Teaching Food Justice Issues to Upper Elementary and Middle School Students

Every day, through the foods we buy, prepare, and eat, we are connected directly to countless other people, other animals, and to many of the complex living habitats that make up our world. In this webinar we focus on food justice education: how to teach about the very unequal consequences of our modern industrial food systems that privilege some communities and individuals while exploiting and harming others. By teaching about the issues surrounding industrial agriculture, animal agriculture, and global food systems from a justice perspective, we can offer youth meaningful ways to take action for the benefit of those who are disproportionately carrying the burdens imposed by the way we eat. We share lots of resources for further study, and many examples of community-based projects and activities that students have done to promote greater food justice.

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This is such a great webinar not only to help you teach about food justice issues but to get more informed on the topic and to actually want to learn more. It is very overwhelming knowing how the food industry is connected to most mayor world problems but at the same time it is really empowering to know that we are able to introduce more conscious changes in our daily lives and to help others be aware and motivated to change too. I strongly recommend this webinar particular, and the other ones on the website are amazing resources too.
Thank you so much Jeannie and Mickey, and Heart, for this great resource and all you are creating.