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March 22-24, 2012
Bluegrass Local Food Summit
Lexington, KY
3 full days
2012 Bluegrass Local Food Summit
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Local citizen chosen for national recognition....
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Lexington, Kentucky
April Taylor
A
food justice advocate and single mother, April has gardened her entire
life, and in the last year, April has been motivated to work towards
helping everyone in her community have access to fresh, organic, and
locally-grown food. She is currently involved in community gardening
projects that donate food to local homeless shelters. Previously, she
has studied actuarial science at Kentucky State University. The
youngest participant in the Pew Civic Entrepreneur Initiative, April’s
long term goal is to start a non-profit that eliminates food deserts
around the world and educates people about the link between income
level, food choices, and preventable diseases. April has plans to build
stronger relationships in Lexington among faith and spiritual
communities, people in income-based housing, and individuals with poor
health by video-documenting their lives in a food desert and painting
art murals on what food justice and food sovereignty looks like in
Lexington.
“Kentucky is one
of the poorest states in the nation and ranks in the top 10 when it
comes to statistics for preventable diseases. As a single parent, I
have had to learn to use the resources available in my community to
provide for my children when money is limited or non-existent. My hope
is that given additional tools, training, and knowledge, I can empower
other young people to become more self-sufficient and to join the food
justice movement to increase our access to real food.”August 5th, 2011 By Hải Võ
I wonder what was on the minds of the first 13 young Freedom Riders–six
white and seven black–the day before they got on a Greyhound bus in
D.C., headed to the South 50 years ago in spring 1961. Were they
nervous, for themselves and their future, that the law
to desegregate interstate commerce wouldn’t uphold in a
still-segregated South? Did they feel any pride for their anticipated
acts of non-violence, soon capturing the attention of the world and
cementing themselves in the history of racial equality?
I’ll soon find out. It’s the day before I get on a bus in
Birmingham, Alabama with 12 other young folk from across the country of
all different backgrounds to seek another form of Civil Rights. The
Freedom Riders sought racial justice. We are seeking real food justice.
We’re changing the food system in our own communities and meeting
others who are doing the same, whether it’s increasing access to
affordable healthy food for low-income communities, getting better
conditions for food chain workers, or reclaiming traditional food
cultures. Read More
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Ky. Voices: Ways to encourage sustainability,
creativity
Jim-Embry-2010-Garden-Crusader
Jim Embry,
Director of Sustainable Communities Network named
finalist in Education
believes that community
gardening is the most important social movement in the country. "The
climate is changing and that is because we are disconnected from the
Earth,"
he says. With a lifetime of experience as a social activist, Jim is now
working
to connect community gardeners to the earth — and to each
other.
"In the garden, adults and even very young children,
learn about patience
and discovery and not to be afraid. Gardens teach citizenship and
stewardship," he said. "For the last generation, the focus has been
on computer literacy; now it's time for the focus to be on
eco-literacy."
Read the full story: 1st Place: Jim
Embry, Lexington, KY
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