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Making Food Systems Work for People of Color: Six Action Steps

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Oladimeji Odunsi on unsplash.com How do you support development across the food system in a way that builds community ownership and power for Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities? This is a question that a group of food system activists of color have come together to address. This work is worth supporting.

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The Social Impact Investment Mirage

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Kahi is the CEO and founder of Eat Offbeat, a refugee-driven food company that delivers meals conceived and prepared by refugees. Corporate promises of “partnership” and leveraging their buying power from social enterprises can also be elusive. Manal Kahi told us she had a similar experience.

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How to Advance a Regenerative Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

Fellows include an Indigenous creatives’ collective, food share programs, a systems design consultancy, a driver’s union, and a community-owned real estate developer. Based in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District, R2G turns restaurant food scraps into compost for the neighborhood’s elder gardeners.

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Reimagining the Role of Business in Protecting Biodiversity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Biodiversity Loss and Global Corporations The imminent loss of one million species presents a grave threat, impacting human health, food security, rural communities worldwide, and over half of the global GDP. In this realm, Google has collaborated with various scientists and conservation organizations.

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Preserving Cambodia Town: How A Refugee Community Has Organized Itself

NonProfit Quarterly

Most critical, however, is reducing resident isolation by doing things together, connecting, and collaborating. It grew fast and he soon needed a food truck. UCC helped Phuong with getting a cash loan to purchase a food truck and launch his business as a full-time endeavor. He started his restaurant as a pop-up.

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The Invisible Rural Access Barrier

Stanford Social Innovation Review

This isolation severely limits access to health care, education, nutritious and plentiful food, and economic opportunity. When families lack the income for food, transport, school fees, uniforms, and essentials like menstrual products, girls are the first to drop out of school.

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

They support organizations that are leaders in what they do, demonstrate innovation, and align and collaborate with others to achieve workable solutions to community issues. These opportunities are the first steps towards meaningful school food transformations, which will grow a healthier generation.”. Areas served: Worldwide.