Food Justice
Syracuse Grows is a coalition of community gardeners formed with the intent to create a unified cogent voice for this community and also act as a lobbying organization, giving previously dis-empowered groups the ability to have a voice in local political decisions.
And, personally, I feel that the Slow Food Syracuse chapter could have a mission statement very similar. With that in mind, I want Slow Food Syracuse to partner with Syracuse Grows. I was just reading a Victual Reality article about a recent Slow Food event, Terre Madre, and apparently Slow Food USA is on the same page as me on this. Here’s a quote from the article:
Josh Viertel, Slow Food USA’s new president, set the tone. He announced that the organization would from now forward pursue two main priorities: youth organizing and social justice. “Our food system disproportionately hurts poor people and people of color, and alternatives aren’t accessible to those groups,” he said.He said that in the past, the group had focused its rhetoric on values: commitment to “good, clean, and fair food,” for example. From now on, it would emphasize rights. “Access to good, clean, and fair food is not a privilege,” he declared. “It’s a right, and we have to make that clear.” That message, he insisted, was the most important one that delegates could bring back to their communities.
Awesome stuff. Let’s keep this in mind as we form our own mission statement!
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