VISA a Sustainable Foodshed co-sponsor. Who knew?

... just one more lesson that nothing EVER stays the same. Click the link below this piece of in-box PR about the Oakland Foodshed Summit and the first thing you see on the Roots of Change web page is the VISA logo.

Sustainable Foodshed Summit Shifts Political Momentum

In Oakland, California this past week, the political momentum seemed to clearly and perhaps irrevocably shift to formation of a sustainable food system for the nation. Hailing from three western states and Washington DC, 120 leading activists (from farms, ranches, philanthropy, businesses and NGOs), 15 USDA officials, and two important northern California Mayors focused on the issues of food security, foodsheds, and public-private partnerships to accelerate change. (Hon.Ron Dellums, Mayor of Oakland is pictured with Hank Herrera, Hope Collaborative and ROC Fellow Alethea Harper, Oakland Food Policy Council). Many now believe it only a matter of time until this welcome and healthy set of ideas takes over the body politic.