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Join us in kicking off the Just Food Conference with Food Talks!

Four food movement leaders will share their stories,

ideas, and perspectives.



MEET OUR FOOD TALKERS:





[https://files.ctctcdn.com/65708377001/5c0868f9-de30-4ce8-9e77-612cda51b390.jpg]Food Workers' Role in the Food Justice Movement



Diana Robinson, Campaign and Education Coordinator, Food Chain Workers Alliance



Diana has been the Campaign and Education Coordinator of Food Chain Workers Alliance since February 2012. The daughter of immigrants from Columbia and the Dominican Republic, she previously worked at United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500, which represents grocery store workers in New York. She was a leader of the union's 2011 campaign to organize Target workers in Long Island.





[https://files.ctctcdn.com/65708377001/77386c4c-8e7e-4cc0-b228-19678e87a95a.jpg]Why Planting an Herb Garden Anywhere

 You Find Yourself is an Act of Justice and Resilience



Yonnette Fleming, Food Justice Farmer & Social Change Catalyst

Yonnette is an urban food justice farmer who is committed to advancing systems of knowledge which build healthy people and provide community solutions for food insecurity, health disparities and social inequities. Fleming has worked to grow food and advance community resilience to food insecurity through inter-generational education and food-based ventures in Central Brooklyn since 2003. Fleming serves as Vice President of Hattie Carthan Community Garden and coordinates the Hattie Carthan Herban Farm and its two community-based markets. Fleming teaches and serves on the advisory board for Farm School NYC.









[https://files.ctctcdn.com/65708377001/5d964da5-a666-44f6-8ff8-9d62d0c75679.jpg]Growing Food, Growing Community, Growing Justice



Jasmine Nielsen, Executive Director, Just Food



Jasmine became the Executive Director of Just Food in September of 2014 after nearly 16 years as the Executive Director of Love Heals, the Alison Gertz Foundation for AIDS Education.  A graduate of Vassar College, Jasmine is currently completing her Master's Degree in Food Studies at New York University. She blogs about the pleasures of sourcing ingredients, cooking and eating at thedrunkenfig.com and is a proud member of the Prospect Park CSA.















[https://files.ctctcdn.com/65708377001/c91a2ba4-1d0d-4fcb-a58d-4c5076265b8c.png]The American Food System at 10 MPH



Ben Towill, Co-Owner & Chef, The Fat Radish

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