EMAIL TODAY FOR BETTER SCHOOL LUNCHES TOMORROW...

We're approaching the one year anniversary of the Eat-In @ the Decatur Book Festival where this photo was taken. The Eat-In's all over the country did great things to raise awareness of the need to improve the Child Nutrition Act.

Now the rubber meets the road...!

Please take a moment to send an URGENT EMAIL... to your US Representative TODAY if you can - it's easy.

Here's an email sent out just now from Slow Food USA / Time For Lunch Campaign...

After our huge campaign where 20,000 Slow Food supporters gathered for Eat-Ins all over the country, over 100,000 emails were sent and phone calls bombarded Congress, last Thursday the Senate passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act - the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act. This is the legislation that governs the quality of school lunches. Thanks to everyone for such a huge effort! The version that passed in the Senate included a bunch of our priorities - more funding for healthier meals, regulations to kick junk food out of school vending machines, and $50 million for Farm to School programs, but it also makes cuts to food stamps in order to pay for them.

The next step is for the House to pass the bill, maybe when they return from break in September. Or maybe they will pass it tomorrow before they head out. This is why we need your urgent help. http://www.slowfoodusa.org/onestepcloser The House bill, which is still being debated, has much of what we asked for but avoids making cuts to food stamps (SNAP) - a move which will impact the children that are the most vulnerable. School lunch should not be funded at the expense of other important food programs. Contact your legislator now to make sure that we get the bill our children deserve. http://www.slowfoodusa.org/onestepcloser

Thanks for all you do,
Jerusha Klemperer,
Program Manager and the Time for Lunch team at Slow Food USA.

p.s. The First Lady wrote a great opinion piece last week on why we need to pass this bill. Check it out here.