Kitsap Aware

June 3: Food Sovereignty and Justice

How Our Food System Works, and Doesn’t

2-4 PM, United Church of Christ • 18732 Division Ave. NE, Suquamish

Learn more about food justice and food sovereignty! Be a part of growing a more just food system!

To start “changing the food system,” it helps to understand the way food gets to our plates, and what alternative systems might be. We’ll look at the economic, social, and political forces that surround and affect how we grow and eat our food.

Learn about the social movements that are changing our food system. Who are the people fighting the injustices of our food system? How do we build a food system where everyone who wants land can gain access, and where everyone has access to good food regardless of income?

Delve into understanding how oppression and privilege affect our food system. Through popular education and reviewing the facts, we’ll unpack how racism, classism, and sexism create an unjust food system, are ingrained in the current way we grow and eat our food, and can manifest themselves in food system “alternatives” as well.

At the local level, we’ll learn about efforts to increase food justice through projects like The Giving Garden in Kingston.

Speakers:

Kelly Lake, Food Justice Project Co-Chair Community Alliance for Global Justice

https://cagj.org/food-justice/

Kathy Curry, The Giving Garden, Kingston

http://www.growkingston.org/Giving-Garden.html