Food Politics and Responsibility
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Presentation 1 | Cooperative Supported Agriculture: The 'Extra' Work of Food Cooperatives, Politics and Accountability of Food System Actors
Cooperative Supported Agriculture exists to transform food systems for both human and planetary health with the liberatory practices of equity, restorative justice and interdependence. Relating to the local food system will require some re-imagining of governance of the agri-food system. It remains critical to understand and implement effective pathways for food system reparations by influencing stakeholders as well as investing in grassroots voices, collectives and organizations. Learn how to foster a new food system, take concerted action and how to participate in the Local Food Purchasing Assistance Grant.
Lauren McCalister is a farmer and rancher in Monroe County, stewarding 25 acres with the intention of providing Indiana with grass fed lamb, raw wool, and mushrooms. Lauren works in cooperation to administer the Local Food Purchasing Assistance grant to the southwest region of the state.
Presentation 2 | Collaborating with Communities to Build a Socially Responsible Food Future
Sherri will discuss how the national non-profit serves as a mobilizing force to help communities protect themselves from the damages caused by industrial livestock operations and to advocate for a food system built on regenerative practices, justice, democracy, and resilience. Through education, advocacy, and organizing, SRAP collaborates with communities to protect public health, environmental quality, and local economies from the damaging impacts of industrial livestock production and to advocate for a socially responsible food future.
With nearly two decades of experience editing magazines and books, Sherri Dugger now puts her media and public relations experience to work in the agriculture field. Dugger serves as executive director of Socially Responsible Agriculture Project (SRAP), a national organization committed to protecting rural communities from the damaging impacts of industrial agriculture. Prior to joining SRAP, Sherri served in executive director roles at Women, Food and Agriculture Network and Indiana Farmers Union. She also has served as a policy and communications consultant for American Grassfed Association, as a Midwest outreach consultant for Earthjustice, and as a rural affairs consultant for The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). A supporter of local and regional food systems, environmental sustainability, humane animal agriculture, and diversified, regenerative farming, she frequently advocates for rural communities at the Indiana Statehouse and on Capitol Hill. She enjoys life on a small farm in Spencer, Indiana, in the good company of dogs, cats, donkeys, goats, alpacas, chickens, ducks, guinea fowl, and honeybees.
Cooperative Supported Agriculture exists to transform food systems for both human and planetary health with the liberatory practices of equity, restorative justice and interdependence. Relating to the local food system will require some re-imagining of governance of the agri-food system. It remains critical to understand and implement effective pathways for food system reparations by influencing stakeholders as well as investing in grassroots voices, collectives and organizations. Learn how to foster a new food system, take concerted action and how to participate in the Local Food Purchasing Assistance Grant.
Lauren McCalister is a farmer and rancher in Monroe County, stewarding 25 acres with the intention of providing Indiana with grass fed lamb, raw wool, and mushrooms. Lauren works in cooperation to administer the Local Food Purchasing Assistance grant to the southwest region of the state.
Presentation 2 | Collaborating with Communities to Build a Socially Responsible Food Future
Sherri will discuss how the national non-profit serves as a mobilizing force to help communities protect themselves from the damages caused by industrial livestock operations and to advocate for a food system built on regenerative practices, justice, democracy, and resilience. Through education, advocacy, and organizing, SRAP collaborates with communities to protect public health, environmental quality, and local economies from the damaging impacts of industrial livestock production and to advocate for a socially responsible food future.
With nearly two decades of experience editing magazines and books, Sherri Dugger now puts her media and public relations experience to work in the agriculture field. Dugger serves as executive director of Socially Responsible Agriculture Project (SRAP), a national organization committed to protecting rural communities from the damaging impacts of industrial agriculture. Prior to joining SRAP, Sherri served in executive director roles at Women, Food and Agriculture Network and Indiana Farmers Union. She also has served as a policy and communications consultant for American Grassfed Association, as a Midwest outreach consultant for Earthjustice, and as a rural affairs consultant for The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). A supporter of local and regional food systems, environmental sustainability, humane animal agriculture, and diversified, regenerative farming, she frequently advocates for rural communities at the Indiana Statehouse and on Capitol Hill. She enjoys life on a small farm in Spencer, Indiana, in the good company of dogs, cats, donkeys, goats, alpacas, chickens, ducks, guinea fowl, and honeybees.
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