Greetings! In celebration of Pride Month and last week's AMAZING #MarriageEquality victory in the Supreme Court, we're sharing a round-up of some of our favorite LGBTQ food bloggers. Also check out photos from our workshop at the National Baptist Convention, and some tips on how to support some of the smallest, fuzziest and most important players in our food system: pollinators! Please read and share. Have a great week!
1. HOT LINE
Top LGBTW Food Bloggers
Here at MomsRising we are not just food justice advocates, we're also readers who follow a variety of food bloggers. This month we want to highlight some of our favorite LGBTQ Food Bloggers. They inspire us for a variety of reasons - their original recipes (and recreations of recipes!), photography, wit and so much more. Listed in no particular order, check out our team's list of Top LGBTQ Food Bloggers.
- The Bitten Word / @BittenWord
- Latino Foodie / @LatinoFoodie
- Femme Fraiche / @femmefraicheblg
- Healthy Latin Food / @msirinagonzalez
- Queer Vegan Food / @queerveganfood
- Soraya Sobreidad / @sorayasobreidad
- Eat the Love / @eatthelove
- Never Have I Ever Tampa Edition / @nhietampa
Photo Credit: Soraya Sobreidad YouTube Channel, Bacalaitos, Puerto Rican Cod Fish Fritters, Soraya's Gluten Free, Low Fat
Quick links
- My challenge to you this summer: DO IT DIFFERENT! by Renee Trudeau on the MomsRising.org blog. June 10, 2015.
- Jamie Oliver adds sugar tax to his restaurants. The celebrity chef takes a stance by adding a surcharge to all sugary drinks on his menus across England and hopes to send a message to UK governments to take action against obesity. The funds will be donated to a charity that supports healthy eating for children in Britain. Source: BMSG
- Fast-casual ways to protect your health, by Anya Vanecek on the MomsRising.org blog. Check out a list of fast-casual restaurants that have taken action to transition away from serving meat raised with antibiotics.
2. JOIN THE CONVERSATION
Connect, learn and share this month
- Fri June 26, 1pm ET: #FoodFri Tweetchat: Restaurant Kid's Meals! Join @MomsRising and @CSPI to chat about how we can urge restaurants to do more to offer healthy children's meals. Follow #FoodFri on Twitter to participate!
- Sat June 27, 9am-11am: Good Food Force Hangout at the Durham, NC Farmer's Market! Come on by Durham Central Park to say hello, grab some snacks and hula hoop! Contact beth@momsrising.org for more information.
- July 8, 2pm, Twitter: Twitter Town Hall to launch our Healthy Ramadan toolkit!
3. SALAD BAR
Like Food? Thank the Bees! #NationalPollinatorWeek
We need pollinators like bees and butterflies to grow beans, beets, broccoli, carrots, peaches, strawberries, parsley, sesame, peanuts… the list goes on. But pesticides and habitat loss are threatening pollinator populations. How you can help:
1 Know your pesticides. Read the label before you spray, and know whether a product can harm pollinators.
2 Plant native plant species. Asters, sunflowers, goldenrod and more support hundreds of pollinator species.
Read more on the MomsRising.org blog!
4. YEARBOOK: MOMSRISING TALKS HEALTHY FOOD & FAMILIES AT THE NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION!
We were honored to speak on the main stage at this year's National Baptist Convention in Detroit. We also shared hundreds of copies of our new Faith and Food Toolkit.
Thank you for all you do!
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Good Food Force (GFF) Volunteers are real-life superheroes who take action in their schools and communities, and/or on their blogs and online networks, to get the word out about healthy school foods, junk food marketing to kids, and strategies that are working to reduce childhood obesity. Together with MomsRising.org staff, they help advocate for healthier kids and families. Help spread the word! Contact us: karen@momsrising.org
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