Title
Local Food Month Proclamation
Memorandum
PROCLAMATION
Local Food Month
September, 2010
WHEREAS, local food systems comprise our local community-based farmers, gardeners, restaurants, chefs, farmers markets, grocers, consumers; and
WHEREAS, local food systems promote healthy food for all, which is especially important for those who are food insecure including low-income and minority populations; and
WHEREAS, local food systems promote energy efficiency, land preservation, decreased transportation costs; and
WHEREAS, local food systems improve food supply which is essential to local emergency preparedness and local self-reliance; and
WHEREAS, improving our local, regional, and statewide food systems advances the local economic opportunity, environmental stewardship, community, and social justice; and
WHEREAS, our local food system represents an important part of Ann Arbor's community and regional economies; and
WHEREAS, promoting our local food system is essential to the City of Ann Arbor and its residents; and
WHEREAS, celebrating our local food system through Local Food Month promotes all of these goals.
NOW THEREFORE, I, John Hieftje, Mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan, do hereby proclaim September, 2010, as Local Food Month, and encourage citizens of Ann Arbor to engage in our local foodshed.
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I hereby set my hand and seal
This the 16th day of August, 2010
John Hieftje, Mayor