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2022 FOOD SOVEREIGNTY HIGHLIGHTS
from ANNUAL REPORT 2022
by WhyHunger
Convened a Midwestern cohort of 25 grassroots organizations in St. Louis, MO, many of whom are BIPOC farmers and growers, to foster collaboration, strategy sharing, and mutual support in their work toward food sovereignty.
Provided $176,900 in funding to 12 social movements to participate in conferences, events, and learning exchanges to organize and strengthen food sovereignty strategies.
Supported 23 organizations to train and equip Black farmers in the U.S. to grow food sustainably and resource infrastructure projects that allow them to scale production and boost income.
Mobilized $215,000 to 15 Indigenous organizations worldwide to support their food sovereignty and the recovery of indigenous foodways and ancestral medicines based on their identity and cosmovision.
Supported a growing network of agroecology schools in El Salvador and Thailand, and the inauguration of a new school in the Dominican Republic
