by FEEST Seattle | Sep 17, 2021 | Community Education, FEEST Fam, Workshops and Events, Youth Highlights
How do we get fresh food in schools while centering youth voices in the process? That’s a core question we engaged with at the end of last month when FEEST staff and youth presented at Washington State Department of Agriculture’s (WSDA) Farm to School & Scratch...
by FEEST Seattle | Aug 16, 2021 | Community Education, Community Partners, FEEST Fam
What is food sovereignty? How is it different from food justice? How can we organize to achieve both? We spent July asking these questions and many others during our three-part Food is Power series, which concluded on July 29th! Here is a recap of what happened: Our...
by FEEST Seattle | Jul 30, 2021 | Community Education, Get Involved
Have you ever wondered where school lunches come from? How did that square of pizza and side salad end up on your lunch tray and how is it connected to the Black Panthers? Let’s take a deep dive into how the American school food system works. First, we need to know...
by FEEST Seattle | Dec 3, 2020 | Community Education, Get Involved
Maybe you’ve heard the term “food desert” in reference to neighborhoods with limited access to grocery stores and fresh, healthy food. Some of our own communities have been labeled that way. In many low income neighborhoods and communities of color, gas stations and...
by FEEST Seattle | Sep 25, 2020 | Community Education, Recap
Here at FEEST we believe that everyone has a right to housing, food, medical and mental healthcare as basic human rights. Being healthy is something that we all are striving towards, but what does it actually mean? We had a really great conversation on this topic at...
by FEEST Seattle | Aug 26, 2020 | Community Education, FEEST Fam, Recap, Uncategorized
Each school year, FEEST welcomes a cohort of youth leaders from Chief Sealth, Evergreen, Rainier Beach, and Tyee High Schools to deepen their knowledge of social justice, build community, and grow stronger together as organizers. This month we kicked off the year with...
