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“Given that I'm from the South, I wanted to do something to address that. I have been focusing more energy and resources on addressing those issues.”

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The thing that I think about most often is the loss of biodiversity. We talk about these food issues so often with concern to…

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I think there needs to be a general consciousness raising among consumers. So many consumers aren't aware of the backstory. They see the end…

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Because we're becoming such an urban nation, we're going to need to be producing so much more food in cities. These institutions have members, obviously. They have the resources to start projects like urban farms and gardens, teaching tools, and the ability to educate their members so that they can then go home and start their own urban gardens. I…

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I grew up in Memphis, Tennessee; I went to college in New Orleans before moving to New York City for graduate school. Both sets of my grandparents grew up in rural Mississippi and brought a lot of agrarian knowledge to Memphis, which is an urban center in the South. Both sets had amazing backyard gardens. My paternal grandfather, practically every…

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Oran Hesterman is a brilliant philanthropist. He had so many progressive ideas about shifting the way that money is given out. He wanted to…

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I think more and more foundations are putting resources into food activism. But I think that given the state of the economy, foundations won't be giving as much in general. For me it's about working with these existing institutions in communities that people already go to, that people trust, that they know, and determining how best they can play a…

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All communities, and low-income communities especially because of food insecurity and lack of access to healthy foods, need more farmers markets, need more community…

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I got a call one morning from Oran Hesterman, who was the president of the Fair Food Foundation, saying that the Fair Food Foundation was shutting down effectively as of that day, because they'd been caught up in the Madoff scandal. It affected me because the fellowship that I had was actually funded in part by the Fair Food Foundation.…

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I think that if everyone did at least embrace a more plant-centered diet, it would improve public health.

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I don't necessarily think veganism is going to save the world.

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What makes the farmers market such a special place is that you are actually creating community around food.

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