Eeeeeee! We are beyond excited for the new #castaneafellows including & especially PKC’s @nuocmamcham ❤️ Congratulations to all & a special squeal for Carmen Cortez of @tierras.milperas 🌱#NeilThapar 🌱@mellemusic of @polospantryla & 🌱@navinamoon of @healfoodalliance 😍
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🎉👏🏾 💐 Please give a warm welcome to the newest Castanea Fellows! Chosen from among hundreds of applicants nationwide, these 24 leaders are boldly transforming the way we eat, fish and farm toward justice. Tap the link in our bio to learn more about them.
This year’s fellows include farmers, farmworkers and chefs; entrepreneurs, activists and community organizers; storytellers, artists and ancestral wisdom keepers. They hail from more than 14 states, tribes and territories, and embody the power of the Black, Brown, Asian, Indigenous, immigrant and queer experience.
Castanea Fellows usher in fresh new ideas at a time when America’s food system is in desperate need for transformation:
💰 2023 has seen a handful of large corporations reap enormous profits while the average household grocery bill skyrockets and food workers are exploited.
👩🏿🌾 Racist policies and predatory lending have robbed farmers of color of more than $300 billion in land and wealth, and the average producer today must take a second off-farm job just to make ends meet.
🥬 Meanwhile, in neighborhoods across the country, communities are working harder than ever to be able to grow and access food that is healthful and culturally resonant.
#CastaneaFellows #FoodJustice #Food #Farms #EnvironmentalJustice
[ID: Portraits in green and yellow of the new Castanea Fellows with their names and orgs.]