occupy our food supply

Sign up to organize a local Occupy Our Food Supply event!

Please fill out this form so your event will show up on the global day of action map. The theme is CREATE/RESIST, meaning we must create a more just, localized food system and also resist the corporate takeover of our food supply. The sky’s the limit. Devise a unique action or highlight something you’re already doing in the world to be featured as part of Occupy Our Food Supply on February 27. <br/><br/> Let the world know how you and your community are participating! For Occupy Our Food Supply events outside the US, email your info to hillary@ran.org and we can post on the <a href="http://ran.org/occupy-our-food-supply-international-action">international action page</a>. :) <br/> <p style="font-size: 8pt;">*This event page, content, map, and resources are kindly hosted by one of the participating groups, Rainforest Action Network. Thanks RAN!</p><em> If you don't have an address or don't want to share yours, use the address for your city hall or a local public space so your event will still show up on the map. You can email hillary@ran.org with new details as your event develops and she will update the map accordingly. </em> <div style="display: none;"><img src="http://understory.ran.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/OccupyOurFoodSupply_500x500-300x300.jpg"></div>

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Share your idea for how you or your group will Occupy Our Food Supply. This is just a starting place, so you don't have to post your final plan, just your initial idea so that everyone who is planning an action can get inspired by the possibilities when they see the action map. <br/><br/> Here are some great ideas for Occupy the Food Supply that are planned for February 27 using the day’s theme of CREATE/RESIST: <br/><br/> <b>CREATE</b> <br/><br/> Plan a vegetable garden<br/> Support a local farmer’s market<br/> Sign up with your local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)<br/> Support grocers of affordable, unprocessed foods in low-income neighborhoods & food deserts<br/> Start/join a food justice committee at your local Occupy General Assembly<br/><br/> <b>RESIST</b><br/><br/> Occupy Cargill at a facility near you<br/> Boycott big box grocery stores<br/> Expose Monsanto’s biopiracy crimes<br/> Demand labeling for GMO products<br/> Fight corporate personhood<br/> Call out the revolving door of BigAg executives at the Food and Drug Administration<br/>