Episode 179: Food, Power and Access to Combat Hunger
About the Podcast
Today, Clancy speaks with Steven Williams, Programs Director with Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado, and works for a Feeding America Food Bank. You won’t want to miss their discussion about food procurement efforts and their role in the fight against hunger, the dynamics between food, power, and access in efforts to address hunger, and the important role Food Banks play. Listen and enjoy this episode!
About Steven Williams
Steven Williams is the Programs Director with Care and Share Food Bank for South Colorado and works for Feeding America Food Bank. He developed his passion for combating hunger on an international stage through The ONE Campaign in his 8th grade. Steven worked at a rural food pantry, worked on food acquisition, and was driven by a desire to improve systems.
Discussion Takeaways
- Food brings people together and helps support one another. There is power in food and the conversation that comes from that.
- It is challenging to work with foods brought in from different donors and the role that donors have in where food can go.
- The local food purchasing agreement program or the USDA program is where people can buy local food and then distribute it directly to agencies.
- Supporting local farmers is building resiliency, food sovereignty, and the end game to have the foods that we need in our communities.
- Direct services are now the safety net, catching as many people as possible, and SNAP is becoming a supplemental.
- Food dignity means being able to access the food that helps people and the community thrive in a way that best suits their lifestyle and work.
- Food dignity is being able to access foods that are culturally relevant and being able to have the necessary tools to create dishes and meals with that food.
#1 tip to improve access to healthy food
Real change happens when we listen to our communities and involve them in decisions about food distribution.
Each week on the Food Dignity® Podcast, the Food Dignity® Movement's Clancy Harrison hosts a wide variety of hunger experts and other people making changes on the frontlines. Join us as we dive deep into conversations that will change the way you think about food insecurity.
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