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A hungry man is not a free man.
~ Adlai E. Stevenson
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A Future for Food Equity?
by Monte Roulier, Board Chair, Center for Good Food Purchasing, President, Community Initiatives Network, Co-Founder, Community Commons
For too long food has been about big business putting profit before people and the planet, normalizing practices that exploit workers and the environment and negatively impact health. The coronavirus pandemic exposed and exacerbated these longstanding problems in the U.S. food system. Our country’s growing number of food insecure families and individuals, disproportionately made up of people of color and low-income community members, calls for bold and urgent action.
We have a historic moment to work together to create a sustainable and equitable food system. And we have a lot to build on. A broad and diverse coalition of local communities, food producers, and institutional purchasers have redefined what an equitable and sustainable food system looks like—and how it substantially benefits local economies, the natural environment, meaningful and safe work, and animal welfare, all while radically improving access to nutritious and affordable foods. As the adage goes, a good solution solves multiple problems and a more localized, equitable, and sustainable food system is the ultimate multi-solver. The Center for Good Food Purchasing has created a way for these diverse stakeholders to leverage purchasing power to transform the food system.
We at the WIN Network want to lift the many pioneering—and community-centered—efforts that are leading the way. And highlight the upcoming White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health on September 28, 2022, which will help catalyze a National Strategy for cross-sector collaboration to address the intersections between food, hunger, nutrition, and health. Working together we will have a food system that works for everyone!
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Thriving Together
Vital Conditions Basic Needs for Health + Safety: Food
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People’s foundation for physical and mental well-being starts with access to fresh air, clean water, and nutritious food. Meeting these basic needs allows us to be healthier today by avoiding hunger, exhaustion, disease, and injury. It also means we are more likely to thrive tomorrow by supporting our ability to withstand adversity.
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Community Commons
473 results found in the Food Channel
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437 results found related to food.
Discover these and thousands of other articles, tools, stories and other resources in Community Commons on topics from Economy to Education, Health to Housing and of course lots of things related to COVID-19.
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Ever wondered exactly how food affects your community? This great resource helps to calculate the impact here! | |
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The Good Food Impact Hub helps people explore the impacts of bringing good food policies to their cities and counties. By connecting the dots between our good food values, principles, and policies, users can see how shifting food purchases at their public institutions can help tackle some of our most urgent issues—including climate impact, labor practices, and public health.
If you are a policymaker, advocate, or institutional food leader, you can use the Impact Hub to calculate how food purchasing can impact your communities, environments, and health costs
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Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front by Wendell Berry
Love the quick profit, the annual raise,
vacation with pay. Want more
of everything ready-made. Be afraid
to know your neighbors and to die.
And you will have a window in your head.
Not even your future will be a mystery
any more. Your mind will be punched in a card
and shut away in a little drawer.
When they want you to buy something
they will call you. When they want you
to die for profit they will let you know.
So, friends, every day do something
that won't compute. Love the Lord.
Love the world. Work for nothing.
Take all that you have and be poor.
Love someone who does not deserve it.
Denounce the government and embrace
the flag. Hope to live in that free
republic for which it stands.
Give your approval to all you cannot
understand. Praise ignorance, for what man
has not encountered he has not destroyed.
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Ask the questions that have no answers.
Invest in the millenium. Plant sequoias.
Say that your main crop is the forest
that you did not plant,
that you will not live to harvest.
Say that the leaves are harvested
when they have rotted into the mold.
Call that profit. Prophesy such returns.
Put your faith in the two inches of humus
that will build under the trees
every thousand years...
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Ricardo Salvador + Paula Daniels: Food Systems For Thriving Together
People’s foundation for physical and mental well-being starts with access to fresh air, clean water, and nutritious food. Meeting these basic needs allows us to be healthier today by avoiding hunger, exhaustion, disease, and injury. It also means we are more likely to thrive tomorrow by supporting our ability to withstand adversity.
