Videos: Local Food
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All For All – How To Make Health Food Affordable For Every Table | Sam Polk | Change Food Fest
Change FoodSam Polk, co-founder and CEO of Everytable and the founder and executive director of the non-profit Groceryships, shares his story and why he came to work at the intersection of poverty and obesity. His business model is making to-go food affordable for working moms, while also working to educate and support families about nutrition and […]
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Black Food Matters: Race and Equity in the Good Food Movement | Devita Davison | Change Food Fest
Change FoodDevita Davison, director of marketing and communications at FoodLab Detroit, shares the story of Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack, explaining the barriers there still are today for food entrepreneurs of color. FoodLab Detroit is transforming Detroit’s local food economy by supporting a diverse community of food businesses and allies working to make good food a sustainable […]
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Changing Our Food System Starts with Changing Our View of Farmers | Loren Cardeli | Change Food Fest
Change FoodLoren Cardeli, the founder and president of A Growing Culture, implores us to embrace farmers. He shares his views about the importance of farmer autonomy and farmer rights, connecting social justice and environmental justice, and the need for community. Loren wants to change the our view of the food movement, moving farmers to the forefront […]
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Fences | Martina Lynch | Change Food Fest
Change FoodMartina Lynch, hip hop and spoken word artist and CEO of Taharka Brothers ice cream company, speaks about creating conversation through the art of storytelling and food. Taharka Brothers uses their award-winning ice creams, sorbets, and business initiatives to party for the right to fight for a better and brighter tomorrow. Watch her perform Fences, […]
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Creating a Local Food System | Cary Junior | Change Food Fest
Change FoodCary Junior, general manager of SEMPA, a rural farmer cooperative for farmers of color, is creating a local food system to get good food into food insecure areas in Detroit. They are creating jobs, supporting farmers, creating a connection with young urban farmers and rural farmers between Detroit and Ann Arbor. These two equations are […]
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Food Unity: The Power of Choosing Local – Carol Lynn Jackson
TEDxTryonWhen communities deeply connect with their local food sources/local growers the concept of “buying local” becomes more than a theory – it becomes a sustainable practice. When communities deeply connect with their local food sources/local growers the concept of “buying local” becomes more than a theory – it becomes a sustainable practice. Carol Lynn began […]
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Creating an Edible Town In New York – Suzanne Barish
TEDxBergen Community CollegePlease Pick Project is a small example of how we can revolutionize our relationship with food and address many of the health and hunger problems that plague communities around the country and around the world. The initial purpose of this project was to create an edible town in Nyack, NY, thus connecting people to real […]
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A Guerilla Gardener in South Central LA – Ron Finley
TEDRon Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA — in abandoned lots, traffic medians, along the curbs. Why? For fun, for defiance, for beauty and to offer some alternative to fast food in a community where “the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys.”
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The Power of Home Cooking – Lucinda Scala Quinn
TEDxRVALucinda Scala Quinn talks about what home cooking can do for us beyond just providing food to eat.
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The Food You Eat – James Miner
TEDxBeaconStreetHow much do you know about the food you eat? Have you ever wondered how far it travels to get to you, or how much water was consumed to produce it? The more you know, the more you’ll be interested in the future of food and its increasingly important role in the design of our […]
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Growing food, growing community: the example of the Hawley Hamlet – Tim Rinne
TEDxLincolnSince 2010, Tim and his wife have gone from a measly little tomato patch to six tenths of an acre (the equivalent of roughly 65 yards of a football field). They have planted over 50 fruit and nut trees and two dozen berry beds, set up two chicken coops and two beehives, and now have […]
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Farmers Markets Aren’t Enough – Marcel Van Ooyen
TEDxManhattanMarcel Van Ooyen talks about scaling up local food distribution Greenmarket Co., NYC’s first and only food hub dedicated to supporting regional food producers by making their products available to wholesale buyers throughout the city.