Food justice

Food + Justice = Democracy: Introducing Douglas Blackmon

Food + Justice = Democracy is less than a month away! IATP is bringing together food justice leaders from across the country, from the grassroots to the grasstops, to raise up the food system narratives of communities of color and tribal nations.

Radio Sustain: LaDonna Redmond on food justice

In today's edition of Radio Sustain, IATP program associate and long-time community activist LaDonna Redmond discusses food justice, and IATP's upcoming national conference, Food + Justice = Democracy.

Radio Sustain August 01, 2012

August 1, 2012: LaDonna Redmond, community activist and IATP staffer, talks food justice and IATP’s upcoming national conference Food + Justice = Democracy.

Chipocrisy: Will Chipotle add fair labor to its definition of sustainability?

Steve Ells is doing a great thing. It’s not just the Chipotle founder and CEO’s decision to buy organic, or local, or avoid antibiotics in animal products. It’s not even his focus on ethically raised meat. No, his greatest contribution is one of omission. While nationwide protests urge Mr.

WEBINAR: Black Men in the Food System: Roles and Opportunities, Rural to Urban

Join three dynamic IATP Food and Community Fellows, Malik Yakini of the Detroit Black Food Security Network, Haile Johnston from Common Market Philadelphia, and Kelvin Graddick, a young farmer who manages the West Georgia Farmers Cooperative, as they discuss the roles and opportunities for Black men in the food system both through a rural and urban lens.

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While the food movement gains steam and several hundred good food advocates across the country gear up after the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s annual Food and Community Gathering, it may be worth our while to stop for a moment and reflect.

Radio Sustain: Talking with Valerie Segrest about "place-based foods"

Today's episode of Radio Sustain features IATP Food and Community Fellow Valerie Segrest.

Radio Sustain: June 29, 2012

June 29, 2012 Valerie Segrest speaks about her work creating a culturally appropriate system of health through traditional foods and medicines, storytelling, and what she calls "place-based foods. She'll be speaking more about this at IATP's upcoming September conference Food + Justice = Democracy.

Chipotle, please add some farmworker justice to my burrito

Many of us on staff at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy enjoy an occasional Chipotle burrito. Compared to other casual dining options, the company has done an outstanding job of sourcing antibiotic-free meat from farmers committed to the humane treatment of animals.

Malik Yakini, Detroit Food Justice Activist

Malik Yakini talks about self-determination and food sovereignty and how they can create food and economic security for Black Americans in Detroit and beyond. Check out his latest project, Be Black and Green.