Antonio Roman-Acala,Kanoa Dinwoodie, Feral Heart Farm
Krysten Leach, Namu Farms
Nadia Barhoum, Thurayya Seeds
Navina Khanna, HEAL food alliance
Gavin Raders, Planting Justice
Vanessa, farm manager at SF’s Alemany Farm
Oriented in part by the forthcoming book by Antonio Roman-Alcalá on contemporary food movements in California, this session will include both the author and leaders from movements included in the book. The focus of the discussion will be strategies for organizing around food, farming, and reconnecting to the natural world, in the context of a rising fascist state and the fascism-enabling role of mainstream liberal politics. Against conventional reformist politics, newer food and farm movements — led by BIPOC and informed by radical lineages from Black, Indigenous, Marxist, anarchist, and intersectional perspectives — are advancing a radical North Star politics that moves beyond the existing social order, while pragmatically engaging both markets and state arenas. Come here about some of these strategies and share your own.
