Roots of Change

Developing Sustainable Foodsheds to Improve

Food Access and Nutrition.

We are a network of grass roots & grass tops united and guided by common vision of a sustainable system where:

• People of all income levels have access to healthy food.
• Agriculture and processing systems do not degrade the health of ecosystems, livestock, and humans who produce or eat the food.
• More wealth is produced from the system and that wealth is shared in a way that ensures that all of those working within it, from field hand to financier, feel both well respected and fairly compensated and thus remain committed to their careers in the system.
• A diversity of operational scales and ownership are maintained to ensure economic resilience.

Despite the recent growing public interest, we feel that food and agriculture are still dangerously undervalued and under appreciated. That is why we love Michele Obama's and Maria Shriver's gardens, and what they do to raise the important issues related to nutrition, education, and food production. We are greatly encouraged and energized by the food and agriculture priorities of the President, Secretaries Vilsack and Kawamura, and the Mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom.

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