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Roots of Change 4th of July

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Independence Day is right around the corner. This Fourth of July, you can make a deliberate effort to further propel the movement to eat fresh, local and healthy. Roots of Change (ROC) and Rootamental want to provide you with a few tips on what you can do to celebrate sustainably.
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  1. Support the Local Food Movement –- Check out these two great guides listing local farms, markets, restaurants and more. Please visit the Eat Well Guide, as well as, Buy Fresh, Buy Local.
  • Grill Seasonal Vegetables –- Learn more about which veggies are in season by visiting the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture’s (CUESA) seasonality chart. 
  • Support Meatless Monday – Independence Day falls on a Monday so join the cause to improve your health and the health of the planet, visit Meatless Monday.But for those of you that must eat meat this holiday, please make sure it’s sustainable. Check out Local Harvest’s meat database to find local, organic meat.
  • Keep Your Food Safe This Holiday – Find out what you can do to ensure no one in your family gets sick by visiting Food Safety. 
  • Reduce Your Food Waste – The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the average American wastes nearly 40% of the total food consumed. Find out what you can do by visiting the Daily Green helpful guide.
  • Support our work – ROC is working to ensure that every aspect of our food—from the time it’s grown to the time it’s eaten—can be healthy, safe, profitable and fair. Visit ROC.

We hope you find these tips helpful. Please share with us what statement you will make this Fourth of July? Share your comments or suggestions at Voke with Your Fork.

Roots of Change and Rootamental wishes you a wonderful Fourth of July. Join the movement for a healthier food environment.

www.rootsofchange.org

Rapping with Surfrider CEO Jim Moriarty

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International Surf Day ~ thought I would cover the Raddest surfrider in the world…

Moriarty, hidden in plane view.
Exerpt By Scott Hulet

SH~ Surfrider’s 80-plus chapters are the picture of grass-roots power on the hoof. If you could rally all of the chapters and all of Surfrider’s substantial resources for one year, and commit to one single effort, what would it be?
JM~ The single largest issue that our chapters are facing in local areas is plastics. We have a large focus on wave preservation, beach access, water quality, etc., and in any given place each of those have differing values of local importance. For example if you live in Maine the number one issue is beach access because more than 80 percent of the coast is private … you can’t get to the beach or waves. The issue facing ALL communities is the plastic we’re letting go down our storm drains and into our lineups, oceans and beaches.

SH~ Leave us with a simple way for surfers to improve their spot.
JM~ It’s been suggested that the new localism is to “own” your local beach. That is, stand up when it’s under threat, clean it up when it’s dirty, and show up when you’re asked to. This isn’t complex. Next time you paddle out, pick up a few pieces of trash. That one or two pieces are literally one or two pieces that won’t be floating around the ocean and probably killing fish and birds. Start there. Be a real local, “own” your local beach.

Full Story or go to the source ~ surfrider