Food & Justice w/ Brenda Sanders

About Dr. Batiste Dr. Columbus D. Batiste is a board-certified Interventional Cardiologist and Regional Chief of Cardiology for Southern California Permanente Medical Group. In 2010, Dr. Batiste sought to break-the-cycle of prescriptions and procedures as the sole management of chronic disease and began promoting a long-term solution for his patients through nutrition, stress reduction, and exercise. In 2016 Dr. Batiste led a group that collaborated with Samsung Technologies and developed a virtual cardiac rehabilitation program utilizing a Samsung wearable. Since its launch the program, which applies the principles of lifestyle, has treated over 15,000 patients. Understanding that the health of an individual is uniquely tied to their community, Dr. Batiste collaborated on the formation of a non-profit organization called the Healthy Heart Nation. The mission of Healthy Heart Nation is to improve the health of the community by narrowing disparities in education, business, justice, and ultimately health otherwise described as social determinants of health. Dr. Batiste is a passionate advocate for lifestyle lecturing across the nation and internationally on the power of plant based nutrition. His anticipated first book entitled SELFish: A Cardiologist Cure to A Stressed and Broken Heart is expected in the spring of 2023. Learn more about Dr. Batiste and his work at https://www.thehealthyheartdoc.org/ and https://www.myhhn.org/. About Food & Justice w/ Brenda Sanders Food & Justice w/ Brenda Sanders is a weekly online video series and podcast that tackles issues of food access, environmental justice, health disparities, dietary racism, and other topics related to food and justice. Food & Justice features 1 hr pre-recorded interviews, panel discussions and conversations with activists, thought leaders, experts and influencers working on the front lines of food, environmental and social justice movements.The program covers important and timely topics from a socially conscious, non-oppressive perspective, exploring real world solutions to pressing global challenges. Visit our website at https://www.fjpodcast.com/ to subscribe to the podcast, watch or listen to past episodes, and access our social media.Support the show

Bonnetta Adeeb is the founder & president of STEAM ONWARD, Inc, a non-profit 501(c3) organization in southern Maryland, as well as the projects: Ujamaa Cooperative Farming Alliance (UCFA) and Ujamaa Seeds. UCFA is a collective of emergent and seasoned growers who cultivate heirloom seeds and grow culturally relevant plants for food, healing, and textiles. Ujamaa recognizes the need for increased diversity in farming and the seed industry, and the need to provide more opportunities and support for growers from historically oppressed and marginalized communities. To this end the UCFA is working to bridge the gap between prospective growers and seed companies. In addition, she works with the Cooperative Gardens Commission to distribute free heirloom seeds to communities in need serving 300 seed hubs nationally. January 12, saw the launch of a new Black Indigenous led project. Ujamaa Seeds is and online store cultivating and distributing culturally important seeds to increase diversity in the seed industry. Learn more about Bonnetta and her work at https://ujamaafarms.com and https://ujamaaseeds.com. About Food & Justice w/ Brenda Sanders Food & Justice w/ Brenda Sanders is a weekly online video series and podcast that tackles issues of food access, environmental justice, health disparities, dietary racism, and other topics related to food and justice. Food & Justice features 1 hr pre-recorded interviews, panel discussions and conversations with activists, thought leaders, experts and influencers working on the front lines of food, environmental and social justice movements.The program covers important and timely topics from a socially conscious, non-oppressive perspective, exploring real world solutions to pressing global challenges. Visit our website at https://www.fjpodcast.com/ to subscribe to the podcast, watch or listen to past episodes, and access our social media.Support the show

About Providenza Rocco Providenza Rocco, JD MSW, MBE is committed to highlighting the systemic injustices that have prevented thousands from freely enjoying healthy food option. Enza has made a life-long commitment as an ally to learn accurate history and work to identify, dismantle, and decolonize systems of oppression that continue to devalue and limit opportunities for growth in dense, disparate, and urban places like North Philadelphia. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when food insecurity peaked as supply chains were stressed, Enza’s training as a social worker enabled her to address nutritional scarcity and connect individuals in Philadelphia and in counties surrounding Philadelphia with food and other life-sustaining supplies including baby formula, dog food, and diapers. Since 2017, Enza has been working with Farm to Families, a food insecurity program that brings organic, local fruit and vegetables to North Philly residents at low- or no-cost. Learn more about Enza and her work at https://providenza.net/ and https://www.facebook.com/FarmtoFamilies/. About Food & Justice w/ Brenda Sanders Food & Justice w/ Brenda Sanders is a weekly online video series and podcast that tackles issues of food access, environmental justice, health disparities, dietary racism, and other topics related to food and justice. Food & Justice features 1 hr pre-recorded interviews, panel discussions and conversations with activists, thought leaders, experts and influencers working on the front lines of food, environmental and social justice movements.The program covers important and timely topics from a socially conscious, non-oppressive perspective, exploring real world solutions to pressing global challenges. Visit our website at https://www.fjpodcast.com/ to subscribe to the podcast, watch or listen to past episodes, and access our social media. Support the show

