JULY Harvest: a monthly digest of articles, podcasts & more

JULY Harvest: a monthly digest of articles, podcasts & more

July 1, 2020

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Rachel Keidan

Land, food, and farming are intertwined with racial injustice. We have a lot of work to do in ourselves, our organization, and our community to change the myriad systems that reinforce racism and injustice. We each have a role to play, and we invite you to dig in with us. Here are just a few of the articles, resources, and people we’ve been learning from recently:
RESOURCES:

The Food Solutions New England Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge

National Young Farmers Coalition’s Racial Equity Toolkit

READ:

The library of racial equity articles compiled by Food Solutions New England

How Racism has Shaped the American Farming Landscape - Eater

Op-ed: Overthrowing the Food System’s Plantation Paradigm - Civil Eats

Reckoning with racial justice in farm country - Civil Eats

How fostering empathy for the people who feed us could change our food system - Civil Eats

WATCH:

The Hunger for Justice Series - A Growing Culture

LISTEN:

We Deserve Better with Black farmers Angie & June Provost - Pod Save the People

Not Being Racist with Leah Penniman, author of Farming While Black and founder of Soul Fire Farm - Best Advice Show

1619 - a podcast from The New York Times

GIVE: Seek out and support Black, Indigenous and POC-led businesses, work, and organizations.

Somali Bantu Community Association

Isuken Co-op

New Roots Cooperative

Businesses listed at BlackOwnedMaine.com

New England Farmers of Color Land Trust

Civil Eats compiled this partial list of organizations working to advance Black food sovereignty

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