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𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬 – Biopiracy

At Food Shift, we operate at the tail end of the food chain, but there are so many crucial points along the chain at which we must intervene and advocate for food justice. The capitalistic structures of property and legal ownership foster the necessary conditions for biopiracy, and the burden should be on governments, NGOs, and corporations to fairly compensate and involve Native groups from which they’re taking biological resources/practices. Though we as individuals can’t always control who originally profited from our food’s production, we can do our best to amplify the voices of those reclaiming traditional knowledge and practices, like the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust—an urban Indigenous women-led land trust working to return stolen land to Indigenous people.

Support The Sogorea Te' Land Trust by giving an annual Shuumi contribution: sogoreate-landtrust.org/pay-the-shuumi-land-tax/

Read to learn more about regenerative agriculture: blog.permaculture.org.uk/articles/whitewashed-hope

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3 days ago

We want to give a big thank you to Alexandre Family Farm for their generous donation to Food Shift! Last week we received a whopping 84lbs of their milk, and we couldn’t wait to shout them out.

Alexandre Family Farm practices organic, regenerative farming and produces high quality eggs and A2/A2 milk. We love their holistic approach, and their commitment to preserving ecosystem and community health.

Learn more about Alexandre Family Farm here: alexandrefamilyfarm.com/

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5 days ago

“𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸-𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦? 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day—a day to not only celebrate legendary civil rights activists of the 1950’s and 60’s, but to also witness how this history has shaped today’s social justice movements. King noted the racial inequity present in our food system, and his bold voice for change has helped ignite the fire for Black food justice advocates today.

Here are just a few of such local leaders fulfilling King’s dream of a “promised land.” We encourage our community to support these organizations in their work toward a more equitable food system, and please mention any other notable food justice organizations/advocates in the comments below.

1. Raised Roots – donate to help provide farm equipment: gofund.me/d1986e2b
2. Black Earth Farms – support Black urban farmers in their demand for food sovereignty: www.blackearthfarms.com/linktree
3. Mandela Grocery Co-op – support a democratically controlled workspace: www.mandelagrocery.coop/happenings/2020/3/25/pay-it-forward
4. The East Oakland Collective – support civic engagement and economic empowerment by and for the East Oakland community: www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/NjYzNDM=
5. The DEEP Grocery Coop – support a worked-owned coop that prioritizes the health and wellness of BIPOC: www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/NzU1MDY=

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