About Chloë Waterman: Chloë Waterman currently serves as the senior program manager for Friends of the Earth’s Climate-Friendly Food Program where she leads Friends of the Earth’s policy and markets campaigns to advance a healthy and climate-friendly food system. About Food & Justice w/ Brenda Sanders:Food & Justice w/ Brenda Sanders is a weekly online video series and podcast that tackles issues of food access, environmental justice, health disparities, dietary racism, and other topics related to food and justice. Food & Justice features 1 hr pre-recorded interviews, panel discussions and conversations with activists, thought leaders, experts and influencers working on the front lines of food, environmental and social justice movements.The program covers important and timely topics from a socially conscious, non-oppressive perspective, exploring real world solutions to pressing global challenges.Support the show

This Week's GuestDr. Lakshman Mulpuri, MD, Chief Executive of PlantsNourishAbout Dr. Mulpuri Dr. Lakshman (Lucky) Mulpuri graduated from the University of Michigan and Wayne State University's School of Medicine. He has served as managing director for the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization Auntie Na’s Village in Detroit, President of the Plant-Based Nutrition Group (PBNG), and is currently the Chief Executive of PlantsNourish. He has been intimately involved in policy initiatives spanning the local, state and federal levels particularly focused on communities of color. He also developed and implemented the first-ever mandatory plant-based medical curriculum for all 300 1st year medical students at Wayne State. Dr. Mulpuri's work has been featured in VegNews, Forks Over Knives, and numerous newspapers and television stations. As a community activist and a doctor, he is a strong proponent of the benefits whole-food plant-based nutrition has for the community and the patients he serves.  About Food &  Justice w/ Brenda SandersFood & Justice w/ Brenda Sanders is a weekly online video series and podcast that tackles issues of food access, environmental justice, health disparities, dietary racism, and other topics related to food and justice. Food & Justice features 1 hr pre-recorded interviews, panel discussions and conversations with activists, thought leaders, experts and influencers working on the front lines of food, environmental and social justice movements. We will cover important and timely topics from a socially conscious, non-oppressive perspective, exploring real world solutions to pressing global challenges.Support the show

Join the co-founders of Vegan Soulfest, Brenda Sanders and Naijha Wright-Brown to learn about the exciting plans for Vegan SoulFest's long awaited return -- this weekend!Vegan SoulFest, Baltimore’s premier vegan food and music festival is returning this weekend, Friday, August 19 to Sunday, August 21, after a two year COVID hiatus! This year the festival is  expanding to three days this year to give attendees more time to indulge in plant-based eats and treats, take in even more information about the benefits of a vegan and sustainable lifestyle, vibe to live music from national and local artists each day from our main stage, and so much more! Vegan SoulFest is also sharing its festival grounds with We Give Black Fest, powered by CLLCTIVLY. What does this mean? Even more content for the three days that provide insight into how to effectively uplift and make real change in your communities! Special Offer  - Thursday, August 18 only! Attend Vegan SoulFest for 50% off the normal price! Go to https://www.vegansoulfest.com/tickets/, select the ticket option you prefer, and enter discount code VSF50. Volunteer for FREE Attendance: Vegan SoulFest needs volunteers to help fulfill our commitment to minimizing waste by recycling and composting. We find that the most efficient way to do this is via staffed trash stations where festival attendees are guided by volunteers who direct their waste to the correct bins, avoiding contamination. Anyone who commits to a four hour volunteer shift is entitled to free attendance at the festival for the remainder of that day, both before and after your volunteer shift. You can take advantage of this offer on one, two, or three days. If you'd like to volunteer, fill out this form.We look forward to seeing you at the festivalSupport the show

