A Taste of Justice

Conference Discussions and Opportunities for
Future Action

A Report on the November 3, 2001 A Taste of
Justice Conference

By the Center for Food and Justice

ABSTRACT:

On November 3, 2001, nearly 200 social justice advocates, community gardeners, farmers, farmers’ market advocates, teachers, parents, high school students, and food activists participated in A Taste of Justice conference. The conference, organized by the Center for Food and Justice and several other co-sponsoring organizations, was designed to facilitate networking as well as provide an opportunity to plan and strategize around food and justice issues in Los Angeles.

Morning speakers included Glen Dake of City Council member Eric Garcetti’s office, Michelle Mascarenhas of the Center for Food and Justice, and the featured speaker, Debbie Fields of Food Share Toronto. In the afternoon, participants broke out into four different work groups: school food, community gardens, city-wide food policy, and farmers’ markets and supermarkets. Each of these groups discussed a range of food-related issues and the opportunities and barriers for addressing those issues through campaigns and other strategies. This Report summarizes the discussions of the four work groups, including proposed future activities to develop a just food approach for Los Angeles and Southern California.

Read the entire report. (8 pages, 1.18MB, .PDF)