Suggestions & next steps for improving our local food system:
Suggestions for Governmental & Societal Change:
- Improve public transportation so that people can reach food sources easily, regardless of their living situation
- Provide reparations for those who have been impacted by institutional racism & discrimination
- Provide land and aid to aspiring farmers and disenfranchised people to grow their own food
- Expand social security nets
- Provide food & farming education to people
Suggestions for Individuals / Personal Next Steps:
- Put pressure on local and federal government to make the above changes and vote on issues accordingly.
- Support local growers and farmers of color, both financially and through community service
- Provide Mutual Aid to community members in need