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From Food Pantry to Urban Farming: Food Justice Lessons from Camden

NonProfit Quarterly

One strategy for achieving that vision is to support urban agriculture and community agency, giving people the chance to produce their own food. Advancing urban agriculture in Camden. VF enables large-scale agricultural production in environments where space and soil are limited. Food Justice Innovation Hub.

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What Would an Economy That Loved Black People Look Like?

NonProfit Quarterly

We must invest in the Southern Black creatives, innovators, and leaders who are the biggest exporters of culture around the world and on the frontlines of change and community power building. In the rural South , Black farmers have historically experienced—and continue to experience—a lack of access to agricultural resources and credit.

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Unlocking the Innovation Potential of Biocultural Capital

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Jarrod Vassallo , Sourindra Banerjee & Jaideep Prabhu Spanning 12,500 hectares, the East Kolkata Wetlands in India serves multiple purposes, from fish farming, agriculture, and rice cultivation to functioning as the world’s largest wastewater-fed aquaculture system. Consider these examples.

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Exposed and at Risk: New Report Shows Farms Do Little to Protect Workers from Harm

NonProfit Quarterly

Exposed and At Risk: Opportunities to Strengthen Enforcement of Pesticide Regulations for Farmworker Safety was recently released by the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law and Graduate School, in partnership with the nonprofit Farmworker Justice. “You just have to put on a mask and take care of yourself the best you can.”

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Climate Solutions from Indigenous and Local Knowledge

NonProfit Quarterly

Many Indigenous communities hold a cultural value of safeguarding the natural environment, and in return these resources nourish and nurture them. Local Knowledge in Practice Dr. Rhoda Kachali is one researcher who has experienced localization and cultural limitations during her research. But climate change is altering this balance.

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How Philanthropy Can Show Up for an Arts Solidarity Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

The cultural sector is seeking alternatives to business-as-usual. This article introduces a new series, titled “Remember the Future: Culture and Systems Change,” co-produced by Art.coop and NPQ. Efforts to remedy historic race-based harms by prioritizing care for land, resources, people, and cultural expressions are flourishing.

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Rethinking Food Culture Might Save Us

NonProfit Quarterly

This work we’re doing in food culture is ultimately healing work. Rowen White, Mohawk seedkeeper, writer, culture worker. But systems and practices do not exist in a vacuum; they are an expression of the culture that underpins them. Stated otherwise, we need to transform our food culture. food is life.

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