In this episode, Brenda interviews Dr. Christina Schiavoni, PhD, longtime food sovereignty activist and senior communications coordinator for Grassroots International.  About Dr. Christina Schiavoni, PhD Christina M. Schiavoni is Grassroots International’s Senior Communications Coordinator. A longtime food sovereignty activist, she was involved in the founding of the US Food Sovereignty Alliance and the Food Sovereignty Prize and the establishment of the Civil Society and Indigenous People’s Mechanism of the United Nations Committee on World Food Security. She has worked in partnership with social movements across the globe. She holds masters and PhD degrees from the International Institute of Social Studies in the Netherlands. Her research, based in Venezuela, focused on co-generation of knowledge by and for social movements. Passionate about the intersection of communications and movement-building, she is excited to contribute to Grassroots International in this area. About Food & Justice w/ Brenda Sanders Food & Justice w/ Brenda Sanders is a weekly online video series and podcast that tackles issues of food access, environmental justice, health disparities, dietary racism, and other topics related to food and justice. Food & Justice features 1 hr pre-recorded interviews, panel discussions and conversations with activists, thought leaders, experts and influencers working on the front lines of food, environmental and social justice movements. We will cover important and timely topics from a socially conscious, non-oppressive perspective, exploring real world solutions to pressing global challenges. Visit https://www.fjpodcast.com/ to subscribe to the show on your favorite video streaming or podcast platform and to watch and listen to past episodes.Support the show

Join Food & Justice w/ Brenda Sanders for our first full-length interview of Season 2, featuring Tracye McQuirter, MPH Premiering Friday, July 22, 5:30 PM EDT / 2:30 PM PDTAbout Tracye  Tracye McQuirter is a 34-year vegan, best-selling author, award-winning public health nutritionist, and vegan trailblazer. She is the founder of 10 Million Black Vegan Women and the author of By Any Greens Necessary and the African American Vegan Starter Guide and co-author of Ageless Vegan.  The New York Times called her work a key reason for the popular rise of veganism among African Americans—who are the fastest growing vegan demographic in the U.S. She's spent the past 30 years teaching people how to go vegan for life and loves doing it.About Food & Justice w/ Brenda SandersFood & Justice w/ Brenda Sanders is a weekly online video series and podcast that tackles issues of food access, environmental justice, health disparities, dietary racism, and other topics related to food and justice. Food & Justice features 1 hr pre-recorded interviews, panel discussions and conversations with activists, thought leaders, experts and influencers working on the front lines of food, environmental and social justice movements. We will cover important and timely topics from a socially conscious, non-oppressive perspective, exploring real world solutions to pressing global challenges.Visit http://fjpodcast.com to subscribe to the show on your favorite video streaming or podcast platform and to watch and listen to past episodes. Among Tracye's Accolades and Accomplishments • Received Compassionate Vegan Living Award from Farm Sanctuary • Received U.S. Animal Rights Hall of Fame Award • Received Vegan Soul Superstar Award from Vegan Soulfest • Received Distinguished Alumni Award from Sidwell Friends School • By Any Greens Necessary cited by The New York Times as a key reason for the popular rise of veganism among African Americans during the past decade • Named a national food hero changing the way America eats for the better by Vegetarian Times • Featured in PBS Women Thought Leaders Series • Ageless Vegan received starred review by Library Journal, which stated the book "raises the standard of plant-based cuisine" • Ageless Vegan was twice the number one best-seller in vegan cookbooks on Amazon in 2018 and 2020 • Featured in The Invisible Vegan documentary • Featured on the cover of Barefoot Vegan and Natural Awakenings magazines • Directed the first federally funded vegan nutrition program in the U.S., the VSDC Eat Smart Program • Co-created one of the earliest vegan websites in 1997, which was also the first vegan website by and for African Americans, blackvegetarians.com  • Co-founded an animal rights organization in 2000 for people of color, Justice for All Species • Co-founded the Black Vegetarian Society of New York • While in college, co-founded We Feed Our People, a 32-year nonprofit that organizes the now largest Martin Luther King, Jr Holiday Day of Service event in Washington, DC, providing food and services to unhoused residents Support the show

Did you miss the livestream of Brenda Sanders' Veganniversary event? Did you catch it? Either way, you're in luck! This edited version adds music, veganniversary videos from leading vegan food justice activists and scholars, cuts slow transitions, and fixes technical glitches in the livestream.Featuring special appearances by Carol Adams (The Sexual Politics of Meat), Pattrice Jones (VINE Sanctuary), Dawn Moncrief (A Well Fed World), Jo'Vonna Johnson-Cooke (Grow Where You Are, Maitu Foods), Dr. Milton Millls (Plant-Based Nation, Defund Big Meat), Prof. Lori Gruen (Wesleyan Animal Studies), Naijha Wright-Brown (The Land of Kush, Naijha Speaks),  Tracye McQuirter (10 Million Black Vegan Women), Dr. Priyumvada Naik (The Veg Doc) and more!Brenda Sanders is- the founder and executive director of Afro-Vegan Society- co-founder and co-coordinator of Vegan Soulfest- co-founder and co-owner of The Greener Kitchen and Plant Bliss Foods, - creator, host, and executive producer of Food & Justice w/ Brenda Sanders, a webshow and podcast. Join Brenda to celebrate her birthday and vegan quarter century!Learn about the many food justice projects Brenda is  a part of with liveinterviews with her collaborators!Get the scoop on:- Food & Justice w/ Brenda Sanders's second season, premiering this summer!- Defund Big Meat's efforts to end subsidies to the meat and dairyindustries!- what's next for The Greener Kitchen and Plant Bliss!- the long-awaited return of Vegan Soulfest, coming back in Augustafter a two-year hiatus!- the Afro-Vegan Society's exciting online vegan education and community building efforts!- Brenda's essay in the upcoming anthology, Dear Effective Altruists!- And more!Support the show

