The series from the organization behind the No Kid Hungry campaign examines the roots and evolution of the food movement and the ways it intersects with race and class, as well as with educational, environmental and health inequities.
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Keeping Americans Fed: The Power and Exploitation of Immigrant & Migrant Farming Communities
The January 13th, 2022 installment of the Food Justice Series focused on the social, economic, and structural barriers that exploit immigrant and migrant farmworkers and push families to the margins. Immigrant and migrant farmworkers play [...]
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The Significant and Far Reaching Impact of the Criminal Justice System in America
In this installment, we examined the prison system that traces its roots back to slavery, and the ways in which the conditions facing people in prison — and when they return home — have significant [...]
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Facing the Housing Crisis – Keeping Americans Healthy, Safe and Connected
This installment of the Food Justice Series held hosted by Share Our Strength – the organization behind the No Kid Hungry campaign and Food & Society at the Aspen Institute — focused on the housing [...]
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Food Insecurity and Mental Health: The Silent and Devastating Impacts
Now a professor of pediatric medicine at George Washington University, Dr. Kofi Essel uses the analogy of a deadly snake to explain the toxic stress of food insecurity to his students. He asked his students [...]
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Aloha ‘Āina: Food & Land Justice in Hawaii
“Power dynamics are central to any conversation about food justice,” shared Ikaika Hussey, founder of Hawaii Federated Industries. During a recent live event – part of an ongoing series of conversations about food justice held [...]
