Food sovereignty was the overarching theme at the Community Food Security Coalition’s National Conference in Oakland, CA this last week. Food sovereignty refers to ways in which we cultivate our land to plant and harvest food that is healthful for the land and the people that grow it and eat it. This includes ways in which food is distributed, making sure that healthy food is accessible to all, regardless of class, race, age, or gender. If we were food sovereign then we wouldn’t have food deserts, we wouldn’t have farmers’ markets that didn’t accept CalFresh and WIC benefits, we would have more urban gardens on underused land, and we would have bodegas and grocery stores that stocked local farm produce because it was fair in price and to the community. There were amazing conversations that touched on difficult topics of gender, equality, race, class, and the haves vs. the have nots’. Food First has produced short clips that captured some of these discussions. We should all work towards food justice.

Food sovereignty was the overarching theme at the Community Food Security Coalition’s National Conference in Oakland, CA this last week. Food sovereignty refers to ways in which we cultivate our land to plant and harvest food that is healthful for the land and the people that grow it and eat it. This includes ways in which food is distributed, making sure that healthy food is accessible to all, regardless of class, race, age, or gender. If we were food sovereign then we wouldn’t have food deserts, we wouldn’t have farmers’ markets that didn’t accept CalFresh and WIC benefits, we would have more urban gardens on underused land, and we would have bodegas and grocery stores that stocked local farm produce because it was fair in price and to the community.

There were amazing conversations that touched on difficult topics of gender, equality, race, class, and the haves vs. the have nots’. Food First has produced short clips that captured some of these discussions. We should all work towards food justice.