FOOD & JUSTICE w/ BRENDA SANDERSJoin us for our final episode of 2021 with our guest Dr. Milton Mills of Plant-Based Nation!ABOUT DR. MILTON MILLS Dr. Milton Mills is a graduate of Stanford University School of Medicine and a practicing critical care physician in the Washington, DC metro area.  Dr. Mills’ compassionate and encompassing worldview has led him to apply his knowledge about preventative healthcare toward the unique challenges of those who are under-served by the mainstream medical model: minority and less affluent populations.  As Associate Director of Preventative Medicine for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), he co-authored articles on the Racial Bias in Federal Nutrition Policy published in the Journal of the National Medical Association.  A powerful public speaker and most important, an empathetic healthcare ally, Dr. Mills is a foremost advocate for a whole food, plant-based diet.SUBSCRIBEWant to be notified when new video episodes are released? You can subscribe via your favorite video platforms & podcast apps at https://www.fjpodcast.com/subscribe. Subscribing is free!PAST EPISODESHave you watched or listened to all of our previous episodes yet? You can find them along with additional information on our guests and links to their organizations at https://www.fjpodcast.com/guests.FOLLOW OUR SOCIAL MEDIALike and share  our pages and posts!Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/FoodandJusticePodcast/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/FoodJusticePod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/foodandjusticepodcast/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/foodandjustice/ Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/FoodandJustice/BECOME A PATRONSupport Brenda Sanders' work on the show and other food justice projects at https://www.patreon.com/BrendaSanders.VOLUNTEERIf you'd like to help, send an email with your contact information to info @ fjpodcast . com (no spaces).Support the show

Special Episode:  Jessica Carter of Afro-Vegan Society interviews Brenda Sanders!To mark the premiere of “They’re Trying to Kill Us!”, a new documentary featuring  our host, we’re turning the tables this week, with Brenda’s Afro-Vegan Society colleague interviewing her about her work, her objectives, and the origins of her commitment to food justice. SPECIAL OFFERDownload "They're Trying to Kill Us" from Thurs, Nov 11 through Wed, Nov 17 at https://killusfilm.com/BrendaSanders, arrange a home or community screening,  and Afro-Vegan Society will cover the cost of  vegan food for your event! Details at https://www.fjpodcast.com/screening.ABOUT JESSICA CARTERJessica Carter is a vegan recipe developer and wellness educator on a mission to make plant-based eating more accessible for everyone. She is Director of Programming at Afro-Vegan Society, where she creates, curates, and coordinates digital workshops and resources that highlight how plant-based living can improve the health, environment and communities of people of African descent. She created her plant-powered brand, Love Vegan Soul, to explore global flavors, ingredients, and plant-based traditions. Jessica creates simple and delicious vegan dishes, recipe videos, and conducts cooking demos and wellness workshops across the country - virtually and in-person - to help people make more sustainable and nourishing food and lifestyle choices. Her recipes have been featured on FOX45 Baltimore, Let’s Talk Live, and Good Morning Washington. She received her Bachelor's Degree in African American Studies from Ohio University in 2009 and her Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate in March 2019 through the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies.ABOUT BRENDA SANDERSBrenda Sanders is a vegan food justice activist who co-founded Thrive Baltimore, a community resource center that offers free classes, workshops, cooking demos and other programming that supports people in living a healthier, more sustainable lifestyle. She’s also executive director of Afro-Vegan Society, a nonprofit organization that provides resources to people in marginalized communities to assist them in transitioning to veganism, co-creator of Vegan SoulFest, an annual festival that celebrates culture and all aspects of vegan living and co-owner of The Greener Kitchen, a vegan deli and food distributor that produces plant-based foods that are both affordable and accessible. Brenda is also the host of Food & Justice, a weekly online video series and podcast that tackles issues of food access, environmental justice, health disparities, dietary racism, and other topics related to food and justice.SUBSCRIBESubscribe via your favorite video platforms & podcast apps at https://www.fjpodcast.com/subscribe. PAST EPISODEShttps://www.fjpodcast.com/guests.SOCIAL MEDIAFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/FoodandJusticePodcast/Twitter - https://twitter.com/FoodJusticePodInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/foodandjusticepodcast/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/foodandjustice/BECOME A PATRONhttps://www.patreon.com/BrendaSandersVOLUNTEEREmail info @ fjpodcast . com (no spaces).Support the show

