farms. Often we are not able to legally sell our products or are prohibited from doing so by the high costs of dealing with the USDA. The USDA needs to stop fighting small farms and become their allies, which means they will have to take their hands out of the pockets of the big producers. We should push for more transparency in the government regulatory agencies as well. ”
— Wendy Kim on Jan 8, 2011
“Thank you!!! I will be sharing this with all my contacts as the declaration is spot on.”
— Erica Mooney on Jan 4, 2011
“This Declaration should also include a ban on GMO’s.”
— William Allen on Jan 1, 2011
“yep”
— Jacqueline Weltman on Dec 27, 2010
“Our food system should be organic, state of the art, sustainable, small scale, decentralized, and diverse. It should not be controlled by the FDA and the big Ag and big Pharma companies.”
— Julia TenEyck on Dec 26, 2010
“when is the government going to wake up? health costs far outway the cost of ensuring that we eat the right foods that havent been contaminated by dyes, pestisides, genetic changes, etc.”
— Camille Ellsworth on Dec 7, 2010
“I support sustainable farming practices with my dollar and believe that all people have a right to know exactly what is in the food and how it is being grown/produced through proper labeling.”
— Sandy Frankel on Nov 23, 2010
“This is so Important..”
— Joshua Jarvis, Usa on Nov 18, 2010
“Thank you, we need change to improve our health here in America. Organic, natural food is what we need. ”
— Kandace Marton on Nov 18, 2010
“As part of the other ninty percent, this declaration comes at a time when it is of the utmost importance. All current indications show us that a possitive paradigm shift is essential in our food and social culture.”
— Michael Cortright on Nov 10, 2010
“This an achievable ideal if we all work together. ”
— Jessica Quillen on Nov 5, 2010
“WE NEED THIS!”
— Harmony Salvatore on Oct 31, 2010
“Well done – here in Ireland we have so much that needs underpinning in just this way… I salute your work!”
— Giana Ferguson, Ireland on Oct 29, 2010
The Future
This draft declaration was publicly unveiled on August 28th in the rotunda of San Francisco’s City Hall and posted here for 90 days of comments.
The purpose of this comment period was
to test and hone document language to ensure it will be understood by any person with sufficient interest to read it, and
to confirm that the declaration language captures a broad national consensus by stakeholders in the food and agriculture system.
The comment period ended on November 30, 2008 and the drafting team is reviewing the comments in order to create the final document.
The final document is scheduled for completion in January 2009. At that point, Roots of Change (ROC), Slow Food, Food and Water Watch, Edible Communities, Watershed Media, and any other interested NGOs and individuals will then turn to three tasks:
a team of Web 2.0 experts will run a Web-based viral campaign to collect hundreds of thousands of endorsements;
a team of policy experts will develop a specific policy agenda on food and agriculture that will emerge from the principles contained in the declaration;
a team of organizers representing a broad set of constituents will plan an event in Washington DC for fall 2009, where the Declaration and the policy agenda will be delivered to policy makers. The event is proposed to be the official launch of the next effort to improve federal food and agriculture policy.
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“There are aspects of #3 and #8 that I do not fully support without further discussion.”
— Daniel Morgan, Australia on Jan 23, 2012
“Aho!”
— Rick Pickett on Jan 17, 2012
“I know w need a change-one that gets back to more natural ways of farming,not using geneically changed plants[Franknfoods] to repel the effect of the poisons the use to kill the weeds and insects-but these foods are causing irrevocable damage to our eco-system and us.Our bodies don’t recognize the change and start atacking he franken foods like an Allergen.I am allegic to corn,soy,carrots,possibly oats no and egg whites.Who knows what else.It’s really hard to find safe food for for me.This is one of the reasons I support this.”
— Heidi Black on Jan 7, 2012
“YES ! ”
— Susan Sides on Jan 2, 2012
“penis enlargement pills”
— Henrysmith Henrysmith, Good Old USA Baby on Dec 30, 2011
“Special K is Evil”
— Mariah Linam on Dec 30, 2011
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— Roroalmortsor Roroalmortsor, Nigeria
on Dec 27, 2011
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— Roroalmortsor Roroalmortsor, Nicaragua
on Dec 27, 2011
“Organic food is the Answer”
— Justus Thiongo, Kenya on Nov 11, 2011
“Wonderful!”
— Nicholas Girard on Nov 3, 2011
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— Robert Ritter on Oct 30, 2011
“occupyallentownpa.org”
— Adam Santo, United States on Oct 30, 2011
“i love fooddeclaration.org”
— Keemialeclids Keemialeclids, Mongolia on Oct 29, 2011
“i love fooddeclaration.org”
— Keemialeclids Keemialeclids, Mongolia on Oct 26, 2011
“I am appalled at the food that this country is producing, promoting and selling. The Western diet is unhealthy and is causing health issues around the world. Please do something, because if you don’t misinformed Americans will continue to eat chemical-filled, unhealthy food that is grown using methods that are bad for our planet. Americans deserve better than that!”
