Episode 181: Access to Food that Heals
About the Podcast
Today, Clancy speaks with Stacey Minor-Blackburn, CEO and Founder of Sweet Potato Patch and its affiliated organizations. You won’t want to miss their discussion about the food space in communities, holding big companies accountable for healthy food, and her definition of food dignity in this episode. Enjoy the show!
About Stacey Minor-Blackburn
Stacey Minor-Blackburn is the CEO and Founder of Sweet Potato Patch and its affiliated organizations [RTE (Replenish the Earth) Development LLC., StaMi Foods, and StaMi Foodaceuticals and Food Innovations]. She pursued studies in Plant Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana as one of the first African American students to pursue studies in plant genetics and physiology - under the umbrella of Horticultural and Life Sciences. Stacey started a movement as a charge by God to feed the hungry and heal the sick through food.
Discussion Takeaways
- The food space in different communities has snowballed into a space where they don't have power over the food. Big business does.
- It shouldn't matter what your race or societal status is for you to get healthy food that heals your body.
- Food power is holding large companies accountable for the type of food that is put on the shelves in grocery stores.
- Warehouses do not fight hunger. Instead, they create a place for food to rot.
- Food dignity means having the same quality of food in your community as any other community, no matter your race, color, or societal status.
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