On this week's episode, Brenda interviews Nicoletta Batini editor of The Economics of Sustainable Food and lead evaluator of the International Monetary Fund Office of Independent Evaluation.ABOUT THE ECONOMICS OF SUSTAINABLE FOODThe Economics of Sustainable Food is a new Island Press book edited by economist Nicoletta Batini. Producing food industrially like we do today causes tremendous global economic losses in terms of malnutrition, diseases, and environmental degradation. But because the food industry does not bear those costs and the price tag for these losses does not show up at the grocery store, it is too often ignored by economists and policymakers.The Economics of Sustainable Food details the true cost of food for people and the planet. It illustrates how to transform our broken system, alleviating its severe financial and human burden. The key is smart macroeconomic policy that moves us toward methods that protect the environment like regenerative land and sea farming, low-impact urban farming, and alternative protein farming, and toward healthy diets. The book’s multidisciplinary team of authors lay out detailed fiscal and trade policies, as well as structural reforms, to achieve those goals. Visit the book's webpage for additional info.ABOUT NICOLETTA BATININicoletta Batini is an Italian economist, notable as a scholar of innovative monetary and fiscal policy practices. She pioneered work on the dangers of fiscal austerity and on how to curb debt successfully during financial deleveraging. Prior to the IMF, she was Advisor of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, Professor of Economics at the University of Surrey, and Director of the International Economics and Policy Office of the Treasury in Italy. She has handled extensive consultancy roles internationally. She holds a Ph.D. in international finance (Scuola Superiore S. Anna) and a Ph.D. in monetary economics.SUBSCRIBEWant to be notified when new video Food & Justice episodes are released? You can subscribe via your favorite video platforms and podcast apps here. Subscribing is free!PAST EPISODESHave you watched Food & Justice’s first six episodes yet? You can find them along with additional information on our guests and links to their organizations here.SOCIAL MEDIALike, share, and retweet! Facebook * Twitter * Instagram * LinkedInBECOME A PATRONFood & Justice welcome your financial support! Help us to produce content that informs and inspires action week after week! You can visit Brenda's Patreon page to support her work on the show and other food justice projects.VOLUNTEERVolunteers are needed to help spread the word about the show on social media, other podcasts, newspapers and news websites and more. If you'd like to help, send an email with your contact information to info @ fjpodcast . com (no spaces)Support the show

Interview with Marvin Hayes, Founder & Director, Baltimore Compost CollectiveABOUT MARVIN HAYESMarvin Hayes has been a youth educator and mentor for over 20 years. His professional experiences include running recreation programming, alternate education youth consoling, mediation services, and youth workforce development. He has a patience and a presence with the youth that cannot be taught in a classroom but has been cultivated by his lifetime of experience. Recently Marvin has been the leader of a community- based food scrap collection service, Baltimore Compost Collective and composting service as a start-up for local job creation. Hiring underemployed area youth, Marvin has helped grow the idea into a service that collects over a quarter ton of food scraps each week to turn into nutrient rich soil for the new growth.You can watch the video version of this episode on the Food & Justice homepage until October 28, 2021. You can still watch it thereafter in the Food & Justice Episodes Archive.SUBSCRIBEWant to be notified when new  episodes are released? You can subscribe via your favorite video platforms and podcast apps here. Subscribing is free!PAST EPISODESHave you watched or listened to our first five episodes yet? You can find them along with additional information on our guests and links to their organizations here.SOCIAL MEDIALike, share, and retweet! Facebook * Twitter * Instagram * LinkedInBECOME A PATRONWe welcome your financial support! Help us to produce content that informs and inspires action week after week! You can visit Brenda's Patreon page to support her work on the show and other food justice projects.VOLUNTEERVolunteers are needed to help spread the word about the show on social media, other podcasts, newspapers and news websites and more. If you'd like to help, send an email with your contact information to info @ fjpodcast . com (no spaces)Support the show

