This
Wednesday morning, join
the Los Angeles Food
Policy Council, our
partners, and government
leaders at City Hall to
celebrate Food Day Los
Angeles.
Your
presence makes an impact!
We
invite you to meet us
at the LA City Hall
Rotunda on Wednesday
at 8:30AM
and support efforts
underway to bring locally
grown, sustainable and
fair food to communities
in need.
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EVENT
DETAILS
Join
the Los Angeles Food Policy
Council, city leaders,
community leaders and
partners for the 3rd annual
National Food Day to bring
awareness to the Good Food
for All Agenda, where food
is sustainable, local, fair, humane and healthy for
all Angelenos!
EVENT:
Food Day Los Angeles
DATE:
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
TIME:
8:30 am – 11:00 am
LOCATION:
Los Angeles City Hall,
Rotunda, 3rd Floor
200 N. Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
PARKING:
Commercial parking lots are
located off of Main Street
south of 2nd Street.
BUILDING
ACCESS:
Please check in on the 1st
floor at the Main Street
entrance of City Hall.
The building is wheelchair
accessible.
MEET
AT:
Activities will take place
in City Hall at the 3rd
floor Rotunda beginning at
8:30 am. Shortly there after
we will proceed to City
Council Chambers.
SUGGESTED
DRESS CODE:
Wear green to show your
support!
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SCHEDULE
8:30
AM
- Hearing of CAO annual
report on the Good Food
Purchasing Pledge in the
Arts, Parks, Health, Aging
and River Committee in City
Hall Room 1010
9:00
AM
- Program in
Rotunda
begins
9:15
AM -
Opening remarks by Paula
Daniels, Chair of the LAFPC
Introduction of
Los
Angeles Food System
Snapshot
9:20
AM -
Special guest speakers:
Councilmember Paul Koretz,
District 5
Councilmember Nury Martinez,
District 6
Councilmember Felipe
Fuentes, District 7
Councilmember Curren D.
Price, Jr., District 9
Councilmember Mike Bonin,
District 11
City Controller Ron Galperin
LAUSD School Board Member
Steve Zimmer, LAUSD Board of
Education, District 4
Dr. Paul Simon, LA County
Department of Public Health,
Director of Chronic Disease
& Injury Prevention
10:00
AM
-
City
Council Chambers
-- Hearing on Council Motion
13-0478 to promote Edible
Parkway Gardening and
Surplus Public Property for
Community Gardens
-- Resolution to declare
City Council support of
urban agriculture and its
commitment to ensuring a
strong and sustainable local
food system and declare
October 23, 2013 as National
Food Day in the City of Los
Angeles
-- Recognition of
institutions participating
in the Good Food Purchasing
program
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Spread
the word!
Invite
your friends and family to
Food Day Los Angeles by
sharing the
event
flyer
below, joining the
Facebook
event, or
by circulating this
newsletter
widely.
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Can't
make it to City Hall on
October 23?
There
are many opportunities to
celebrate Food Day in Los
Angeles. Check out the
nationwide
Food Day events map for
other exciting events
happening throughout the
City on or around Food
Day.
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JOIN
OUR NETWORK & LINK
UP WITH THE MOVEMENT
Find
the Los Angeles Food
Policy Council on our
website,
Facebook,
Twitter,
and
Instagram.
Click the icons below to
keep up with progress on
the Good Food for All
Agenda in Los Angeles, and
share your good food
stories with us!
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Los Angeles Food Policy Council | 1600
Campus Road, MS M-1 | Los Angeles, CA
90041
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