David SeegalCTE in Public HealthBerkeley High

Tirza Asbell with Northern Plains Resource Council. I am a community organizer and work on Ag, Local Food, and food to instituions

Hey All, Dina from Ben Lomond Cal, white queer womyn works with Ecological farming Assocication.

Hi, I'm Alyssa Patrick, a policy analyst/researcher on the food policy team at the City of Seattle.

Hello All, I'm Practitioner Michelle (she/her). Founder of Soulfully Healthy Living and Co-founder of D&D Life Farms.

Wow, VeVe!! <3 Thank you!!

<3 <3 <3

Incredible VeVe, beautiful!

Thank you!

wow, beautiful, thank you Veve!

sooooooo beautiful ✨

lovelove

Wonderful!

Thank you for that, Veve! <3

Thank you for that!!

So beautiful!

VeVe*

Beautiful, Veve!

Thank you so much.

thank you!! so beautiful!

Ssooo awesome and beautiful!

thank you so beautiful

Thank you so much for sharing your song with us 💕

Beautiful, thank you Veve!

wow

wow

also amazing that 92% of ag workers are white

Is that 92% of farm *workers* are white or 92% of farm *owners* are white?

Not of ag workers, of farmers—basically owners. Ag workers are only ~25% white

Owners

TY. Significant.

Yes, thank you Rafter

I thought the bottom row of that slide said "Misc Ag Workers" 92%. My apologies if I misread it

I, too, thought it said 'misc. ag workers'

I didn’t see that—worth checking back on to see what was going on there. But farmworkers are definitely a large majority POC

We will share the slides for your reference

Thank you! That was super helpful

Very interesting!! I would like to know more.

thank you for doing a whole PhD in 10 minutes Ricardo!

Thank you Ricardo!

Thank you Ricardo!

Thank you, Ricardo!

Yes - looking forward to the slides to learn more Ricardo!

That was great Ricardo! Thank you!

Great context Ricardo, thank you so much!

Thank you! That will be so very helpful for folks who are ready to radicalize how they see food & political ed

Thank you Ricardo

Many thanks Ricardo! Excellent!

I appreciate that history Ricardo....

Thank you, Ricardo!

Thank you, Ricardo, for grounding us in the intention and design of this system!

Can we also get the complete presentation from Ricardo Salvador, it makes me what to learn more. Thank you

You are all blessing my life! Thank you for giving us some hope back!

Yes, we will find a way to get you the content with Ricardo’s permission

Thank you Ricardo, this history needs to be general education core curriculum for all students in US

I wish I had learned this when I was in college studying to become a dietitian. This is all such critical knowledge for actually doing my part to bring nutrition to all-peoples. My own education was part of the problem!

Roberto, could you say more about it being illegal to grow food and raise livestock in the region?

Why is it illegal for the Navajo people to be raising crops and livestock?

Welcome to everyone that just joined! :) So we can all get to know each other (a little!) better, we’re requesting folks to change their names to include their pronouns and organizations(Name, pronouns, orgs). You can use the three dots on the top left of your screen to do this. Thank you!

Denise Walker, Curriculum Coordinator, Young Gardeners Program/Galveston's Own Farmers Market. she/her

Sorry I'm not seeing 3 dots at top left

Vanessa Garcia Polanco, Federal Policy Team National Young Farmers Coalition she/her

Natilee McGruder, Communications Officer, Wallace Center, Huntsville, AL she/her/hers

Rafter Ferguson, scientist in political agroecology at Union of Concerned Scientists. He/him. Hi everyone!

Patti, if you go to "Participants" at the bottom of the screen you can find your name, click More and then Rename

You hover the mouse over your cubicle and the dots will appear

Nikol K, Solidarity Thru Food Kitchen

YES... the seeds!

Thank you for clarifying Mary!

As a reminder, we will send out slides & resources. If you want to learn more about any of the speakers’ organizations, we link to them here: https://healfoodalliance.org/who-is-heal/ourmembers/

Do you grow your own seeds, wondering how your seed bank functions?

Of course.

Karen Stark, (she/her) , Slow Food Philly, PA Farmer’s Union, Newtown Square, PA

Nathan Bergdoll, West Virginia Department of Agriculture, Planning Coordinator, he/him. Thank you to all involved in making this event happen!!

Thank you Mary :)

:)

I agree Roberto, bringing the MOTHERS back into our healing and activism...

Julie Diaz - Slow Food Urban San Diego, Education chair; A Cooking Revolution, chef/instructor; Cook for Peace organizer

Indeed, spiritual connection to the lands we reside upon!

