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Chef Sean Sherman calls for ICE to leave Minnesota in effort to preserve American food system A leading voice in the Minneapolis community is in Washington D.C. to call on Congress to protect the American food system as ICE’s presence impacts staffing and customers in restaurants.

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The James Beard Foundation put out a call to action this week, urging people in the restaurant industry to contact members of Congress about the impact immigration enforcement is having on the nation’s restaurant industry. “Restaurants are facing an unprecedented crisis,” the @beardfoundation said in an Instagram post. “In communities across the nation, aggressive, untargeted, and often armed enforcement action are fueling chaos, harming our employees, and devastating our industry.” In communities where 40% or more of the population is Hispanic, restaurant sales are dropping, said Texas Restaurant Association president and CEO Emily Williams Knight. According to the association, 22% of the state’s foodservice workforce is made up of immigrants. The meat processing industry has an even higher percentage. Read more at the link in our bio. 🔗 (📸: Azul Sordo, Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographers)

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As farmers, we witness the hands that sustain our food system. Farm workers—66% of them being immigrants—carry the heaviest, most essential labor on our farms. Their work is the very foundation on which everything else rests. Farm workers continue to face low pay, limited protections, inadequate housing, and the constant threat of harassment or retaliation. As immigration enforcement spreads, fear becomes part of the workday. It is wielded to control the hands and hearts that feed this country. We reject the idea that immigrant farm workers are replaceable or disposable. Farming does not exist apart from the people who do the work. The health of our farms, our communities, and our food system are bound together. When workers are forced to live and labor in fear, the entire system is harmed. We demand a food system where everyone who contributes to it can live with dignity and security. That future depends on recognizing our shared stake - and taking collective action to bring it into being. Action Steps and Resources: Sharing a few trusted resources and groups doing powerful work around immigrant justice and ICE response in our region and beyond. For folks in the Capital District, follow @518crsc for updates, resources, and ways to get connected locally. In the Hudson Valley and NY region, we also uplift Columbia County Sanctuary Movement, local ICE watch groups (including Kingston), and organizing efforts like For The Many. Getting plugged into local organizing—even 1–2 hours a week—can make a real difference and strengthen our collective capacity. If you have trusted resources or groups to share, drop them in the comments so we can build collective knowledge together.

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Profiting Through Conservation for Texas Farmers - Council for Healthy Food Systems Profiting Through Conservation for Texas Farmers Beginning in June 2022 and continuing through 2025 the Council for Healthy Food Systems is hosting a variety of conservation workshops at three Texas locations, building farmers’ skills to improve land management in Texas. Funded by a grant from the...

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Food Justice Film Festival FREE TO WATCH ONLINE OCT. 24-27 Presented by the Center for Biological Diversity

Where does your food come from? How is Mother Earth used in it's production? This illustration reflects another reason why monoculture farming/transgenic crops from patented corporate seed is not the answer and adds to global warming and contaminated waterways (runoff of pesticide use).

How we use the land is determined by how we grow our food.
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Native grasslands for the win!! 🌾

If you have a ticket ~ please stop by and see us at the Slow Food DFW booth.🐌🐌🐌🌻🐌🐌🐌

All You Can Eataly at Eataly Dallas On June 7, 2024, get your ticket for an unforgettable party at Eataly Dallas at NorthPark Center.

Hey kids! Today is Earth Day and an opportunity to join Slow Food for "whatever you can pay". Become part of our movement, dedicated to making a difference in our world's food supply which affects climate and health of all people and animals. Good, Clean, Fair food for ALL! Link in the comments....

James Beard award winning author and Chef Lois Ellen Frank, Ph.D., has just released another amazing cookbook, “Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky,” with over 100 recipes celebrating the eight important plants that Native Americans introduced to the rest of the world – corn, beans, squash, chile, tomato, potato, vanilla, and cacoa.

This unique food talent is joining us on Saturday, January 27, 10:30am, for a demonstration class at an undisclosed private location. Cost includes the recipes and a full meal, We’ll email the address to you after receiving payment. And that’s not all the good news, because Lois will also be available for a book signing of her book after class. Books available for purchase at the event.

Click the link below to pay a minimum of $75 to hold your seat as space is limited to 30 folks. All proceeds to go Lois Ellen Frank after expenses, sponsored by the Friends of the Constellation of Living Memorials a two-year pilot birthed by the Friends of the Warren Ferris Cemetery, a 501C3.

The menu for this class is a fascinating blend of flavors that will bring new life of how indigenous foods have become a part of a broader food culture.

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James Beard award winning author and Chef Lois Ellen Frank, Ph.D., has just released another amazing cookbook, “Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky,” with over 100 recipes celebrating the eight important plants that Native Americans introduced to the rest of the world – corn, beans, squash, chile, tomato, potato, vanilla, and cacoa.

This unique food talent is joining us on Sunday, January 28, 1:30pm, for a book reading at the EarthX Headquarters (pending) And that’s not all the good news, because Lois will also be available for a book signing of her book reading. Books available for purchase at the event.