In September, the Buffalo Food Equity Network (BFEN) Policy Innovation Lab hosted representatives from four communities for co-learning and storytelling about Black-led food systems. The Lab is funded by Race Forward and includes groups from Buffalo, Albuquerque, Philadelphia, and Atlanta with the aim of supporting leadership of Black and brown communities in shaping climate justice policies.
Adamaah Grayse, a Food Justice Organizer, has added an agricultural extension component to Buffalo Juneteenth Celebration. The extension includes a gallery walk introducing six seedling plants of crops grown by African ancestors. The aim is to enlighten visitors about the relationship between European colonization, agriculture, enslavement, and the ongoing call for reparations.
Our Co-Founding Director, Rebekah Williams, was selected for Seeding Power, a nine-month, cohort-based fellowship program that interrogates white supremacy culture and uplifts equitable grassroots organizing and movement building for food systems change. The Seeding Power Fellowship is an initiative of Community Food Funders and has goals of leadership development and movement building support to create … Continue reading Interrogating White Supremacy for Food Systems Change
WNY Food Stories Project lifts up stories of community storytellers.