A Southeastern environmental group called Reconnect is trying to get healthier food in the cafeteria.

 Reconnect is a group working to improve the community with things such as recycling, picking up trash and trying to have Southeastern use food that has been grown locally  throughout Louisiana.

The name of this program is the Real Food Challenge, which is a program that is trying to get real food into colleges around the country.

According to the Real Food Challenge Web site, they would like to have 20 percent real food on college campuses by the year 2020.

Spreading the word around Southeastern can help the Real Food Challenge to reach their goal.

The Reconnect group will be hosting food day awareness on October 24, which is national food day.

The Food Day Awareness program is going to be held from 10 a.m.- 2p.m. in the Student Union.

“We’re planning to have local farmers from southern Louisiana and Mississippi to come in and host a farmer’s market,” said sociology graduate student Bonnie May.

According to www.foodday.org, “Food Day seeks to bring together Americans from all walks of life, parents, teachers students, health professionals and local officials to push for healthy, affordable food produced in a sustainable, humane way.”

You can ask members of congress to support National Food day by going to www.foodday.org  going to the bottom of the page and filling out the short form at the bottom.

If you would like to join the Reconnect group, or find out more about the Reconnect group, you can find their group’s Web page on facebook by searching Selu Reconnect.

According to the Food day website, if you are participating in the National Food day then you can use their logo.

For more information on the real food challenge you can visit their web page at www.realfoodchallenge.org.