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Overview
Fair Food Network is a non-profit organization that works in partnership with other organizations to design a food system that upholds the fundamental right to healthy, fresh and sustainably-grown food, especially in historically-excluded communities. We partner with individuals, groups within communities, community-based organizations, funders, government leaders and others to discuss, develop and implement a variety of strategies. We encourage local selection, ownership and control of food sources that are environmentally sound, socially just, and economically viable. We support communities as they imagine and realize opportunities that fit their needs.

Our Vision for the Future
Fair Food Network envisions a future where all residents of historically-excluded communities demand and obtain healthy, fresh, and sustainably-grown food. In these communities, a significant percentage of the food is coming from local production and locally-owned food businesses that are thriving and driving success, especially for young entrepreneurs. This vision is possible due to new collaborations, supportive public policy, and innovative initiatives at the community level.

Our Work
We believe that the many long-standing symptoms of the broken food system, whether environment, health-related, or financial, can be resolved by redesigning our food system based on principles like diversity, equity, sustainability, ecology, and resilience. Through research and education, thought-leadership and mentoring, grass-roots and national networks, collaborations and communication, and entrepreneurship and skills training, Fair Food Network will help to realize the vision for a more sustainable and just food system.

Our Advisors
We have assembled a distinguished group of professionals to help guide our work:

Ismael Ahmed, Director
Michigan Department of Human Services

Karen Aldridge-Eason, Foundation Liaison
State of Michigan Office of Foundation Liaison

Anthony L. Garrett, Public Affairs Strategist
Anthony L. Garrett & Associates

Angela Glover-Blackwell, Founder and CEO
Policy Link

Ray Goldberg, Professor of Agriculture and Business
Harvard Business School

Eugene Kahn, Vice President for Global Sustainability
General Mills Corporation

Anna Lappe, Founder and Author
Small Planet Institute

Frederick L. Kirschenmann, Distinguished Fellow
Iowa State University

Antonio Medina, President
New Mexico Acequia Association

Carlo Petrini, Founder
Slow Food Movement

Ladonna Redmond, President and CEO
Institute for Community Resource Development

Mark Ritchie, Secretary of State
State of Minnesota

Michael E. Roberts, President
First Nations Development Institute

Paul Saginaw, Founder
Zingerman's Community of Businesses

Gus Schumacher, Former Undersecretary
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Alan Schwartz, Vice Chair
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP

Nancy Snyderman, MD, Chief Medical Editor
NBC News

Jackie Victor, Founder and Owner
Avalon International Breads

Diana Chapman Walsh, President Emeritus
Wellesley College

Malik Yakini, President
Detroit Black Food Security Network

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