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SALT LAKE CITY CORPORATION
Resolution 27 of 2015
Joint Resolution Supporting September 12-19, 2015 as Eat Local Week in Salt Lake City
WHEREAS, Eat Local Week educates the community about resources for eating locally-produced foods through a series of activities and workshop; and
WHEREAS, Eat Local Week celebrates the regional harvest, promotes local agriculture and brings people together as a community over the food they eat; and
WHEREAS, Eat Local Week increases awareness about food production, transportation and access to healthy food for all; and
WHEREAS, Eat Local Week strives to make locally-produced foods available to residents at all socioeconomic levels; and
WHEREAS, Eat Local Week complements Salt Lake City’s fruit harvesting program in which volunteers coordinate with residents who want to share homegrown fruit with local food assistance programs; and
WHEREAS, Eat Local Week supports the Mayor’s Livability Agenda and the City Council priorities: Economic Health of the City, Neighborhood Quality of Life, and Sustainability.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
that the Salt Lake City
Council and Mayor of Salt Lake City hereby proclaim
September 12 -19,
2015 as
“Eat Local Week” in Salt Lake City.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that we support Eat Local Week partners, the
Downtown Alliance, Wasatch Community Gardens and Slow Food Utah, in promoting
the Eat Local Challenge,
which encourages residents to eat foods produced
within a 250 mile radius for at
least one week.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this 1st day of September, 2015.