The Real Food Road Trip is stopping at Lincoln Land on October 26, 2011. This is a great opportunity for students (and faculty and community members, too). The free event will take place from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Trutter Center.

The goal of the Real Food Challenge is to raise awareness of ‘real food’ and to shift $1 billion of food procurement dollars to ‘real food’ by 2020.

‘Real food’ means food that is local, community-based, fair-trade, humane, ecologically sound and/or organic. The Real Food Challenge team offers workshops and trainings to bring students together and educate them about real food, then give them the tools to make plans, set goals, and take action on their campuses. This event will dig into the challenges and complexities of the industrial food system and will show students how hundreds of campuses across the country are uniting through the Real Food Challenge to bring justice to this system.

People interested in attending should contact Julie Bates at julie.bates@llcc.edu or 217.786.2434.

Learn more about the Real Food Challenge by clicking here. Or click here for details on the Road Trips.