Conversations on Food Justice: Disaster Relief and Food Justice

Across the U.S., we’ve seen an alarming uptick in the cost and frequency of extreme weather and climate disasters.
Disasters test the resilience of communities and can have far-reaching effects on access to food-disrupting supply chains, damaging infrastructure, contributing to displacement, and threatening economic security. While much attention is paid in the immediate aftermath of a disaster, the road to recovery is long-particularly for communities already facing social, economic, and political barriers to equity.
This conversation will dive into the post-disaster landscape of food security. Panelists will examine how disasters disrupt food systems, exploring the policy and infrastructure failures that cause disasters to disproportionately impact marginalized communities. Panelists will discuss innovative strategies, collaborative efforts, and sustainable solutions that empower communities to recover, rebuild, and transform their food systems in the wake of a disaster.
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[@InvisibleVisible793]

Look on this platform for: Why We Should Worry About The Aspen Institute - Michael Shellenberger Interview.

[@InvisibleVisible793]

Are any of you farmers or ranchers? I would suggest next time you meet about food; you have people on your panel that actual grow food.

[@vanessanicholson222]

Hi @invisiblevisible793, although I cannot speak on the professional backgrounds of my fellow panelists, I myself do not have a farming/ranching background. Though we still have valuable knowledge that contributes to the conversation surrounding infrastructure support of sub-populations within the food system. This, of course, includes farmers. As a health equity research scientist who believes in centering community voice, I hear and agree with your statement of creating space for farmers to have a say in these conversations on food justice. This is why conversations like the one shared is necessary. It provides opportunity and insight into whose voices should be included and what conversations are already taking place to push food equity forward. Thank you for your insight. -Dr. Vanessa Robinson

[@InvisibleVisible793]

@@vanessanicholson222 Mass Starvation cannot be the answer to severe Climate Policies. Are you aware of WHY Farmers across Europe have been protesting?

[@dherman0001]

"Food Justice"? Let's just make things up and play pretend.