GFI Hosts Experts Building Better Food Systems (GW Today)

The systems by which communities feed themselves are so complex that it’s a challenge even to define the players and steps involved, much less to make them safer, healthier, more people-centered and more sustainable. But at “Rural and Urban Food Sovereignty: Black Communities Taking the Lead,” hosted Thursday evening by the George Washington University’s Global Food Institute (GFI), the Institute for Socioeconomic Opportunity and the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of History, experts embedded in those systems discussed paths forward, reasons for hope and how investing in the most affected communities uplifts everyone else, too.