Photo: Kelly Miller, Director of Department of Indian Work
Current opportunities to learn more about food justice
Documentaries
- Watch the documentary “Food Justice” from TPT
- Watch the docuseries “High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America” on Netflix
- Watch the documentary “Gather” on Netflix
- Check out the trailer for “Rooted,” a documentary about food apartheid in America, coming in 2022
Books
Dig deeper with books covering the history of race and the food system
- An Indigenous People’s History of the United States
- In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa’s Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World
- The Color of Food
- Farming While Black
Articles
- Familiarize yourself on the background of food justice
- Building the Case for Racial Equity in the Food System
- 4 Not-So-Easy Ways to Dismantle Racism in the Food System
Resources
- Resources from recent food justice facilitation workshops hosted by U of M extension
- Food justice resources including podcasts, videos, and articles from Slow Food Minnesota
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