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Chris Bradshaw: Dreaming Out Loud, A Food Justice Social Enterprise
Heartland Stories Radio
English - January 18, 2022 11:30 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBHealth & Fitness Kids & Family farming sustainableagriculture food goodfoodmovement health kids pesticides publichealth socialjustice sustainability Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Christopher Bradshaw is the Founder and Executive Director of Dreaming Out Loud Inc., a food justice social enterprise that seeks to create economic opportunities for the D.C. metro region’s marginalized communities through building a healthy, equitable food system. Bradshaw was named an Ashoka-American Express Emerging Innovator in 2015, one of Food Trust’s 20 Leaders Under 40, and the longest-serving member of the DC Food Policy Council where he co-chairs the Urban Agriculture working group. Under his leadership, Dreaming Out Loud has grown to a $600,000 social enterprise with six full-time staff members, and four seasonal farm and food hub assistants. Tune in to learn more about:
- Dreaming Out Loud Inc., their mission and projects;
- How the idea of founding this organization came to life;
- The unequal access for Black communities to food that is shaped by policies in the D.C. area;
- The two-acre Farm at Kelly Miller and the Food Hub;
- About drive through and mobile farmers markets;
- The involvement of students in the farming process;
- About the DREAM Program, a 16-week incubator program for low-resourced food entrepreneurs residing in Washington, D.C.;
- Their work on advocacy and public policies;
- The spike in Community Supported Agriculture shares during the pandemic.
To learn more about Chris Bradshaw and Dreaming Out Loud Inc., go to https://dreamingoutloud.org.