As regular readers of this SUGAR SHOCK! Blog know, I attended and graduated from the amazing Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN) in New York City, which brings in a Who’s Who of nutrition experts to teach students there.
Now, as an alumni of IIN, I periodically receive e-mails about subjects of interest. I am including verbatim the contents of one such e-mail because it is vitally important. It’s about the Farm Bill currently up for consideration in Congress.
I believe that it’s important to galvanize as many people as possible to tell our legislators that they need to change the Farm Bill so that we make significant changes in the availability of healthy foods and nutrition education for Americans.
Please join the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, the Center for Science in the Public Interest and me to send an important message to your representatives in Congress so that they will realize that their constituents believe nutrition and health should be a major priority in the Farm Bill and that the bill should help:
- Improve the nutritional quality of school foods
- Increase the availability of fruits and vegetables in schools
- Expand research at the U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Ensure that low-income pregnant women and small children have access to nutritious foods
- Strengthen nutrition education initiatives through the Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program
This is what the Institute for Integrative Nutrition sent me:
Make your voice heard in Congress!
This month the American Congress will vote on the “Farm Bill,” a major piece of legislation on food, agriculture and nutrition in the U.S. for the next five years.
This legislation is a chance to make significant improvements to the availability of healthy foods and nutrition education in America. In partnership with Michael Jacobson and the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Integrative Nutrition and our students and alumni are getting active.
Please take a moment now to send a message to your representative in Congress. Let them know that you think nutrition and health are a major priority.
When you’re done, please forward this message to everyone you know. Your life depends on it!
Together we can rock this world! Thank you for your support.
Again, I urge you to please join the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, the Center for Science in the Public Interest and me so that we make our legislators realize that we need the Farm Bill to increase the availability of healthy foods and improve nutrition education for Americans.