Reparations & Food Justice with Damien Thompson of Frontline Farming
Download MP3Food justice is an important element of the movement for reparations; it necessitates both access to land and economic redress in a variety of forms, given the historic connections much of our farmlands have to slavery, sharecropping and other injustices. Asia Dorsey discusses food justice with Damien Thompson of Frontline Farming, Denver, CO
Food justice is an important element of the movement for reparations; it necessitates both access to land and economic redress in a variety of forms, given the historic connections much of our farmlands have to slavery, sharecropping and other injustices.
Food justice includes redress for Black farmers, the development of urban agriculture projects and neighborhood kitchens, and programs that demystify food production and model healthy ways of preparing food.
Our guest today is Damien Thompson, PhD.
Damien is a Sustainable Food System Specialization Lead in the Masters of Environment graduate program at the University of Colorado Boulder. Dr. Thompson also holds a Certificate in Advanced Permaculture Design. He is a farmer and a designer of biodiverse food producing landscapes. In 2018 Dr. Thompson co-founded Frontline Farming, a Denver-based BIPOC and women-led non-profit farming organization, whose mission is to create greater equity across the food system and to support and create greater leadership and access for women and people of color. ecosystems, build biodiversity, and support cultural diversity. He centers racial equity as a key organizing principle of his work. Welcome Dr. Thompson to Liberated Black Futures.
With host Asia Dorsey
With host Asia Dorsey
