NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 8, 2022
This article is part of Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field , a series co-produced by Frontline Solutions and NPQ. This series features stories from a group of Black food sovereignty leaders who are working to transform the food system at the local level. How can a community reduce food insecurity?
NonProfit Quarterly
OCTOBER 25, 2023
The position of food co-ops in this mix can be ambiguous. On one hand, community-owned food co-ops can be a powerful strategy to assert community control over local food and avoid resident displacement. Yet food co-ops are also sometimes criticized as being potential agents of gentrification.
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NonProfit Quarterly
JUNE 6, 2023
All the while, they noticed signs of distress around them—including a stark rise in food insecurity exacerbated by the pandemic. “We We saw news reports which were showing people waiting in very long lines for food. They decided to start their own nonprofit, with the goal of getting food to those in their community who needed it.
Bloomerang
MAY 25, 2023
Food banks have played a pivotal role in our communities for decades, and they will continue to positively impact the millions of people who struggle with food insecurity each year. According to the USDA , over 10% of households in America worked with food security at some point in 2018.
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
At present, one of UNEC’s most critical projects is to convene a multi-partner collaboration in the city’s Northeast Corridor neighborhoods to transform our local food system. I also come from a family of grocery workers and managers. When I was little, my dad managed a large local grocery. A Positive Vision of Food Sovereignty.
NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 23, 2023
In Nigeria, as in the US, people are looking for ways to fight food insecurity and maintain agricultural production amidst climate change and the changing rainfall patterns—including increased flooding—that it is triggering. Akaka’s family cultivates common food crops like yam and maize.
NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
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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