The NYC Food Charter and FoodWorks New York

In our last newsletter, Lexi Van de Walle covered the release of Borough President Stringer’s Food Pledge and Food Charter.  You can go here to read the ten principles of a sustainable food system laid out by the charter, and sign on with your own personal willingness “to eat in a manner guided by the environmental, economic, and health consequences,” of your food and to “work to create a food system consistent with the principles set forth in the NYC Sustainable Food Charter.”

New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has since joined BP Stringer in the call for a more just and sustainable food system for New York.  She launched her comprehensive food plan on December 7th, titling it FoodWorks New York because “it’s about using food to put New Yorkers to work, and finding ways to make food work for us.” She is working on passing legislation to get City agencies to gather food related data.  That data will be used to set goals toward achieving the final FoodWorks blueprint, to be revealed this spring.  Check out the speech and the five goals to be addressed by FoodWorks here.