If you haven't read it, take a few moments to do so - you'll find that it will change the way you view your food, your actions surrounding your food choices, your shopping habits and where you spend your food dollars.
The Michigan Good Food Charter sets forth a food system vision for the state of Michigan and goals with quantified results and a targeted achievement date of 2020.
The six goals can be read in detail here. The goals cover topics such as 20% of institutional purchasing from local growers and producers and processors, Michigan generating enough agri-businesses to ensure that 20% of the food that is purchased in Michigan comes from Michigan, and Michigan nutrition standards being met by 100% of school meals.
So now that you've read the goals, what can you do to support them?
The next steps are to sign the resolution and take action by buying from local farmers, farmers markets or joining a CSA Farm. Plant a garden. Get 5 friends to sign the good food charter with you. Post the Michigan Good Food Charter on your Facebook page. Tweet about a local food business you love. Encourage your friends and work associates to buy local. Plan meals, cook and eat with your children and teach them everything you can about good, healthy food.
Michigan, get involved with the Good Food Charter. Through your actions, you can help attain one or more of the goals by 2020. Help Michigan have a healthy economy and a healthy population - our lives will be better for it.
For more information about the Michigan Good Food Charter, contact:
Kathryn Colasanti
517-353-0642
colokat@msu.edu