ABOUT LORIKIM ALEXANDER Originally from Kingston, Jamaica, LoriKim Alexander has dedicated her life to working for social and environmental justice, specifically organizing around justice for LGBTQIA+ Black, Brown and Indigenous Communities. LoriKim’s work in anthropology and as a trained biologist has facilitated her in centering initiatives against environmental racism and for the implementation of environmental education for People of Color around Indigenous ecological knowledge and decolonialism through veganism for the past 25+ years. Having lived in different parts of the US for three decades, LoriKim now resides in NYC where she continues her work as a facilitator and organizer in an effort to ensure the creation of spaces that center the most marginalized. As a core organizer at Black VegFest, LoriKim supports the work through grant writing, copy writing, project management, speaking, and teaching.WHEN, WHERE, AND HOW TO WATCH AND LISTEN:VIDEO New episodes premiere in video form  weekly on Thursdays at 7 PM Eastern/ 4 PM Pacific and are streamed to our pages on Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch and to our website homepage. New episodes remain on our homepage at http://fjpodcast.com until Thursday of the following week. To receive notifications of new episodes, subscribe to one or more of our video platforms.PODCAST (AUDIO)New episodes premiere as a podcast on the Friday mornings. You can listen to new episodes on our website at https://www.fjpodcast.com/audio or receive them in your podcast feed. You can find a link to subscribe via your favorite podcast app or directory at https://www.fjpodcast.com/podcast.PAST EPISODESAll past episodes can be found in the Episodes By Guest section of our website , along with additional info on our guests and their work.FOLLOW OUR SOCIAL MEDIA|Please like, share and retweet our pages and episodes! Spread the word!Facebook  * Twitter  * Instagram BECOME A PATRONWe welcome your financial support! Help us to produce content that informs and inspires action week after week! You can visit Brenda's Patreon page at  to support her work on the show and other food justice projects.VOLUNTEERVolunteers are needed to help spread the word about the show on social media, other podcasts, newspapers and news websites and more. If you'd like to help, send an email with your contact information to info @ fjpodcast . com (no spaces).ABOUT THE SHOWFood & Justice w/ Brenda Sanders is a weekly online video series and podcast that tackles issues of food access, environmental justice, health disparities, dietary racism, and other topics related to food and justice.FORMATFood & Justice features 1 hr pre-recorded interviews, panel discussions and conversations with activists, thought leaders, experts and influencers working on the front lines of food, environmental and social justice movements.Food & Justice covers important and timely topics from a socially conscious, non-oppressive perspective, exploring real world solutions to pressing global challenges.Support the show

Interview w/ Kanav Kathuria of Maryland Food & Prison Abolition ProjectABOUT OUR GUEST Kanav Kathuria’s work lies in the intersection of abolitionism, public health, and food sovereignty. He is a 2019 Open Society Institute Baltimore Community Fellow and the co-founder of the The Maryland Food & Prison Abolition Project (formerly the Farm to Prison Project), a Baltimore-based organization that connects urban and small-scale farms to prisons to use food as a tool for resistance. SUBSCRIBEWant to be notified when new video episodes are released? You can subscribe via your favorite video platforms and podcast apps at https://www.fjpodcast.com/subscribe. Subscribing is free!PAST EPISODESHave you watched or listened our first four episodes yet? You can find them along with additional information on our guests and links to their organizations at https://www.fjpodcast.com/guests.LIKE AND SHARE Facebook -  Share this message to your timeline and your favorite Facebook groups!  Twitter - Follow, like, and retweet! Instagram - Follow, like, and share!Pinterest - Follow our board and save our pins! TikTok - Follow, like, and share!BECOME A PATRONWe welcome your financial support! Help us to produce content that informs and inspires action week after week! You can visit Brenda's Patreon page  to support Brenda's work on the show and other food justice projects.VOLUNTEERVolunteers are needed to help spread the word about the show on social media, other podcasts, newspapers and news websites and more. If you'd like to help, send an email with your contact information to info @ fjpodcast . com (no spaces).Support the show

FEATURED GUEST: LeeAnn Morrissette, communications and culture coordinator for the National Black Food & Justice Alliance.You can watch and listen at at http://fjpodcast.com.Video Premiere: Thursday, September 30, 7PM EDT / 4 PM PDTAudio (Podcast) Premiere: Friday, October 1, 5 AM EDT / 2 AM PDTCan't watch live? No problem! The episode will be on the Food & Justice website homepage all week and thereafter will still be available at https://www.fjpodcast.com/episodesSUBSCRIBEWant to be notified when new video episodes are released? You can subscribe via your favorite video platforms and podcast apps at https://www.fjpodcast.com/subscribe. Subscribing is free!PAST EPISODESHave you watched our first three episodes yet? You can find them along with additional information on our guests and links to their organizations at https://www.fjpodcast.com/guests.ABOUT LEEANNLeeAnn Morrissette is the Communications & Culture Coordinator for The National Black Food and Justice Alliance. LeeAnn is an award-winning filmmaker, nationally published photographer and writer based in Atlanta, GA. Her articles have been featured on Good Food Jobs, Raw on Wheels, Blavity, & Black Girl In Om. Her most recent work, With These Hands presented by SAAFON is an intimate visual telling of the works and lives of 6 Black farmers from around the deep southeastern states showcasing how Black agrarianism is revitalizing our ecosystem, building community and reconnecting people of the Black diaspora with our history. She is committed to documenting & amplifying the stories of Black people reclaiming what it means to live well and free from the wounds of generational land-based trauma.LIKE AND SHARE Facebook -  Share this message to your timeline and your favorite Facebook groups!  Twitter - Follow, like, and retweet! Instagram - Follow, like, and share!Pinterest - Follow our board and save our pins! TikTok - Follow, like, and share!BECOME A PATRONWe welcome your financial support! Help us to produce content that informs and inspires action week after week! You can visit Brenda's Patreon page  to support Brenda's work on the show and other food justice projects.VOLUNTEERVolunteers are needed to help spread the word about the show on social Support the show

