You might think that the devastating impacts of commodity price volatility on global hunger would require policy debates in multiple international organizations.
In January of 1969 the Santa Barbara Channel was the site of an oil well blowout that still ranks today as the third-largest oil spill in U.S. waters, after the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico and the Exxon Valdez in Prince William Sound.
Malik Yakini talks about self-determination and food sovereignty and how they can create food and economic security for Black Americans in Detroit and beyond. Check out his latest project, Be Black and Green.
Valerie Segrest beleives that returning to traditional food systems is the most effective way to address health disparities prevalent in tribal communities. Learn more about her work in the Mucklshoot Tribe by visiting her blog.
Haile Johnston is working to create food access solutions that make good food available to his community in Philadelphia and others like it accross the country. Learn about his work at Common Market Philadelphia.
Nina Kahori Fallenbaum wants Asian Americans to have a voice in creating a better food and farming system in America. Learn more about her storytelling and policy advocacy work in Asian American communities.
Jane Black gives insights into reframing the debate on how we can fix the food system. Check out her take on spreading the good food message in West Virginia and beyond.
