Declaration for Healthy Food and Agriculture
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The Declaration for Healthy Food and Agriculture (also known as the Food Declaration) is a declaration, endorsed by 200 national leaders of the slow food movement, outlining 12 principles that these leaders believe should frame a healthy food and agriculture policy.
138,298 individuals had endorsed the petition as of November 3, 2013.[2] Notable endorsers include Wendell Berry, Michael Pollan and Alice Waters.[2]
The full text is available on their website and begins:
"We, the undersigned, believe that a healthy food system is necessary to meet the urgent challenges of our time. Behind us stands a half-century of industrial food production, underwritten by cheap fossil fuels, abundant land and water resources, and a drive to maximize the global harvest of cheap calories. Ahead lie rising energy and food costs, a changing climate, declining water supplies, a growing population, and the paradox of widespread hunger and obesity."[3]
It then goes on to define twelve principles which they believe will help to frame the discussion in improving food and agricultural policy.
References
- ^ The Hindu : Front Page : Slow Food makes a push
- ^ a b "Food Declarations | Endorsements". Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ "The Food Declaration: The Foundation of ROC's Policy Work - Roots of Change". Roots of Change. Retrieved 2018-03-20.