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Faces Like Mine: Developing Young African American Food Movement Leaders

By Kelvin Graddick
Posted April 7, 2013

Traveling the country to various food movement conferences, I could not help but notice the lack of faces like mine; young and African American.

Funders, Kill the Project Model

By Kandace Vallejo
Posted April 7, 2013

The sustainable food movement needs practical ideas that will move us forward while keeping our political practices in check. One place to take action is funding.

A Lack of Diversity in Breastfeeding Leadership Means Developing Our Own

By Kimberly Seals Allers
Posted April 7, 2013

If the U.S. breastfeeding leadership really wants to close the racial disparity in breastfeeding rates, then the first place it must look is in the mirror.

Meet the Fellows

Valerie Segrest

Valerie Segrest, a member of the Muckleshoot Tribe, works as a Community Nutritionist to create a culturally appropriate system of health through traditional foods and medicines.

About the Fellows

IATP Food and Community Fellows are innovative change makers who advocate for a just, equitable and healthy food system. More about us

About the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

IATP works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems. More at iatp.org

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