Aho

Thank you, Roberto!

Thanks Roberto. Would like to learn more about our connectedness to the land.

I'm grateful for the wisdoms you shared Roberto...

Heyyyy fam! @sonia @shania

Absolutely Roberto! I enjoyed every bit of it.

Thank you Roberto! I’m remembering our great conversations in Cuba

Much thanks, Roberto.

Thank you Roberto~!! Beautiful truth!

Thank you Roberto

Thank you Roberto!!

Thank you, Roberto!

Thank you, Roberto, that was very powerful

Hello Sonia and Shania

Thank you for sharing all your knowledge, Roberto!!!

Roberto - I am grateful to you and for you <3

Thank you Roberto! your knowledge and understanding of what is needed to revitalize the land and people brings so much hope

Dawaa’e, Aheeiyeh. Thank You Roberto. I hope to connect again, your knowledge humbles and inspires me

I've been crying too Shania

It was definitely hittin @Shania, yes!

let's just cry together

the tears are real, and part of our healing.

@Cristal Mmhm!

lol. Now I'm crying. It's heavy.

Love that

What is “white urgency”?

Collective accountability as a love language, im all about that

The reason why it’s illegal to grow food on Black Mesa is the because a coal mine company come int he 70s causing land dispute - congress invalidated all permits and have not been reissued to families to this day - thx for tuning in

Great question @Abigail and phenomenal answer @Shania...

That’s really helpful to hear - thank you Shania!

So key. Thank you for elaborating.

A manifestation of white supremacy culture - for more info on that, check out Tema Okun’s article on white supremacy culture

Thank you for defining white urgency.

thanks for an amazing answer Shania

Can you place the organization names in the chat?

as you all can see/hear, we have an AMAZING slate of speakers. we may not have time for a full Q & A… so please keep dropping your questions here!

Ricardo: Union of Concerned Scientists

Sonia & Shania are with Soil Generation in Philly

Roberto: Black Mesa Water Coalition

https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/white-supremacy-culture-characteristics.html white dominant culture characteristics (not exhaustive)

we’ll also hear from Krysten: La Semilla

I love this. White people will only have their eyes “open” as long as they/we feel unbearable anxiety about something, not when their/our lives go back to “normal”.

and Niaz: Northwest American Marine Alliance

Thanks, Juniper!

Yes, reclaiming the narrative of urban farming... stolen stories @Sonia!

YES! Urban farming has been taken over as a white movement and the Black narrative has been rewritten to advance white urban farming movements which still oppress BiPOC communities by land grabbing

https://soilgeneration.org/

healing the "economic scars of their neighborhood", whew

@Shania https://soilgeneration.org/

Would you recommend any resources to learn more about and share the Black narrative of urban farming?

Sonia, can you speak to how your movement in Philly is helping people become LESS dependent on Industrial food system?

https://soilgeneration.org/

Right, tramaine!? That’s a powerful statement

that is exactly what happened in NYC from the 60s/70s to the present

Thank you for speaking these deep truths and demanding to be seen!

Excellent @Sonia, infrastructure investments are so crucial to being able to expand to meet the needs of our foodsheds…

I have a CDC webinar and I hate to leave but I love all of you

SO thankful for HEAL and all the speakers and how they are speaking truth to power. I cried, I laughed, I healed. I have to jump off but look forward to catching the reply. Thank you thank you thank you.

@Shania SAY THAT

@shania oof come on

YES NIA!

So phenomenal

!!!

YOU BETTER GO OFF

YASSSS

YAAAASSSSS SPEAK

Yes, the struggle must be FELT

SAY IT NAME IT CALL IT OUT

Thank you!

take all the space@

thank you!!!

Thank you for your truth, and the energy it takes to share that

Soil Generation, that was exquisite...

so powerful. and we’d be happy to host more

best webinar ever!!!

Thank you Shania and Sonia. Your words and work are powerful!

Thank you!!! So much passion!

@Navina, more please, YES

Thank you Thank you Thank you

I’m dropping the link to donate to soil generation here

www.soilgeneration.org

Donate money directly to them at the support link!

