If we are not acting to change the system, we are complicit, casting our silent vote to maintain the status quo.
FOOD SOVEREIGNTY ACTION STEPS
The Soul Fire Farm Community and the Northeast Farmers of Color Alliance compiled The Action Steps for Food Sovereignty for anyone who has ever asked, “How can I help make the food system more just?”
and seeking detailed ways to support the movement.
The guide is divided into 7 steps:
1. Policy Platform
2. Individual Actions
3. Reparations
4. Alliance Building
5. Internal Organizational Transformation
6. Grantmaking and Funding
7. Self-Reflection and Education
Resources in the Guide
Black-Indigenous Led Farming Organizations
Further Reading on Equity
- A Funders Resource Guide on POC-Led Projects | InDeep
- We Need a New Definition of Effectiveness | Kathleen Enright CEO at GEO
- Policies, Practices, and Programs for Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | D5
- Race Equity and Inclusion Action Guide | Annie E. Casey Foundation
- SAFSF Diversity Resources
- Breaking Bad Philanthropic Habits | Justice Funders
Questions for Reflection
- What identities do you hold that society treats as normal/fully human?
- What identities do you hold that society treats as deviant/not fully human?
- What stories can you share about identities that are difficult for you to claim?
- Where are your areas of ignorance around identity? What do you need to learn?
Recommended Reading on Racial Justice
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
- Dismantling Racism: A Resource Book by Western States Center
- Examining Whiteness: An Anti-Racism Curriculum by Reverend Doctor William J. Gardiner
- The Case for Reparations Coates by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- The New Jim Crow, Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- Rewriting the Racial Rules: Building an Inclusive American Economy by Andrea Flynn et al.
- Opportunities for White People in the Fight for Racial Justice by Jonathan Osler
- Curriculum for White Americans to Educate Themselves on Race and Racism–from Ferguson to Charleston by Jon Greenberg
Recommended Training Programs for Dismantling Racism
COVID-19 Policy Demands
- Food Chain Workers Alliance statement about food workers
- National Family Farm Coalition Policy Platform
- Farmworker Association of Florida Statement on COVID-19
- Farm Workers Alliance / Food Chain Workers Policy Demands Letter
- United Farm Workers Policy Statement and Open Letter to the Agricultural Industry
- Via Campesina Member Statements