Food Day 2011

By Shannon Mouton

Today was the first annual Food Day. It was a day to bring attention to our need for "for healthy, affordable food produced in a sustainable, humane way." There were any number of ways you could have participated in Food Day, what did you do?

Did you attend a Food Day event?
Did you write a blog post about it?
Did you tweet about it?
Did you like it?
Did you in any way, shape or form show the slightest bit of regard for this day and what it means?

There is nothing more important than the food you eat and water you drink because without them, you will die. This is a fact, not an exaggeration or an overstatement. You can survive without shelter, you can live without a job and you most certainly can even thrive without a car; however, without f-o-o-d, nothing else matters.

As people around the world are taking to the streets to Occupy this and that place, why not OccupyYourKitchen and demand affordable, sustainable and healthy food. If you don't, who will?