The mid-20TH century was a turning point in the American food system, ushering in a precipitous decline in farm populations. With the shift toward highly consolidated
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Equity in our Food Systems
The inequities that exist in our food system are unacceptable, and a failure to act now passes those health, economic, and environmental injustices onto future generations. Institutions that purchase and serve large quantities of food, such as schools, prisons, hospitals, and nursing facilities, have the power to address these inequities—enough to achieve real, population-level transformative outcomes.
Systems transformation means changing or redesigning systems, such as a food system, to shift the conditions that hold a problem in place. Transformational work can be daunting, however, the Community of Solutions and Community of Transformation frameworks—from our partners at 100 Million Healthier Lives and Well Being in the Nation Network—offer useful foundations through which to think about transforming systems for well-being and equity...
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Food inequity on College Campuses
This is the first in a three-part series detailing the issues and potential solutions related to food security on college campuses. Read Innovative Initiatives on College Campuses and Reexamining SNAP Policies for College Students for more insight into this subject.
Food security is defined as the ability to have reliable access to healthy and affordable food and is a major issue on college campuses. Approximately 1 in 3 college students are food insecure, and the struggle to make ends meet leaves many having to choose between utilities, housing, tuition, textbooks, and groceries.
It is especially important to address food insecurity in college students due to its strong adverse associations with psychological health (depression, anxiety, hopelessness),..
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The 4th Annual Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival is scheduled for September 20-24, 2022 (in-person) and September 20-30, 2022 (virtual). The five-day event will be presented by Chromatic Black in partnership with Rockstar Brothers. Check out the schedule and make plans to join us on campus at Morehouse College.
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What's happening in WIN Network?
Be sure to register for the WIN Week activities 24-28th October if you have not as yet. Now more than ever, being interconnected in our mission toward equity is so important. Celebrating 3 years of advancing intergenerational well-being and equity and working strategically together to lay the groundwork for the next 30!
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Livestream link
29 Sep: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
14 Oct: 7:00 PM - 11:59 PM EDT
Register Here
20 Oct: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
WIN Partners Meeting with Stewardship Council (WIN Week)
Monday, October 24th, 2022
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm ET
WIN Equitable Economies Quarterly Meeting (WIN Week)
Tuesday, October 25th, 2022
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm ET
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WIN Network Orientation - Perfect for new members! (WIN Week)
Wednesday, October 26th, 2022
11:00 am - 12:00 pm ET
WIN Measurement Quarterly Meeting (WIN Week)
Wednesday, October 26th, 2022
12:00pm - 2:00pm ET
WIN Network Poster Session (WIN Week)
Thursday, October 27th, 2022
11:00am - 1:30pm ET
Community Gathering: The Right to Vote and Voice (WIN Week)
Thursday, October 27th, 2022
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm ET
WIN Network Early Career Professionals Networking (WIN Week)
Friday, October 28th, 2022
11:00 am - 12:30 pm ET
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The Dudley T. Dougherty Foundation Grant
Type: Foundation
Due Date: October 31, 2022
Match Required: No Cost Share
Overview: Established in 2002, the Dudley T. Dougherty Foundation supports non-profit and charitable efforts across the globe.
Funded grants often center on social justice, child welfare, and access to education, but the Foundation funds grants of all kinds. Any 501(c)(3) nonprofit is welcome to apply. The average grant amount is $6000.
Finish Line Youth Foundation: Louder Than Words Grant
Type: Foundation
Due Date: October 10, 2022
Match Required: No Cost Share
Overview: This program aims to support diverse and underserved communities by providing awards to nonprofit organizations that make a difference in localities around the country. Awards will be provided to organizations that have demonstrated commitment and capacity to deliver culturally competent services, that support efforts to alleviate the impact of race-based discrimination and disparities, and that create a positive impact, specifically on diverse communities where at least 51 percent of the population/participants are people of color.
MUFG Union Bank Corporate Sponsorship Program (California and other communities)
Type: Foundation
Due Date: October 31, 2022
Match Required: No Cost Share
Overview: The MUFG Union Bank Foundation, a nonprofit public benefit corporation, serves as an agent for charitable contributions made by MUFG Union Bank, N.A. Throughout its history, the Foundation has supported the bank's commitment to helping meet the needs of the communities it serves.
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