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Reworking the meals system is about extra than simply what’s on our plates—it’s about constructing a society rooted in sustainable agriculture, employee justice, native tradition, and accessible diets that nourish and heal us. In brief, telling tales of meals means telling tales of individuals.
That is what Meals Tank is planning on doing subsequent week throughout Sundance. At our annual All Things Food and Environment Summit, on Saturday, Jan. 24, in Park Metropolis, UT, we’re planning a tremendous lineup that connects the dots between media storytelling, visionary changemakers on the bottom, and cultural leaders who’re inspiring us to maneuver ahead.
Following a screening of documentary Meals 2050, by The Rockefeller Basis and Media RED, we’re convening a hearth reflection with Jian Yi, Mama’s Kitchen; Sara Farley, The Rockefeller Basis; David Osogo, African Inhabitants and Well being Analysis Heart; Matthew Thompson, the Director of Meals 2050; and extra to be introduced. Then, a reception will probably be launched by Chef Bleu Adams of Indigihub, and cocktails will probably be out there from our companions at Wheyward Spirits.
Then, we’ll current “Voices of Farmers: Rising the Future” in partnership with Niman Ranch, handing the stage over to farmers from around the globe for a night of genuine storytelling. Hosted by a shock celeb emcee, we’ll hear from of us together with Elle Gadient, a fifth-generation Iowa hog and cattle farmer; Lynsey Gammon of Gracie’s Farm in Utah; Albert Betoudji, a New Roots immigrant farmer in Utah; Paula Swaner Sargetakis of Frog Bench Farms, an city farm in Salt Lake Metropolis; David Chen of Zoe’s Backyard in Utah; AJ Kanip of Ute Tribal Enterprises; Hannah Greenshields of The Meals Farm on the NSW Central Coast in Australia; David Moscow, Actor, Creator, Host, and Creator, “From Scratch”; and Dr. Lisbeth Louderback, Pure Historical past Museum of Utah.
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And for Meals Tankers around the globe who won’t be capable of be part of us in individual, I encourage and problem you to make subsequent Saturday, Jan. 24, a day of meals system and people-centric storytelling in your personal communities!
There’s no scarcity of matters to discover. For starters, you’ll be able to learn and watch extra about every of the visionaries featured within the Meals 2050 documentary HERE.
Or take a second to go to your native bookstore to seize one of many titles on our most recent reading list, starting from private histories to broader cultural analyses.
You possibly can discover how supermarkets form eaters and the planet within the PBS episode “Shelf Life,” or tune in to chef and creator Brad Leone’s YouTube series “Local Legends,” specializing in sustainable meals and community-driven resilience. Or, try these 18 eye-opening documentaries exploring inspiring efforts of farmers and advocates across the globe.
And at last, I need to make one factor clear: Meals Tank stands firmly with all immigrants in search of higher lives for themselves and their households by means of the meals system. It has been sickening to witness the intimidation and violence that the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has dropped at U.S. cities, together with the unjustified homicide of poet, spouse, and mom Renee Good in Minneapolis.
Each individual deserves a life free from violence, free from intimidation and discrimination and dehumanization, wherever they had been born and wherever they stay.
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