July 10, 2011
We invited lauren Ornelas, the Executive Director, to speak here in Vancouver about food justice issues. Because of her talk several groups are taking on projects based on Food Empowerment Project's access to healthy food survey and their chocolate project. They are the only group that I know of that is working on food justice issues that takes the animals and the people involved into account. They are a very unique and important group.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
The information presented by FEP on food justice issues has opened the eyes of many people to the deep injustices present in our current food system.
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FEP is currently still quite small and short on resources. As they become more well known and better-funded they will be able to do more. They are already quite efficient and effective with the resources that they have.
MY ROLE:
General Member of the Public & Organized lauren Ornelas to speak in Vancouver.