Thank you thank you Shania, Sonia, and Soil Generation for these truths and this work and love and honesty~

Definitely donating! Thank you Sonia and Shania

keep dropping questions & resources here

my email is r_nutlouis@yahoo.com if you all have more questions or connect - thx Sonia and Shania for sharing

Thank you for the collective healing you’re all bringing to the space today

yes, strawberries 12 months out of the year taste like shit

some of you may also have seen this piece written by Ashley Gripper, also from Soil Generation.

https://www.ehn.org/black-farming-food-sovereignty-2645479216.html

yes, the devaluation of food providers energy and labor is a major imbalance of power in this system

yes, redefining cost of operations to include the costs of our livelihoods...

Is there a link to that legislation?

https://www.rafiusa.org/blog/support-the-relief-for-americas-small-farmers-act/

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3602/text

NFFC, RAFI USA, and Farm Aid have pulled together a sign-on letter for the legislation, where you can find more info and support here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVlPAvI3E1gH8a1lnYcV0DFR7iSx4sa5d0ZGGg5a2lknGDyA/viewform

Word

YES! Rights to our ways and life

Thank you so much Niaz~

Thank you for your words and knowledge today, Diaz!

Diaz!

Thank you, Niaz. Also for representing the oceans and ocean life

where can I find a recording of this webinar that I can share?

Not Diaz, Niaz!

I appreciate your perspective and policy recommendations Niaz...

We will send a recording to all registrants

thanks!

Thank you so much, Niaz!! Good to see you again. I always love hearing the wisdom you have to share

@Maria, do we have permission to share with our networks, newsletters, etc.?

again the four org we heard from: Black Mesa Water Coalition, Soil Generation, Northwest American Marine Alliance, and now La Semilla

As a white woman, I want to acknowledge and express my deep gratitude for you black and brown leaders taking your time and emotional space to educate me. You all are AMAZING and I am thankful for your willingness to lead.

we will send out resources, including the rest of the toolkit, over the next few weeks. meanwhile we encourage you to learn more about these amazing orgs & their leadership - links to all of them are here: https://healfoodalliance.org/who-is-heal/ourmembers/

thank you for bringing forward the exploited emotional labor of women and femmes @Krysten

Yes!

gender justice is hugely necessary in our food systems change work!

Thank you Shania, Sonia, Ricardo, Roberto, Niaz, Victoria, Krysten and the HEAL team. Deeply appreciate the stories, work, honesty and full hearts you shared here.

thank you so much for this webinar and for all your work

Yes!

HEAL, this gathering was AWESOME... from VeVe's song to Ricardo, Roberto, Sonia, Shania, Niaz and Krysten sharing their knowledges and experiences...

So much gratitude for all this

A big “thank you” to all the amazing speakers for taking time out of your lives to share your knowledge and passion with us.

thx krysten for sharing

I learned a great deal and am so happy to make an initial connections with this powerful group of food activists! Thank you all.

This was beautiful and encouraging. Thank you to all the speakers and organizers!

“Black August” by Violet

So honored to be here this morning. Thank you to each speaker.

Thank you so much to all the speakers. I deeply appreciate the work you all do, and you taking the time to share your knowledge and insights.

Here’s Violet’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vevemarley_/

Thank you all for your presence of heart! This has been encouraging <3

Thank you everyone for sharing their knowledge, strength and stories <3 <3

Thank you all - I appreciate this collaborative effort. Many blessings

And you can find Violet on Spotify at: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2GO1pyQEzaXH2ZuBqkrQa0

thank you

Thank you so much for creating this space and thank you presenters for sharing your knowledge, experiences and heart. Gratitude and love from Chicago!

Thanks to HEAL for organizing and to everyone for your powerful work and for sharing with us! Much love…

Thank you and blessings

Meaningful information and honest conversations that the speakers expressed so eloquently so appreciate all your work and energy. My prayers are for all of you and love you all from Navajo Nation.

Many thanks to everyone! And beautiful VeVe!

Can't express my gratitude enough for this thoughtful and moving work. Looking forward to sharing the recording with food system leaders around my state. Thank you!

Thank you so much <3

Thanks everyone. I'm so glad to have had the opportunity to learn about all these organizations.

So much appreciation for creating this space & all those who shared

y’all held such a beautiful and powerful space, salamat, thank you!

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Incredible. Thank you so much to everyone. Truly inspired and moved. Energized so much from this. <3

Amazing! Thank you Violet and to everyone for showing up in such a raw and authentic way - today and everyday!

netra

Thank you to all the speakers and for HEAL for putting this together!!!

so much gratitude to everyone who participated and made this happen. y’all are amazing.

Thank you to everyone and all the presenters and their work!

Such moving conversations and music! Thank you!

Beautiful. Thank you all <3

Thank you so much

THANK YOU