Food For All is a movement advocating for equitable access to real, nutritious food for all people regardless of race, income bracket, or zipcode. Despite being one of the wealthiest nations in the world, the United States remains well behind comparable countries in its ability to provide reliable, affordable, and consistent access to nutritious food to millions of its most vulnerable citizens. The question of hunger isn’t a new one. Political indifference, systemic racism, socioeconomic segregation, and policies rooted in profit instead of people, have driven areas like the St. Louis region into an undeniable state of crisis.
Our region has long been celebrated as an agricultural hub in the Midwest, yet tens of thousands of local residents remain food and nutrition insecure. Grocery stores are too often replaced with gas stations and convenience stores, severely limiting access to healthy food. Additionally, those abandoned by the food ecosystem face overwhelming barriers to growing and distributing their own produce. Food For All aims to end the generational cycle of inadequate access to nutritious food and the preventable diet-related diseases that come with decades of poor nutrition. Through education, advocacy and action, we will build a world where there is Food For All.
Host, Food City by SOC
FoodCorps
Growing Food Growing People
George Washington Carver Farms
Rustic Roots
Heru Urban Farms
Food for all is a complicated phrase, but a powerful one…
It’s complicated because it’s a phrase that assumes and presumes that there is not already a world with the conditions where there is food for all…what it’s like to not have food. You’ve been hungry before. You know because of lived experience that no one should have to worry about food. Like breathing in fresh air, having access to food should be as natural as inhaling and exhaling.
