Raw Milk Vans- The Future Now- Please sign petition

[Guest guest]

I came across this article when I was reviewing Change.org. I feel that it is

critical that any further bills for raw milk must include the right of the

farmer to deliver anywhere.

I also feel we must build coalitions with those who serve the poor and those who

do any type of direct marking of food. Please sign the attached petition:

Charlie

Exeland, WI

In cities across the country, from D.C. to Los Angeles to my home town of San

Francisco, a food truck craze has rolled in. And I'm all for it — I'm down with

the woman by my park who sells noodles out of a wicker basket on the back for

her bike, and the gal with the velvet cupcake cart, and the old standby, El

Tonayense Taco Truck.

But food trucks don't just serve up delicious treats to foodie 'Friscans, they

can also fill an extremely important void. In Vermont, Diggers' Mirth, a

collective farm, has taken its produce to the streets in a retired postal

service truck. The veggie van is able to hit neighborhoods in Burlington like

Old North End, where one-third of residents live in poverty. Barry Estabrook

writes for The Atlantic that folks in Old North End live in a food desert — they

don't have a supermarket nearby, and often have to buy crappy produce from

convenience stores.

So is this a local or national problem? I think it's clearly both, and we should

be working on solutions at both levels. In D.C., food trucks are currently under

attack, with local businesses pressuring the City Council to shut them down. You

can show your support for food trucks by signing our petition asking the City

Council to protect D.C.'s fleet of food trucks.

http://food.change.org/blog/view/food_trucks_a_solution_to_overcoming_food_deser\

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