On Saturday, APHA’s Food and Environment Working group hosted its annual food tour, themed “Centering Community.” Participants saw how neighborhood environments shape access to food and met local leaders working to improve it.
The Food and Environment Working Group is a collaboration between APHA’s Environment and Food and Nutrition Sections. Each year the group organizes food tours at APHA’s Annual Meeting to highlight local food systems.
This year’s event, co-facilitated by the Longer Tables Fund and the Global Food Institute at the George Washington University, spotlighted community-driven efforts to create a more just and sustainable food system.
The tour kicked off at Dreaming Out Loud and City Blossoms’ Annual Fall Festival at their two-acre farm at Kelly Miller Middle School. They also run a weekly farmers market at the farm from June through November. The event organizers are two nonprofits focused on food justice predominantly in Washington, D.C.’s Wards 7 and 8.