New Haven Food Policy Council

New Haven Food Policy Council A volunteer advisory board of residents, appointed by the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of New Haven. at City Hall Room 1. Please join us!

The New Haven Food Policy Council is a volunteer advisory board for the City of New Haven. Our 11 Council members are New Haven residents, appointed by the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen. We are a collaborative group working to address local and regional food issues and the impacts on individuals, communities, businesses, the environment and local government. We improve our Food System by

・Build

ing coalitions and fostering cooperation between community groups, residents, and city offices.
・Developing strategies to effectively addresses food access, hunger, obesity, community development, economic development, urban agriculture, food waste, and nutrition and food education.
・Compiling information to educate residents and community leaders.
・Advocating for policy that improves the nutritional, environmental, economic, and social health of the City. The New Haven Food Policy Council meets on the third Wednesday of every month from 8:00-10:00 a.m.

Posted • Join us at our first farmers market of 2021! The Winter Farmers Market opens on January 9th! The market will ...
12/22/2020

Posted • Join us at our first farmers market of 2021! The Winter Farmers Market opens on January 9th! The market will be held at Conte West Hills Middle School and will be open from 10am-1pm.

Repost • We are excited to announce the launch of Farmer Circles, a project we’ve been developing with and the Solid ...
12/16/2020

Repost • We are excited to announce the launch of Farmer Circles, a project we’ve been developing with and the Solid Ground program. For more information, and to sign up, visit bit.ly/FarmerCircles!

Repost • There’s a winter storm heading our way. Don’t forget ‘s 24-hour, 2-1-1 cold weather and warming center inform...
12/16/2020

Repost • There’s a winter storm heading our way. Don’t forget ‘s 24-hour, 2-1-1 cold weather and warming center information service. If there is no warming center in your area, inquire at your public libraries and senior centers about seeking temporary shelter. Stay safe, stay warm, and look out for each other.

Reposted • The nonprofit industrial complex props up capitalism by mitigating its worst effects. It gives us the false ...
12/16/2020

Reposted • The nonprofit industrial complex props up capitalism by mitigating its worst effects. It gives us the false impression that things are getting better because of the work of NGOs, when that work is really part of the same system that created the problems in the first place. We celebrate marginal adjustments to exploitative systems without addressing their underlying power dynamics.

But there are ways to start combatting this system. Part of that change comes from funders relinquishing some of the control they wield over this system: give unrestricted, multiple year funds, so that nonprofits can do their work, not constantly chase funding to stay alive or compromise their missions through the strings that are so often attached to funding. Allow groups to have autonomy. Acknowledge the power dynamics involved in philanthropy. Scale out not scale up. Check white saviorism. Embrace qualitative metrics and resist only being convinced of change when it can be quantitatively measured, because this often brings us further away from targeting root causes. Remember that local is beautiful; the solutions we need won’t come from abroad. They’ll come from resourcing the people who know their situations best; who hold the solutions already.

At AGC, we are constantly having conversations about how to avoid falling into the trap of the nonprofit industrial complex, while still existing in a capitalist system where we need funds in order to maintain our own sustainability. That’s why we are trying to build a grassroots movement, funded by our community, so that we can free up our limited resources to do the work that’s important: resourcing the peasant food web so that food sovereignty can take root around the world. We hope you’ll join us.

Definition sourced from INCITE!
https://incite-national.org/beyond-the-non-profit-industrial-complex/

Alternative text on slides available.

• The Northeast Farmers of Color (NEFOC) Land Trust is an Indigenous and Black-led project working to advance permanen...
12/16/2020

• The Northeast Farmers of Color (NEFOC) Land Trust is an Indigenous and Black-led project working to advance permanent and secure land tenure through farmland acquisition and land access for farmers, protecting native species ecosystems, and advancing environmental policy that upholds the Rights of Nature (Personhood). Soul Fire Farm, Wildseed Community Farm, and Global Village Farm founded the NEFOC network in 2017, which in turn birthed the land trust. 

NEFOC aims to acquire 2,000+ acres of land in the next five years through land return, donation, rematriation, and purchase; and connect farmers to land through facilitating up to 50 leases during this period. They also plan to acquire a 100-500 acre parcel of land to build a flagship community with incubator farms, commons for production, child care, health care, and integrated ecosystem restoration. 

