National Right to Food Community of Practice

National Right to Food CoP will attend a meeting on September 18, 2024 where the White House responds to UN Recommendations on addressing issue of Race Discrimination in the Food System. https://lnkd.in/esfA8bDA

Read (and watch) all about it! The report from our 2nd annual National Right to Food Summit is ready to share. With 150+ participants from 20 states across the U.S., we spent two days in conversation with each other about the Right to Food as a pathway to economic justice and community self-determination. Check out the report here: https://lnkd.in/g-28DPSW And watch the People's Tribunal on the Right Food in Syracuse here: https://lnkd.in/gcew-Hyt

The recent issue of the Maine Law Review Journal (Volume 76, Number 2, 2024) focuses on Maine's Constitutional Amendment for the Right to Food. Preceded by a decade of local food and food sovereignty organizing in Maine, the constitutional amendmen - the first of its kind in the nationa -- helped galvanize organizers and advocates across the country to form the National Right to Food Community of Practice. The amendment has not been without its detractors and naysayers, but what is clear is that the Right to Food as a legal framework, organizing strategy and a narrative change tool has entered the discourse on how to end hunger while supporting local food and farm economies. Other states have proposed similar legislation -- including California, Colorado, New York State and West Virginia -- and membership in the National Right to Food Community of Practice is growing. Several NRtF CoP members' articles are features in this journal. Check it out. https://lnkd.in/ew2p8-e6 R. Denisse Córdova Montes Photini Kamvisseli Suarez Alexia Kulwiec Smita Narula

The 1st Annual San Francisco Food Action Summit, hosted by FAACTS (Food and Agriculture Coalition Towards Sovereignty) composed of 30 local organizations, lifted up food as a human right in this inspiring video. Booker T. Washington Community Service Center Farming Hope Rita Chang Metro Caring Foodwise Emily Settlecowski https://lnkd.in/erg3Ctzt

Check out our latest blog post about National Right to Food CoP member: Growing Hope in Ypsilanti, MI -- working at the intersection of urban agriculture and the right to food. https://lnkd.in/egWYy45J

In our final installment of the series On the Road to Syracuse, leading up to the 2024 National Right to Food Summit (https://lnkd.in/e-AQ8787), we invite you to hear from Syracuse residents about what the Right to Food means to them! Collin Townsend Anne Bellows Rick Welsh Mary Kiernan David B. Falk College of Sport & Human Dynamics at Syracuse University https://lnkd.in/eQzWKdVZ

We're still on the Road to Syracuse... 2 more weeks until the second annual National Right to Food Summit! (www.righttofoodus.org) Meanwhile, check out our latest blog post in the series shining a spotlight on food systems issues in Syracuse. Read all of the posts in the series here: https://lnkd.in/e-AQ8787 https://lnkd.in/e4KBcRGV

Addressing the complexities of childhood hunger through a right to food lens requires understanding the root causes and multiple factors at play. Rachel Murphy-Viens https://lnkd.in/eWpe5sW5

A new blog post in our Series: On the Road to Syuracuse for the National Righ to Food Summit. There's still time to register! Collin Townsend https://lnkd.in/eUc4tyCs

“We hope holding the U.S. accountable on an international stage for human right to food violations will underscore the need for coordinated food and farm policy that is rooted in the experience of small-scale food producers and those with lived experience of hunger in the U.S.,” said Alison Cohen, the National Right to Food Community of Practice Director and General Coordinator. “In the meantime, the National Right to Food Community of Practice and partners will continue advocating for the implementation of a human rights framework at the local, state, and national levels when addressing issues in the food system.” https://lnkd.in/ere3vXb4 R. Denisse Córdova Montes University of Miami School of Law Human Rights Clinic Zoe Henderson Photini Kamvisseli Suarez