Equity in Washington state Food Systems with Haki Farmers Collective

This session, led by Mercy Kariuki-McGee, WSU Food Systems project lead and co-founder of Haki Farmers Collective focuses on an assessment of equity in Washington State food systems that emphasizes the needs and barriers of underserved, food-insecure Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and other socially disadvantaged communities. The assessment was conducted by an Informal BIPOC Leadership Group with the support of the WSU Food Systems Program, and the results are presented in a report, “Assessing WA Food Systems Through an Equity Lens: Bridging the Gap Through a Culturally Relevant Approach.”