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| 2025 -- H 6145 Enacted 03/27/2025 |
| H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N |
| DECLARING MARCH 27, 2025, TO BE "GOOD FOOD POLICY DAY" IN RHODE ISLAND |
Introduced By: Representatives Speakman, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Chippendale, Boylan, Kennedy, Ajello, Shallcross Smith, Fogarty, and Bennett |
| Date Introduced: March 27, 2025 |
| WHEREAS, Good Food Policy Day is the Rhode Island Food Policy Council's (RIFPC) |
| annual celebration of the importance of food advocacy, ensuring that all food stakeholders' voices |
| are heard. People gather to raise awareness about food system issues that RIFPC cares about, and |
| advocates for and speaks directly with legislators about why the RIFPC agenda would make life |
| better for all Rhode Islanders; and |
| WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Food Policy Council advocates for increasing the |
| production of, and the demand for, local food, encourages the development of a thriving and just |
| food economy, ensures access to affordable, healthful, culturally relevant food for all residents, |
| and works towards community health for all residents; and |
| WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Food Policy Council also supports passing legislation that |
| promotes urban and small farm success, healthy school meals, and support for businesses that |
| donate surplus food; now, therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby |
| declares March 27, 2025, to be "Good Food Policy Day" in Rhode Island; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That this House also recognizes and expresses gratitude to the RIFPC |
| Board of Directors, Diane Lynch, RIFPC Board President, Rebecca Kelley, RIFPC Food Access |
| & Nutrition Security Work Group, Angel Mendez, RIFPC Food Business & Economic |
| Development Work Group, and Tyson Bottenus, RIFPC Food, Climate & Environment Work |
| Group, for their outstanding work supporting farms, fisheries and food businesses; and be it |
| further |
| RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
| transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Ms. Diane Lynch, Board President, Rhode |
| Island Food Policy Council. |
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