— Sarah Henrikson on Oct 20, 2011
“My life’s work.”
— Kathryn Major on Oct 19, 2011
“I want Clean Food from Local Farmers!”
— Sarah Encinas on Oct 15, 2011
“Right ON! Now is the Time!”
— Raymond Daily on Sep 18, 2011
“http://kck.st/q7UnCA”
— Greg Allen on Aug 4, 2011
“Everyone deserves healthy, sustainable food. Monsanto is the devil!”
— Coward on Jul 23, 2011
“>> permaculture <<”
— Kira Seto on Jul 17, 2011
“Yes. ”
— Leah Ashe on Jun 5, 2011
“Good Work!
I’m posting it on my email blast”
— Bhavani Jaroff on May 10, 2011
“Thanks for creating and promoting this vital declaration”
— Robert Pollard on May 8, 2011
“Excellent overview! I liked your way of presentation. And I hoping your best work will
continue in future also. Thanks for sharing this wonderful information with us.
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— Rupali Grover on Apr 4, 2011
“Our earth is struggling now, prices are increasing for food and fuel and it is time to actively promote a different approach to our food system for a healthy planet and humanity. ”
— Jayne Buchanan on Apr 2, 2011
“This is perhaps the most urgently necessary action of our time.”
— Janet Spring on Mar 24, 2011
“I don’t want my only options in school to be between pizza and french fries. There’s something wrong with that.”
— Kerstin Cook on Mar 24, 2011
“SAVE OUR FOOD, PROTECT OUR BODIES, MINDS, AND OUR PLANET.”
— Adam Kenney on Mar 3, 2011
“Fight for our Mother!”
— Brandon Kulow on Mar 3, 2011
“Help create a better tomorrow for the entire nation and world!”
— Alan Sechman on Mar 3, 2011
“Thank you, this is food for the soul that uplift the spirit
”
— Bruno Paris on Mar 3, 2011
“http://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/
In the note to distant future, if not now, hunger may become a direct force in our lives. This is one of the reasons that I am a member of the USDA Food and Nutriton Service’s Outreach programs. Us the link above to find out how you and your community can benefit by using SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly Food Stamps) in your Farmer’s Market. Eat well and may you…Be In Good Health!”
— Laura Dawson on Feb 16, 2011
“Easy I love it!!!”
— Demalda Newsome on Jan 13, 2011
“do it.”
— Claire Tyson on Jan 9, 2011
“Great! It’s about time!”
— Karen Sundal on Jan 8, 2011
“would also like to see more support of small scale agriculture. Regulations are needed for large producers but are often a burden on smaller, local, diversified farms. Often we are not able to legally sell our products or are prohibited from doing so by the high costs of dealing with the USDA. The USDA needs to stop fighting small farms and become their allies, which means they will have to take their hands out of the pockets of the big producers. We should push for more transparency in the government regulatory agencies as well. ”
— Wendy Kim on Jan 8, 2011
“Thank you!!! I will be sharing this with all my contacts as the declaration is spot on.”
— Erica Mooney on Jan 4, 2011
“This Declaration should also include a ban on GMO’s.”
— William Allen on Jan 1, 2011
“yep”
— Jacqueline Weltman on Dec 27, 2010
“Our food system should be organic, state of the art, sustainable, small scale, decentralized, and diverse. It should not be controlled by the FDA and the big Ag and big Pharma companies.”
— Julia TenEyck on Dec 26, 2010
“when is the government going to wake up? health costs far outway the cost of ensuring that we eat the right foods that havent been contaminated by dyes, pestisides, genetic changes, etc.”
— Camille Ellsworth on Dec 7, 2010
“I support sustainable farming practices with my dollar and believe that all people have a right to know exactly what is in the food and how it is being grown/produced through proper labeling.”
— Sandy Frankel on Nov 23, 2010
“This is so Important..”
— Joshua Jarvis, Usa on Nov 18, 2010
“Thank you, we need change to improve our health here in America. Organic, natural food is what we need. ”
— Kandace Marton on Nov 18, 2010
“As part of the other ninty percent, this declaration comes at a time when it is of the utmost importance. All current indications show us that a possitive paradigm shift is essential in our food and social culture.”
— Michael Cortright on Nov 10, 2010
“This an achievable ideal if we all work together. ”
— Jessica Quillen on Nov 5, 2010
“WE NEED THIS!”
— Harmony Salvatore on Oct 31, 2010
“Well done – here in Ireland we have so much that needs underpinning in just this way… I salute your work!”
— Giana Ferguson, Ireland on Oct 29, 2010
The Future
This draft declaration was publicly unveiled on August 28th in the rotunda of San Francisco’s City Hall and posted here for 90 days of comments.
The purpose of this comment period was
The comment period ended on November 30, 2008 and the drafting team is reviewing the comments in order to create the final document.
The final document is scheduled for completion in January 2009. At that point, Roots of Change (ROC), Slow Food, Food and Water Watch, Edible Communities, Watershed Media, and any other interested NGOs and individuals will then turn to three tasks: