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Category: Anti-Racism Work
Report: Developing Farmers Markets at 1890 Land-Grant Universities
In 2021, the Farmers Market Coalition (FMC) entered into a partnership with the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and USDA Farmers Market Team, under a cooperative agreement titled “Increasing Food Access through Farmers Market Implementation and Education with Underserved Community Focus”. This agreement included two separate pilot projects centered on expanding nutrition education and access to local food.
The first pilot focused on developing and operationalizing farmers markets at 1890 land-grant universities. The goal of this pilot was to increase access to fresh, healthy, local foods for students, staff, and the surrounding communities associated with three 1890 universities, while also educating consumers on the benefits of local foods, expanding direct sales opportunities for small producers, and growing connections between the pilot universities and local farmers and growers.
Read a report of the university pilot activities and outcomes and access the toolkit for this project in the document attached.
Behind the Scenes of the Anti-Racist Farmers Market Toolkit
In this hour-long discussion Sagdrina Jalal, Anti-Racist Farmers Market Toolkit Lead Facilitator and FMC Project Manager Rachael Ward discussed the origins of the partnership structure that has supported the toolkit’s creation, why anti-racism work is important for all farmers market organizations to engage with, and plans for continuing to grow and adapt the toolkit.
IDEAL Engage Anti-Racism Complete Manager Toolkit
A Toolkit for managers of businesses, created by Stanford University, to help managers
Antiracist Farmers Markets – Making Progress Toward
This toolkit created for OFMA by Allinee “shiny” Flanary, (http://shinyshiny.org/ ), director of markets for the Come Thru Market in Portland Oregon, offers action-oriented tools and framing for managers who wish to center antiracist practice in their farm direct work.
Identifying and Countering White Supremacy Culture in Food Systems
This research centered on the question: How does white supremacy culture play out in the food insecurity and food access space in the United States? To become anti-racist, food system actors must understand how white supremacy culture narratives function to center whiteness across the food system, effectively reinforcing systemic racial inequality and by extension disadvantaging BIPOC people. We discuss how whiteness holds white ideals as universal, how whiteness fuels power in decision-making, and how whiteness defines foods as either good or bad.
Oregon Farmers Market Association 2020 Census Results
Oregon Farmers Market Association recently released results from its 2020 census of farmers markets in a webinar titled “What Happened at Oregon Farmers Markets in 2020.” This presentation holds interesting stats about sales, attendance, and vendor level trends. It also dives into subjects like how Oregon farmers markets responded to COVID-19, widespread wildfires, and calls for racial justice in their communities during 2020.
Click the image below to watch a recording of the webinar.
Podcast: Food X Design, An Equitable Food System
This podcast episode of Food X Design (an IDEO Podcast) digs into the decades of intentional policies that have created today’s inequitable food system. Plus, why language matters when talking about the challenges we face, and how agency is key to creating new food systems that work for Black, Indigenous and People of Color.
Measuring Racial Equity in the Food System: Established and Suggested Metrics
From the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.
This tool offers an expansive list of metrics that U.S. food system practitioners and food movement organizations can use to hold ourselves accountable for progress towards a more equitable food system. The metrics are either currently in use or are recommended by food system practitioners and food movement organizations in the United States. They are described, cited, and organized by themes: food access, food and farm business, food chain labor, and food movement.
Includes a PDF Guide and link to a webinar introduction to the guide.
Soul Fire Farm: Food Sovereignty Action Steps
“If we are not acting to change the system, we are complicit, casting our silent vote to maintain the status quo.” The following food sovereignty action steps were compiled by the Soul Fire Farm community and Northeast Farmers of Color Alliance.
It is divided into seven sections #1 Policy Platform, #2 Individual Actions, #3 Reparations, #4 Alliance Building, #5 Internal Organizational Transformation, #6 Grantmaking and Funding, and #7 Self-Reflection and Education. This document is designed for anyone who has ever asked, “How can I help make the food system more just?”
Young Farmers Racial Equity Toolkit
This toolkit is a starting point. It aims to orient and incite members toward preliminary consciousness-raising and direct action. This toolkit does not detail a universally applicable pathway toward resolving pervasive racialized oppression; it is an initial resource for people who are overwhelmed by the breadth and depth of the problem, and need help determining how to start dismantling racism in their communities.