ABOUT OUR GUEST Kanav Kathuria’s work lies in the intersection of abolitionism, public health, and food sovereignty. He is a 2019 Open Society Institute Baltimore Community Fellow and the co-founder of the The Maryland Food & Prison Abolition Project (formerly the Farm to Prison Project), a Baltimore-based organization that connects urban and small-scale farms to prisons to use food as a tool for resistance. SUBSCRIBE AND WATCH New episodes will be released weekly on on Youtube, Twitch, Facebook, and Twitter. Watch the episodes as they premiere to participate in the live chat! Or, if you prefer, watch later or listen to the audio as a podcast. To be notified of new episodes as they premiere, subscribe to the show on your favorite video and podcast platforms. Or watch or listen on our website. LIKE AND SHARE Facebook -  Share this message to your timeline and your favorite Facebook groups!  Twitter - Follow, like, and retweet! Instagram - Follow, like, and share!Pinterest - Follow our board and save our pins! TikTok - Follow, like, and share!BECOME A PATRONWe welcome your financial support! Help us to produce content that informs and inspires action week after week! You can visit Brenda's Patreon page  to support Brenda's work on the show and other food justice projects.VOLUNTEERVolunteers are needed to help spread the word about the show on social media, other podcasts, newspapers and news websites and more. If you'd like to help, send an email with your contact information to info @ fjpodcast . com (no spaces).Support the show

Join Brenda Sanders, co-founder of Vegan Soulfest, Thrive Baltimore, The Greener Kitchen, and founder of the The Afro-Vegan Society as she interviews activists, thought leaders, experts and influencers working on real world solutions to pressing global food, environmental and social justice issues.Food and Justice is sponsored by #DefundBigMeat. ABOUT AMY VAN SAUNAmy is a Senior Attorney in the Center for Food Safety's Portland, Oregon office. As part of CFS's legal team, Amy practices environmental and administrative law to defend farmers, communities, and the environment from industrial animal factories, aquaculture, genetically engineered crops and animals, and the overuse of toxic pesticides, especially in the Pacific Northwest. Amy also works to protect the integrity of organic standards and ensure the transparent labeling of genetically engineered foods. A 2011 graduate of Lewis & Clark Law School, Amy has focused her legal education and career on public interest, environmental and food law, earning a certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law. Prior to joining CFS, Amy served as a volunteer attorney with Earthjustice working on animal factories on the East Coast, and then litigated complex environmental insurance cases at a law firm in Manhattan. Amy is admitted to the bar in Oregon and New York.LIKE AND SHARE Facebook -  Share this message to your timeline and your favorite Facebook groups!  Twitter - Follow, like, and retweet! Instagram - Follow, like, and share!Pinterest - Follow our board and save our pins! TikTok - Follow, like, and share!BECOME A PATRONWe welcome your financial support! Help us to produce content that informs and inspires action week after week! You can visit Brenda's Patreon page  to support Brenda's work on the show and other food justice projects.VOLUNTEERVolunteers are needed to help spread the word about the show on social media, other podcasts, newspapers and news websites and more. If you'd like to help, send an email with your contact information to info @ fjpodcast . com (no spaces).Support the show

