Racial Inequity in the Food System
The following is an excerpt from the Young Farmers 2019 Organizing Handbook. Thank you to Sara Black, Tess Brown-Lavoie, Michelle Hughes, Mai Nguyen, and Holly Rippon-Butler for their contributions to this section. The National Young Farmers Coalition is a national organization that holds space for many different kinds of farmers and farm operations: urban and rural, large […]
Dismantling injustice in the food system: An interview with Elizabeth Henderson
By Sara Black, NYFC Development Coordinator and Organizer Last year I had the privilege of chatting with Elizabeth Henderson, a pioneer of the CSA model in the United States and an agrarian leader committed to resisting the many injustices of a cheap food system with the power of cooperation! Liz co-founded the Genesee Valley Organic CSA […]
Coalition of Immokalee Workers: Fighting for Food Justice
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) is an organization that works towards food justice and corporate social responsibility, as well as working to end human trafficking and other labor abuses in the agriculture system. One of their biggest projects is the Campaign for Fair Food, which educates consumers about exploitation of farm workers and works […]
Join the Conversation on IATP's Food Justice Principles
It’s not too late to be involved in IATP’s Food + Justice = Democracy conference that was held in September. The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy held the conference in Minneapolis, MN on September 24-26. The conference, reaching out to people of every community, ethnic group, class and gender identity, drafted a collection of […]
Oran Hesterman, Fair Food Advocate: Bringing Food Justice to the Local Level
A helpful model for bringing together organic consumers, sustainability advocates, and local farmers was sponsored by Indiana University South Bend, which recently hosted the Michiana Food Summit to explore key topics such as shopping locally, supporting community gardens, and creating farm-to-school programs to increase children’s access to fresh, healthy foods. The keynote speaker was Oran […]