Brahm Ahmadi, CEO of People’s Community Market, is a social entrepreneur redesigning food retail to better engage, serve and support food desert communities.
Valerie Segrest explains in 1 min #video how the Muckleshoot Tribe is improving health through traditional foods: http://t.co/vIJx6CXP
2011-2013
 Brahm Ahmadi |
 Jane BlackJane Black is a food writer who covers food politics, trends and sustainability issues. |
 Don BustosDon Bustos is a traditional farmer working on issues of land and water rights using community-based approaches and farmer to farmer training. |
 Cheryl DanleyCheryl Danley of Michigan State University engages with communities to strengthen their access to fresh, locally grown, healthy and affordable food. |
 Nina Kahori FallenbaumNina Kahori Fallenbaum, the food and agriculture editor of Hyphen magazine, uses independent media to engage Asian American communities in local and national food policy. |
 Kelvin GraddickKelvin Graddick manages a Georgia-based farmers cooperative that seeks to reclaim and expand opportunities in food and economic security. |
 Haile JohnstonHaile Johnston, a Philadelphia-based social entrepreneur, works to improve the vitality of rural and urban communities through food system connectivity and policy change. |
 Jenga MwendoJenga Mwendo, a community organizer based in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward, focuses on strengthening community through urban agriculture. |
 Raj PatelRaj Patel, a writer, academic and activist, works in support of food sovereignty in the US and the Global South through advocacy, analysis and protest. |
 Kimberly Seals AllersKimberly Seals Allers, an award-winning journalist and author, is a champion for children through her work advocating increased breastfeeding in the black community. |
 Valerie SegrestValerie Segrest, a member of the Muckleshoot Tribe, works as a Community Nutritionist to create a culturally appropriate system of health through traditional foods and medicines. |
 Kandace VallejoKandace Vallejo works with first-generation Latino youth to educate, organize, and take action to create a more just and equitable food system for workers and consumers alike. |
 Rebecca Wiggins-ReinhardRebecca Wiggins-Reinhard works with La Semilla Food Center to improve access to healthy, affordable, and culturally appropriate foods in southern New Mexico. |
 Malik YakiniMalik Kenyatta Yakini is Interim Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network and chairs the Detroit Food Policy Council. |
Meet the Fellows
Kimberly Seals Allers
Kimberly Seals Allers, an award-winning journalist and author, is a champion for children through her work advocating increased breastfeeding in the black community.Ideas in focus
New Video Series: Food Justice from the Ground Up
April 2012
In these one-minute videos, each of the fourteen IATP Food and Community Fellows inspire a new vision of the world we want to build through a just and healthy food system.
