Real Food UGA

Happy Earth Week from your friends at Real Food! Check out this Red & Black coverage of our core leader Mallory Warren increasing access to composting across campus >> https://www.redandblack.com/uganews/components-of-compost-sustainability-interns-gather-uga-compost-for-ugarden/article_801de97c-45e5-11e8-a291-478ebcfb0ccf.html

UGA's Bioconversion Center can process more than you might expect, including paper towels + napkins 👌

Components of Compost: Sustainability interns gather UGA compost for UGArden use Helping the environment doesn’t only happen on Earth Day. For some, it’s an everyday effort.

Join us for the 2018 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge from
April 2 - April 22! You'll get prompts sent right to your inbox and the chance to connect with other folks participating across the country >>>

Dominique signed up for the to learn more about making racial equity a reality. Have you?

Sign-up here: http://www.foodsolutionsne.org/sign-2018-racial-equity-challenge Thanks for leading this, Food Solutions New England!

"The reality in Clarke County is that there is a lot of poverty and racism and the food system is just a really big issue that is hard to navigate in middle schoolers." - Rosemary Gay
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“One of the easiest things [Athens residents] can do is create a food policy council, which is a group of people coming together, talking, and looking at what the system is and how can we fill the gaps,” Page said.
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Food For All, which we hosted with UGA Fight Against Youth Obesity- FAYO, just got written up in the The Red & Black >> check it out!!

'Food for All' discussion panel addresses food insecurity, nutrition issues in Athens The smell of freshly made vegan food filled the second story classroom of the University of Georgia’s Zell B. Miller Learning Center on Wednesday, March 7, leaving audience members eagerly

Check out this week's calendar from Progressive Action Coalition (PAC)! We're looking forward to seeing y'all at MLC 277 tomorrow (Tuesday) evening at 6 pm to learn What's Up With Palm Oil? (Part 2- Global Political Economy) with Dr. Gregory Thaler.

Here is this week! Make sure you comment any events, actions, or meetings that we missed!

Run the Jewels' Michael Render on How Urban Farming Can Help the Black Community City Dope

“We were growing food, but couldn’t afford to buy it. We worked 80 hours a week, but we couldn’t afford to see a dentist, let alone a therapist. I remember panic when a late freeze threatened our crop, the constant fights about money, the way light swept across the walls on the days I could not force myself to get out of bed.”

Why are America's farmers killing themselves in record numbers? The su***de rate for farmers is more than double that of veterans. Former farmer Debbie Weingarten gives an insider’s perspective on farm life – and how to help

H/T Community to Community Development for sharing this article. During our last meeting of the semester today, we carried on the is is conversation by reading aloud inspiring words from C2CD's Executive Director, Rosalinda Guillen.
Drawn from her interview in Chapter 9 of Food First's latest book >> Land Justice: Re-Imagining Land, Food, and the Commons... >> https://foodfirst.org/publication/unbroken-connection-to-the-land/

How to Feed Ourselves in a Time of Climate Crisis Here are 13 of the best ideas for a just and sustainable food system, from saving seeds to curbing food waste.

Happy Thanksgiving from Real Food at Georgia > > while we hope y'all will enjoy veritable feasts with family today, we also hope this meal will serve as an opportunity to consider the veritable history of this country... that is to say, one of violence and genocide of indigenous peoples, and silence[ing of those who attest to the former].

Check out this great piece to get you started:

This November, Try Something New: Decolonize Your Mind I tend to lie low during Native American History Month and dodge the Moon of Explaining Indians to White People. But not this year.

Can’t wait to see you TODAY at 5:30pm!

This Monday, we're thinking about "Who Owns Southern Food?" http://www.oxfordamerican.org/magazine/item/870-who-owns-southern-food featuring the brilliant Tunde Wey and John T. Edge.

Who Owns Southern Food? Nigerian-born chef and provocateur Tunde Wey has some tough questions for OA columnist John T. Edge.

Who Owns Land Matters. What do you think?
At 5:30 p.m. today, we'll discuss how is a foundational way our is

Hope to see you there.

White people own 98% of land in the United States.