The National Housing Law Project has warned that the lapse of funding for SNAP will have severe consequences for low-income families, as 44 million tenants face rent, 24 million people face health costs, and 40 million people, including 16 million children, face food insecurity.| Davis Vanguard
Over 48,000 Americans have signed a petition demanding that the USDA release a $5 billion contingency reserve to maintain SNAP benefits during the government shutdown, which advocates say is being used to leverage hunger for budgetary concessions.| Davis Vanguard
As the federal shutdown stretches into its second month, Michigan’s food assistance network braces for impact. The post The Metro: Federal government shutdown ripples through Detroit’s food systems appeared first on WDET 101.9 FM.| WDET 101.9 FM
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Governor Gavin Newsom have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for unlawfully suspending SNAP benefits during the federal government shutdown, which could leave 5.5 million Californians without essential food assistance.| Davis Vanguard
Apply to join our Buffalo Bypass steering committee – deadline Octo!ber 26 The white supremacist attack at Tops Market on Jefferson, which took the lives of 10 beloved community members and permanently changed the lives of thousands more, was an act of hatred enabled by food apartheid that has long plagued Buffalo’s east side communities. … Continue reading Join Us in Building a Food System That Serves Buffalo’s East Side| Food for the Spirit
Science shows we have the tools to feed a growing population without destroying the planet. The post Op-Ed | Freedom to Choose What to Eat—and the Power to Build a Better Food Future appeared first on Food Tank.| Food Tank
I have been absent from this space for some time now due to multiple changes that were happening in my life. While I am still not quite ready to return with any regularity, seeing as we’re nearing the end of Black History Month and I haven’t posted anything, I feel… Continue reading The post Black History Month 2019- Seeds of Survival appeared first on Community Food Forests.| Community Food Forests
We are a union of farmers, growers, foresters and land-based workers with a mission to improve the livelihoods of our members and create a better food and land-use system for everyone.| Landworkers Alliance
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
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
The post We won’t see real food system change until we put the interests of producers and consumers above those of corporations appeared first on Landworkers Alliance.| Landworkers Alliance
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
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
