For Doria Robinson, executive director of Urban Tilth, an urban agriculture organization in Contra Costa County in the San Francisco Bay Area, reconnecting people with the land is a chief focus of building food sovereignty in cities. Part of that work includes challenging regimes of private property while also rethinking uses of public lands in […]
In this third short film in the #FoodSovereigntyStories series produced by Heather Gies and Colin Anderson, President of National Family Farm Coalition Jim Goodman shares his perspective on farm justice, a New Deal policy platform centered on protecting the wellbeing of farmers, consumers, and the environment. Take a look at @foodsovusa’s second #FoodSovereigntyStories video! Each […]
Food Sovereignty Stories is a series of videos from social movements in the United States working towards a more just, sovereign, and sustainable food system. For Carl Wassilie, from the Yup’ik Nation in Western Alaska and part of Alaska’s Big Village Network, the arctic ecosystem and traditional seasonal food sources of the Yup’ik people are […]
Food Sovereignty Stories is a series of videos from social movements in the United States working towards a more just, sovereign, and sustainable food system. The first film focuses on food sovereignty and justice for farm workers. For Brenda Bentley, an organizer with Community to Community Development (C2C), a grassroots organization fighting for food justice […]