Food Day Summary

The San Antonio School for Inquiry and Creativity partnered with a multitude of nonprofits, schools, and other businesses to celebrate Food Day 2011 with many inspiring hands-on demonstrations and educational presentations.

Vegeria Vegan Restaurant, Slow Food South Texas, Southwest Workers Union, San Antonio Food Bank, Dinner Garden, Sunny Day Farms, Quarry Farmers and Ranchers Market, Whole Foods, and many others converged on the campus of the San Antonio School for Inquiry and Creativity to educate the attendees on healthy living, healthy eating, and address the need for access to fresh foods; including educational aspects of reform for food and factory farm laws.

Highlights from Monday, October 24 Food Day at the San Antonio School for Inquiry and Creativity included a 5 person guest panel that included the founders of the Quarry Farmers and Ranchers Market, and a representative from the Green Hills Poultry Farm, among others; a shockingly informative video on factory farming; and the chef from Vegeria Vegan Restaurant who had tasty food sampling with a signature dish- the Vegan Nachos.

National Food Day is focused on reducing obesity and diet related disease by promoting healthy foods, supporting sustainable family farms and reform the subsidization of huge agribusiness, end food deserts by providing access to healthy and affordable foods, protect the environment and farm animals by reforming factory farms, and promote children’s health by curbing junk-food marketing aimed at kids.