Nominate Your Cambridge Food Hero Today

Cambridge to Honor Local Individuals Who Work to Improve Food Access for All

The Mayor’s Office will be accepting nominations for the 2014 Food Hero Awards through Friday, Oct. 3.  Cambridge Food Heroes will be honored at a special ceremony in the Mayor’s Office on Thursday, Oct. 23, as part of the 4^th Annual Food Day, a nationwide celebration of healthy, sustainably produced foods and a campaign for better food policies.

Food Heroes nominees are individuals who dedicate their time and energy to ensuring that everyone in our community is nourished and cared for. Food Heroes are residents that help support local farms, gardens or urban agriculture; those who work to reduce hunger or fight for food justice; those who support sustainable agriculture or fishing; or someone who fights for better working conditions for food or farm workers.

Nomination forms can be: picked up at the Mayor’s Office, submitted online from the Mayor’s webpage, made via email to: fhero@cambridgema.gov or sent via mail to: Food Heroes Nomination, c/o Mayor’s Office, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139. Note should be mailed before Oct. 3.

About National Food Day

This annual event involves some of the country’s most prominent food movement leaders, including chefs, farmers, doctors, teachers, and parents. All of us are united by a vision of food that is healthy, affordable, and produced with care for the environment, farm animals, and the people who grow, harvest, and serve it. We envision a just food system for all and want to celebrate it when it works and help fix it when it’s broken.

In 2014, Food Day will have a special focus on food access and justice for food and farm workers. Food Day seeks to inspire community action in every city and state in the country, with individuals and organizations coming together on October 24 to learn, debate, and mobilize to create a more just food system.