FYI Summer Gathering 2020 Toolkit

Welcome! We’re so excited for your participation in this year’s Youth Gathering. On top of all of the learning, sharing, and fun during our time together, we wanted to provide additional resources for your continued engagement in climate, food, and environmental justice.

Click a topic below to find relevant fun and interesting content.

Share on your social media channels using the hashtag #FYI2020 to “edutain” your followers.

Cheers!

Your FYI Team

Additional Resources

Youth Work

Spotlight

• US Food Sovereignty Alliance – An article discussing youth and food justice and how it connects to the Civil Rights Movement
• Global Justice Now – The Global Justice Now youth network

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Food Sovereignty

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What is Food Sovereignty?

• What is Food Sovereignty? – US Food Sovereignty Alliance definition of food sovereignty
• Definition of “Food Sovereignty” – Climate Justice Alliance definition of food sovereignty
• Definition of “Food Sovereignty” – Global Justice Now definition of food sovereignty
• The Six Food Sovereignty Principles – An outline of international ideals around food sovereignty
• Declaration of Nyeleni – Declaration of the Forum for Food Sovereignty
• La Via Campesina – An organization that defends peasant agriculture for food sovereignty as a way to promote social justice
• Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance – An organization dedicated to restoring the food systems that support Indigenous peoples
• Earthseed Land Collective – An organization that aims to remember and reimagine our relationship to ourselves, each other and the land in pursuit and practice of collective liberation.
• FAQs – A listing of facts about Food Sovereignty 

Seed Saving

• Seed Stories: Fighting Against the Privatisation of Life – A publication explaining the role of seeds in food sovereignty

Stories

• Food Sovereignty Stories – videos from social movements in the United States working towards a more just and sustainable food system
• National Family Farm Coalition – Publication explaining the movement to regain control of our food and farm system
• Stories from Home: Living the Just Transition – Podcast from the CJA highlighting stories around food sovereignty
• Black 2 Basics – Black Farmer and food independence series

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Climate and Food Justice Art

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• Art  350 – An organization integrating art and community organizing
• Art Works For Change – An organization that strives to harness the transformative power of art to promote awareness, provoke dialogue, and inspire action
• Cape Farewell – An organization that engages creatives to address climate change
• Dear Climate – A creative project that curates posters, guided meditations, installations, workshops related to climate change
• Everyday Climate Change – A collection of photos documenting climate change
• Invisible Dust – An organization that works with artists and scientists to create art exploring climate change
• The Canary Project – A project that produces art and media about ecological issues

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Anti-Racist Resources

• The Color of Food – Article explaining food injustice
• US Food Sovereignty Alliance – An article discussing youth and food justice and how it connects to the Civil Rights Movement
• Dismantling Racism Works Web Workbook – A web-based workbook designed to support ​dismantling racism
• Anti-Racism and Food Reading List – Books on racism in America as it relates to farming, cooking, grocery shopping, and beyond

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Video Series

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• Gardening with SkinnyBoyRandy – A series of videos teaching gardening to beginners
• Duron Chavis – A collection of videos from community activist and founder of Richmond Noir Market, McDonough Community Garden, Duron Chavis, that teaches people how to garden
• Black Urban Gardening Society – Educational channel designed to promote sustainable living.

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NC-Specific

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• NC Climate Justice Collective –  An organization that works to galvanize a just transition to a regenerative economy that ensures all people and our planet thrive.
• Tierra Negra Farm – A farm centered on placing youth on farms
• Earthseed Land Collective – A center for community resilience through cooperative ownership of land and resources
• Libelula Consulting – Durham-based consultant on equity, social justice, and authentic community engagement
• Maurice Small –  Works towards sustainable agriculture, healthy lifestyles in underserved communities & urban/rural collaboration between growers & vendors
• NC Warn – An organization working on climate justice and transitioning North Carolina to clean power
• Slow Food Asheville: A global, grassroots movement that links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment
• Feast Down East: An organization that is building a healthy, accessible local food system, which supports economic growth in Southeastern North Carolina
• Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project – An Asheville-based organization helping local farms thrive, link farmers to markets and supporters, and build healthy communities through connections to local food.
• Fireside Farm – Efland, NC flower farm and furniture builder

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Agroecology

    What is agroecology?

• Agroecology Fund – Definition from the Agroecology Fund
• Agroecology in Action – Definition from Agroecology in Action

    Articles

• Agroecology is Advancing Around the Globe. Will the U.S. Take Part? – Article discussing the US’s relationship with the concept of agroecology
• The 10 Elements of Agroecology Guiding the Transition to Sustainable Food and Agricultural Systems – An introduction to agroecology from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• Can Sustainable Agriculture Feed the World? – US Food Sovereignty Alliance article that discusses the practicality of agroecology
• United Nations Humans Rights Council Report on Agroecology – A special report that discusses the “how” and “why” of agroecology

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Organizations to Follow

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How-to Gardening

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• Shade-loving Vegetables – This video highlights 12 different Vegetables to grow in a shady garden space
• Starting Seeds – This video teaches how to start seedlings in the greenhouse
• DIY Aquaponics – A guide to building your own aquaponics garden
• Climate Victory Gardens – Resources on how to build a garden that restores soil health and draws down carbon

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Additional Resources

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• Local food map
• Science Apps + Games
• Food Chain Voices
• Jemez Principles for Democratic Organizing
• Climate Friendly Food Purchasing
• Climate Stories Project
• Our Climate Voices
• Coalition for Healthy School Food
• Climate Friendly School Food
• Poor People’s Campaign
• Civil Eats
• Modern Farmer Instagram
• The Female Farmer Project

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