Truth to Power | People's Food Summit | Policy Workshop | Sept. 15, 2023

This week on Truth to Power, we bring you an important conversation about policies to support food justice in Louisville from the inaugural People’s Summit on Food Systems and Urban Agriculture that was held on September 9th at 100 Witherspoon Conference Center and organized by the Food in Neighborhoods (FIN) community coalition and the Cooperative Extension Program of Kentucky State University. In this Workshop on New Food and Land Laws to Weave Food Justice Into our City, you will hear from panelists:
- Abby Rudolph, Food in Neighborhoods
- Amanda Fuller, Lots of Food
- Yu Emily Liu & Jay Luckett, Louisville Metro Office of Planning
- Jody Dahmer & Mariah Corso, Beargrass Thunder
- Tia Bowman, Metro Office of Community Development
- Tay G, Change Today, Change Tomorrow.

Weaving the Food Web: The People’s Summit on Food Systems and Urban Agriculture was held in downtown Louisville September 8–9th, 2023. Food in Neighborhoods (FIN) and the Cooperative Extension Program of Kentucky State University (KYSU) have partnered to organize this public event that included caravan tours in the city to raise awareness about local food apartheid and grassroots efforts to increase healthy food access as well as spotlight the work of urban growers. The Summit also featured workshop-style events involving popular education and in-depth political strategy discussions, addressing topics such as: food apartheid and environmental racism; youth leadership training; how to grow your own food; cooperative economics and Community Supported Agriculture (CSAs); urban and rural land access; New American success stories; and local food policy advocacy.

Weaving the Food Web is a transformative act of healing, solidarity, and collective action toward realizing food justice, human rights and dignified livelihoods for all. Exciting food justice initiatives were featured and the input of participants - through dialogue, art and celebration - was gathered during the day. Hot breakfast and lunch, ASL and language interpretation were offered, along with childcare, and Grow Appalachia offered free registration for beginning farmers. Learn more at http://foodinneighborhoods.org

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