WhyHunger is pleased to be partnering with Andrianna Natsoulas, long-time food sovereignty activist and author of the forthcoming book Food Voices: Stories of the Food Sovereignty Movement. For the past year, Andrianna has been on a journey across the Americas to capture the stories of people working towards and living a just and sustainable food system. Below is the latest highlight of her work.
Karen Washington is an urban farmer from the Bronx in New York. She has been farming for more than 20 years and was one of the original members of La Familia Verde, which is a coalition of five community gardens in the Bronx that educates, empowers and provides food. Karen and others in her community started the coalition in 1998 when Mayor Giuliani was trying to auction off gardens. She hasn’t stopped since.
“I grow food. I feed people—body and mind. I have a community garden, the Garden of Happiness, which I helped create. It started back in 1988 and I’m also a member of La Finca del Sur, which was created three years ago in the Bronx. [read entire article…]
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