Hello

I am a Executive Chef and have been a cook for 30 years of my 51, food provides for me, my family and I love working with food. here is the thing:

Food is becoming less diverse , food I use to build menus with 20 years does not exist now , or less abundant and nutritious.

People on the planet (one billion of them) are starving. The UN says ,"The UN warns that poor people living in cities will probably face the most severe problems in coping with the global recession, because lower export demand and reduced foreign investment are likely to hit urban jobs harder". Detroit no longer has a major grocery store , this will continue to happen. 1 out 6 people on our blue marble are starving , the majority of the people in the United State suffer from nutritional starvation. 40% of all children today will suffer from diabetes , the percentage of children with autism /allergies is rising . Chemical Companies are manufacturing genetically engineered suicide seeds, I could go on and on ...We have to take our food back .

So the thing is,if we don't take our food back it is gone for ever. Say good bye to real locally grown healthy food , say hello to Con-Agra and Monsanto`s version of food.

Food is a Democracy and everyone needs to know that , access to fresh healthy food is a human right and everyone needs to know that.

Food Democracy means that even if you live in a poor neighborhood, you should be able to go to your corner store and find fresh fruits and vegetables in addition to all the canned food, shelf stable food, tobacco products and 40 ouncers .

It means that everyone should have equal access to fresh healthy food.

Manufactured food is not food , and everyone needs to know that.

When we go to our local grocery store, which contains no fewer (on average) than 30,000 items what we are seeing is branding more than diversity and agricultural variety. In truth about 10 companies control what is in the store. And they are not concerned with your health or your right to a diverse and fresh diet; they are committed to producing profits for their shareholders.

People need information to make wise choices and the food choices that they have should not be determined by profit margins or shelf life.

I am a cook and I am trying to get the word to the people in my city, that they have a power that they are not aware of , the power to change the food systems that have taken their food away from them.

They have the power to grow their own food , and cook their own food. And they also have a human right to equal access to healthy food , it should not be only accessible by people in a higher tax bracket, who have a real grocery store in their neighborhood

This is what I am trying to help with in my city and I need some advise , about making healthy food more accessible in the nutritional wastelands that are all around me and growing everyday. And about getting the word out that that in a food democracy you vote every time you buy something to eat.

Thank you

eat well be well

Food is becoming less diverse , food I use to build menus with 20 years does not exist now , or less abundant and nutritious.

So the thing is,if we don't take our food back it is gone for ever.

I am a cook and I am trying to get the word to the people in my city, that they have a power that they are not aware of , the power to change the food systems that have taken their food away from them.