Haile Johnston is working to create food access solutions that make good food available to his community in Philadelphia and others like it accross the country. Learn about his work at Common Market Philadelphia.
U.S. #breastfeeding leadership: want to close racial disparity in BF rates? Look in the mirror. http://t.co/BuudzlOvNK @iamKSealsAllers
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Nina Kahori Fallenbaum, Writer and Policy Expert
Nina Kahori Fallenbaum wants Asian Americans to have a voice in creating a better food and farming system in America. Learn more about her storytelling and policy advocacy work in Asian American communities.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Jane Black, Food Writer
Jane Black gives insights into reframing the debate on how we can fix the food system. Check out her take on spreading the good food message in West Virginia and beyond.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Rebecca Wiggins-Reinhard, Youth Food Activist
Rebecca Wiggins-Reinhard beleives in the transformative possibilities of young people learning about and growing food in New Mexico. Learn more about her work at the La Semilla Food Center.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Kelvin Graddick, Young Farmer
Kelvin Graddick sheds light on being a young Black farmer who is working the same land that his grandmother farmed in Georgia five decades ago. Learn more about his work to re-build the West Georgia Farmer's Cooperative and foster strong intergenerational communities.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Jenga Mwendo, New Orleans Community Organizer
Jenga Mwendo is using gardens and growing food to build community and strong neighborhoods as she works to revitalize New Orleans, post-Katrina. Follow her work with the Backyard Gardeners Network.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Cheryl Danley, Food and Resource Economist
Cheryl Danley inspires us to use the power of diversity in the food movement and create true engagement around good food. Her project, The Color of Local Food, is a site and series of interviews highlighting the people of color who are working hard to create equity in the food system.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Brahm Ahmadi, Social Entrepreneur
Brahm Ahmadi talks about his vision of creating a hub for good food and strong community in Oakland. Learn more about his work building the People's Community Market.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Kandace Vallejo, Youth Organizer
Kandace Vallejo talks about the power of food justice in growing strong youth leaders. She shares insights into the energy that can be created when you help to give kids a voice. Find out more about her work with the Workers Defense Project and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Don Bustos, Traditional Farmer
Don Bustos produces food on the same land in New Mexico that his ancestors have farmed for 300 years. He is dedicated to training others in sustainable methods for using land and water in order to protect it for the next seven generations.
Meet the Fellows
Kelvin Graddick
Kelvin Graddick manages a Georgia-based farmers cooperative that seeks to reclaim and expand opportunities in food and economic security.Ideas in focus
Cultivating Leadership and Equity in the Food Movement
April 2013
The IATP Food and Community Fellows Program is coming to an end, but it's springtime for our work growing equity in the food system and cultivating diverse leadership in the movement.
