Green,Green,Green

Happy Food Day! The city of Tucson celebrated Food Day yesterday with the Santa Cruz Harvest Festival. Chef Lilly Steirer along with UA and local volunteers helped in successfully promoting the six Food Day principles through the native and real taste of food produced in the Santa Cruz Valley.

Food Day Principles:

1. Reduce diet-related disease by promoting safe, healthy foods


2. Support sustainable farms and limit subsidies to big agribusiness


3. Expand access to food and alleviate hunger


4. Protect the environment and animals by reforming factory farms


5. Promote health by curbing junk-food marketing to kids


6. Support fair conditions for food and farm workers

http://foodday.org/

I am so proud to have been a part of this event and look forward to working with a team again next year. We are that much closer to eating real! Last week we showed the film Forks Over Knives on campus for free. The theater was packed and the film has changed someone's stubborn view: mine.



After sitting through the film with emotions ranging from upset to joyous I have decided on something major. I am motivated and promising. Arden, you are going to eat a plant-based diet. No dairy, no meat. No dairy?! No dairy.

I will start with a 28 day plan and see where a plant based diet takes me in regards to health, emotion, academics and overall happiness. I'll keep you updated!

Here are some photographs from the weekend: