It started with a tweet…

(Well, really it started with a ridiculous law in California where the government will now dictate what people can and cannot eat, and the inane ramblings of some trumped-up animal rights activist, but let’s not quibble over the minutia)

Engrossed in an ongoing Twitter conversation with opponents and proponents of the foie gras Ban in California, I had a simple idea:

Just a simple thought – why not do something to support those chefs and purveyors in California who are trying to do the right thing and find a humane way to produce and harvest foie gras (yes, there is a humane way as explained by Dan Barber’s TED presentation). With limited resources (lots of chefs follow me and are incredibly Twitter-friendly with me, but I’m hard pressed to mobilize them for such a movement), I was lucky to have Jason Cichonski of Ela step in and offer some help.

We talked and Jason reached out to some chefs and was able to start the #FoieFriday movement (nicely covered here by Eater).

So for the next five Fridays (starting tomorrow), get out to one of the many restaurants in Philadelphia taking part in #FoieFridays, have a delicious meal, and support the chefs of the Coalition for Humane and Ethical Farming Standards (CHEFS).