Food for the Spirit hosted a two-day gathering in Buffalo on March 22-23, launching the Buffalo Bypass Network with 48 food justice advocates, including QTBIPOC growers. The initiative aims to enhance food access, sustainability, and community collaboration. Participants shared resources and explored collective ownership models to strengthen regional food systems and empower communities.| Food for the Spirit
Why Investing in Our Local Food System Helps Fight Hunger Manela, a farmer enrolled in the Incubator Program at Big River Farms Under a lingering summer sun, farmers in The Food Group’s Incubator Program moved nimbly between rows to pull stubborn weeds. In the coming weeks, they will harvest and sell what they grow at […]| The Food Group
Updated August 22, 2025: The Famine Review Committee (FRC) has now officially declared famine… The post A Brief History of Famine Declaration, and a Perspective on Gaza appeared first on NYC Food Policy Center (Hunter College).| NYC Food Policy Center (Hunter College)
This month, a wave of institutional reporting from the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and… The post NYC Food Policy Center: July 2025 Food Flash appeared first on NYC Food Policy Center (Hunter College).| NYC Food Policy Center (Hunter College)
Food is a vehicle through which Asians in diaspora can see ourselves in futures we have been excluded from.| YES! Magazine
Celebrating the Tribe’s victory in their decades-long struggle to legally resume hunting gray whales.| YES! Magazine
Heirloom seeds can bolster the resilience of rural farming communities.| YES! Magazine
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Featuring two partner food shelves of The Food Group Within the disability community, some prefer person-first language (person with a disability) while others use identity-first language (disabled person). We utilized both to reflect that diversity. July is Disability Pride Month, a time to promote awareness of the disability community and advocate for equity and access. […]| The Food Group
This Women’s History Month, we are celebrating trailblazing women working across Minnesota’s food system. From expanding sustainable agriculture practices to founding revolutionary affordable grocery programs, women have served up a powerful challenge to food insecurity in Minnesota. The movement for food justice would not be where it is today without the resilience, creativity, and ingenuity […]| The Food Group
Since 2012, the Food and Farm Communications Fund has invested over $4 million to community-based organizations, grassroots networks, and media efforts working to change the narrative about food and farming.| Wildseeds Fund
Since 2012, the Food and Farm Communications Fund has invested over $4 million to community-based organizations, grassroots networks, and media efforts working to change the narrative about food and farming.| Wildseeds Fund
BFEN Director, Nnenna Ferguson, discussed Food for the Spirit and BFEN's Farm to School initiatives at the NY Health Foundation's conference on transforming food systems. Panelists talked about how institutions address food quality issues.| Food for the Spirit
In September, the Buffalo Food Equity Network (BFEN) Policy Innovation Lab hosted representatives from four communities for co-learning and storytelling about Black-led food systems. The Lab is funded by Race Forward and includes groups from Buffalo, Albuquerque, Philadelphia, and Atlanta with the aim of supporting leadership of Black and brown communities in shaping climate justice policies.| Food for the Spirit
Adamaah Grayse, a Food Justice Organizer, has added an agricultural extension component to Buffalo Juneteenth Celebration. The extension includes a gallery walk introducing six seedling plants of crops grown by African ancestors. The aim is to enlighten visitors about the relationship between European colonization, agriculture, enslavement, and the ongoing call for reparations.| Food for the Spirit