An Open Letter from BIPOC Leaders in Food & Agriculture to Food Systems Funders

Originally published on Medium.com July 10, 2020 Dear Food Systems Funders, We write to you as Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC) leaders in food and agriculture who

A Guide to Transformative Land Strategies: Lessons from the Field

From the MIT CoLAB The report synthesizes the practices and strategies of transformative community land organizations under three primary themes: participatory comprehensive planning, partnerships across grassroots and mainstream organizations, and

A People’s Orientation to a Regenerative Economy

Originally published via the newsletter of the Indigenous Environmental Network Relatives, Since occupation and colonization of the Indigenous lands and territories of North America (Turtle Island), American Indian and Alaska

Op-ed: Overthrowing the Food System’s Plantation Paradigm

This opinion piece appeared in Civil Eats. The struggle for abolition remains urgent. As we seek justice for people incarcerated and indentured in agriculture, there is hope in freeing ourselves

Leveling the Fields: Opportunities for Black People, Indigenous People, and Other People of Color

By Union of Concerned Scientists and the H.E.A.L. Food Alliance Farming offers a powerful path to build community wealth and resilience to challenges such as water pollution, droughts and floods,

Life has been difficult. But I am resilient, hopeful, and forgiving

By Julius Kolawole as told to Ivy Scott, published in the Boston Globe. Julius is the FSNE Ambassador for Rhode Island. They say, “Pull yourself up by your bootstraps.” I

The People’s Agroecology Process: Unlocking Our Power Through Agroecology

Cross-posted from WhyHunger.org The People’s Agroecology Process emerged in 2015 as a grassroots-led initiative to scale out agroecology in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. It was inspired by

Standing Against Racism

Dear Friends, Seven years ago, the Food Solutions New England network declared that racial equity must be central to the food system we are collectively creating in our region. While

Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance Statement on White House Executive Order to Expand Factory Fish Farms and Deregulate the Fishing Industry

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 8, 2020 Policy contact: ​Rosanna Marie Neil, NAMA Policy Counsel, ​rosanna@namanet.org Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance Statement on White House Executive Order to Expand Factory Fish Farms

The Evolving Story of a Network Innovation: FSNE’s 21 Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge

Shared from the blog of the Interaction Institute for Social Change by Curtis Ogden “I believe that the struggle for racial and social justice provides an unparalleled lens through which