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Centers for
Disease Control:
"We are facing a childhood obesity
epidemic."
"This generation of children will be the first in the nation's
history to live shorter lives then those of their parents."
If you would like to volunteer to help with this cause, please
contact us at:
info@organictherapies.info or call 309-269-3745
Farm to Cafeteria Program
Over the next two years, Progressive
Action for the Common Good (PACG) will be focusing on
efforts to implement the Farm to Cafeteria program within Quad
City area schools.
Farm to Cafeteria programs create a partnership
between local farmers and community institutions -- to
everyone's benefit. Local farmers benefit from increased
business; the community benefits from the dollars kept in the
region; and our schoolchildren, at ever-increasing risk of
obesity, will benefit from the taste, freshness, and nutrients
of local produce. When fresh, local food is served at school, it
has the potential to improve the health and educational
prospects of our children - a move that would reap long-term
savings and lasting benefits.
The movement for healthy, fresh, locally grown
foods is growing rapidly. PACG is currently in the process of
networking with other groups within Iowa who have already
implemented the FTC program. Recently, Augustana College in
Illinois announced they too will implement this wonderful 'buy
fresh, buy local' program.
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