After 22 months, NEFOC graduated from Soul Fire Farm’s incubation and fiscal sponsorship. We celebrate NEFOC’s incredible work building their governance and organizational structures. By advocating for consultation and partnership with Indigenous nations on their unceded territories, strengthening Black/Indigenous POC solidarity, and addressing the root causes of food apartheid and land dispossession during a year of much change, uncertainty, resistance, and transformation, NEFOC Land Trust is emerging from their Phase 1 cocoon strong, agile, and ready. NEFOC’s next phase will include continued Indigenous consultation, developing enforceable land pledge agreements, and beginning to connect BIPOC farmers to land! You can learn more about NEFOC Land trust and support by checking out www.nefoclandtrust.org 

Photo taken in summer 2019.

• Reminder: Tomorrow we are having a youth-led public action with the theme of a just future and global impact of cli...
12/16/2020

• Reminder: Tomorrow we are having a youth-led public action with the theme of a just future and global impact of climate change in front of the New Haven County Courthouse (corner of Church and Elm) at 3:00 p.m! You are welcome to continue to submit paragraphs about how climate change is affecting a place that you care about for our virtual map. Videos and photos welcome with your submission - LINK IN BIO to submit! 🌎

Posted • The Southern Economic Advancement Project (SEAP) and the Black Belt Justice Center (fiscal sponsor for the Ac...
12/10/2020

Posted • The Southern Economic Advancement Project (SEAP) and the Black Belt Justice Center (fiscal sponsor for the Acres of Ancestry Initiative/Black Agrarian Fund ) will hold a webinar on the Justice for Black Farmers Act of 2020 with US Senator Cory Booker (), US Representative David Scott (), and Stacey Abrams () on December 11th at 5:30pm EST. We will also discuss farmer narratives and advocacy works with Carolyn Jones, Farmer and Executive Director of the Mississippi Minority Farmers Alliance, Angela Provost (.provost.farm), Farmer-Advocate of Provost Farms, LLC, and Attorney Tracy Lloyd McCurty, Executive Director of the Black Belt Justice Center.
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​​The Justice for Black Farmers Act will enact policies to end discrimination within the USDA, protect remaining Black farmers from losing their land, provide land grants to create a new generation of Black farmers and restore the land base that has been lost, and implement systemic reforms to help family farmers across the United States.
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​​Link in bio to register. If you would like to submit questions prior to the webinar, please submit them to Tracy Lloyd McCurty at [email protected]. Onward!
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From - “Gather New Haven is beginning our fifth year of recruitment for the Growing Entrepreneurs program (previously a...
12/10/2020

From - “Gather New Haven is beginning our fifth year of recruitment for the Growing Entrepreneurs program (previously a program at the New Haven Land Trust). New Haven Public School freshmen and sophomores are invited to apply for this program which teaches agriculture, carpentry, business, and environmental science. This is a year-round paid position for students starting in March. Attached is a flyer and application with details and there is an online application here: https://forms.gle/3TbbfLsUxspqDQqr8.
We have been able to continue our program during the pandemic by making appropriate changes--we work outside in groups of

Posted • CitySeed is seeking a dynamic and driven Food Entrepreneurship Program Manager with food business experience ...
12/10/2020

Posted • CitySeed is seeking a dynamic and driven Food Entrepreneurship Program Manager with food business experience to coordinate CitySeed Incubates, our food business incubation programming and services. Full job description link in bio!

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis but are encouraged before December 15th. Please spread the word!

Friendly reminder: As the New Haven Food Policy Council deals with internal shifts and organizational changes from recen...
08/19/2020

Friendly reminder: As the New Haven Food Policy Council deals with internal shifts and organizational changes from recent calls for food justice accountability, members of the council will be taking the next 2 months to analyze and work to re-frame its approach and commitments to local food justice work.

In tandem with this break we will not be hosting a Food Justice Accountability Group meeting as we consider how to move forward.

Thanks and we look forward to seeing you in October!

03/31/2020

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, many food assistance resources in New Haven have had to change the hours they are open and what resources they can provide. For the most up-to-date listing of resources, please visit: https://bit.ly/nhvfoodcovid



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