ABOUT OUR GUEST: Malik Kenyatta Yakini is an activist and educator who is committed to freedom and justice for African people in particular and humanity in general. Yakini is a co-founder and the Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, which operates a seven-acre farm in Detroit and spearheaded efforts to establish the Detroit Food Policy Council, which he chaired from December 2009 - May 2012. He served as a member of the Michigan Food Policy Council from 2008 - 2010. From 2011 - 2013 he served on the steering committee of Uprooting Racism Planting Justice. He is a co-founder of the National Black Food and Justice Alliance.From 1990 - 2011 he served as Executive Director of Nsoroma Institute Public School Academy, one of Detroit's leading African-centered schools. In 2006 he was honored as "Administrator of the Year" by the Michigan Association of Public School Academies. He served as a member of the Board of Directors of Timbuktu Academy of Science and Technology from 2004 - 2011. He is C.E.O. of Black Star Educational Management.He is dedicated to working to identify and alleviate the impact of racism and white privilege on the food system. He has an intense interest in contributing to the development of an international food sovereignty movement that embraces Blacks farmers in the Americas, the Caribbean and Africa. He views the "good food revolution" as part of the larger movement for freedom, justice and equality.Yakini has presented at numerous local community meetings and national conferences on creating a racially just food system and implementing community food sovereignty practices. In 2017 and 2018 he co-led the course “Food Literacy for All” at the University of Michigan. He is featured in the book "Blacks Living Green," and the movies "Urban Roots" and “Tomorrow”. He has appeared on the nationally televised Tavis Smiley Show and Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. He served as an Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy "Food and Community Fellow" from 2011- 2013, and a Business Alliance for Living Local Economies (BALLE) Localist Fellow from 2014 - 2015.He is the recipient of numerous awards including the prestigious James Beard Leadership Award. He holds a B.A. degree in Broadcasting from Eastern Michigan University.Yakini is a musician who plays guitar, bass and dundun drums. He currently leads the Detroit-based band Mollywop! He has traveled to Ghana, Mali, Senegal, Gambia, Cote d'Ivoire, Jamaica, Italy, France, Spain and the U.S. Virgin Islands. He is the father of three and the grandfather of one. He is a vegan and an avid organic grower.SUBSCRIBE AND WATCHSubscribe to the show on your favorite video  and podcast platforms. Or watch  or listen  on our website.LIKE, FOLLOW, SHARE!Please share this episode your your social media and like and subscribe to ours: Facebook * Twitter  * Instagram  *  Pinterest *  TikTokVOLUNTEERIf you'd like to help,  email info @ fjpodcast . com (no spaces). BECOME A PATRONVisit Brenda's Patreon page to support her work on the show and other food justice projects.Support the show

ABOUT OUR GUEST: Malik Kenyatta Yakini is an activist and educator who is committed to freedom and justice for African people in particular and humanity in general. Yakini is a co-founder and the Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, which operates a seven-acre farm in Detroit and spearheaded efforts to establish the Detroit Food Policy Council, which he chaired from December 2009 - May 2012. He served as a member of the Michigan Food Policy Council from 2008 - 2010. From 2011 - 2013 he served on the steering committee of Uprooting Racism Planting Justice. He is a co-founder of the National Black Food and Justice Alliance.From 1990 - 2011 he served as Executive Director of Nsoroma Institute Public School Academy, one of Detroit's leading African-centered schools. In 2006 he was honored as "Administrator of the Year" by the Michigan Association of Public School Academies. He served as a member of the Board of Directors of Timbuktu Academy of Science and Technology from 2004 - 2011. He is C.E.O. of Black Star Educational Management.He is dedicated to working to identify and alleviate the impact of racism and white privilege on the food system. He has an intense interest in contributing to the development of an international food sovereignty movement that embraces Blacks farmers in the Americas, the Caribbean and Africa. He views the "good food revolution" as part of the larger movement for freedom, justice and equality.Yakini has presented at numerous local community meetings and national conferences on creating a racially just food system and implementing community food sovereignty practices. In 2017 and 2018 he co-led the course “Food Literacy for All” at the University of Michigan. He is featured in the book "Blacks Living Green," and the movies "Urban Roots" and “Tomorrow”. He has appeared on the nationally televised Tavis Smiley Show and Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. He served as an Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy "Food and Community Fellow" from 2011- 2013, and a Business Alliance for Living Local Economies (BALLE) Localist Fellow from 2014 - 2015.He is the recipient of numerous awards including the prestigious James Beard Leadership Award. He holds a B.A. degree in Broadcasting from Eastern Michigan University.Yakini is a musician who plays guitar, bass and dundun drums. He currently leads the Detroit-based band Mollywop! He has traveled to Ghana, Mali, Senegal, Gambia, Cote d'Ivoire, Jamaica, Italy, France, Spain and the U.S. Virgin Islands. He is the father of three and the grandfather of one. He is a vegan and an avid organic grower.SUBSCRIBE AND WATCHSubscribe to the show on your favorite video  and podcast platforms. Or watch  or listen  on our website.LIKE, FOLLOW, SHARE!Please share this episode your your social media and like and subscribe to ours: Facebook * Twitter  * Instagram  *  Pinterest *  TikTokVOLUNTEERIf you'd like to help,  email info @ fjpodcast . com (no spaces). BECOME A PATRONVisit Brenda's Patreon page to support her work on the show and other food justice projects.Support the show