Food – The Basic Human Right 

Colored people are most severely affected by hunger, low-grade food access, nutrient-related illness, and other issues related to the food chain. The movement is for healthy food for all, removing the disparities, and empowering social and economic justice. It is to restore the broken food system, previously, agricultural initiatives proved effective, and then this movement can work successfully. It is to envisage food as a basic human right, supporting groups of people to cultivate and sell their own food and promote flawless structure that communally supports entrée of nutrient food. National Breakfast Program was the first initiative to fight against child hunger in the US.

Access to nourishment

The vision of the food justice movement is an earth full of evenhanded nourishment and bond; food insecurity would cease to exist. The crux is world population must have access to nourishment without restriction. The have-nots of society are most affected by food discrepancies and not accessing proper culturally appropriate food, including black and Latinx communities. People with criminal convictions, imprisoned or not, often face collateral damage. In addition to the verdict, they hardly find any employment and may lose voting right. Some states partially or completely bar people with a drug conviction from assistance under SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). The movement tries to absorb these people in mainstream society, ensuring basic needs like food, health care, and housing.

Hunger and Covid-19

Data shows there is a strong connection between hunger and covid19, inexplicably affecting black in Michigan State. 13% of the state population is black, and 40% of the infected and dead due to Covid-19 are black. The objective of the movement is to restore justice as there is persistent inequality collective and individual effort is called for. The issue of food inequality is to deal with education, supplying food to needy families directly, reducing food wastage, redistribution of food, and urban gardening. The rising inflation affects low-income families drastically in accessing healthy food. The aim is to provide fresh food to low-income communities free of cost.

Urban gardening 

The vision and mission of this movement are to turn barren urban land into a community garden where locals can cultivate and sell fruits and vegetables. The objective is to make the students learn to cook healthy foods packed with vitamins and minerals. Healthy and inexpensive food is the right of every human being. Sustainable agriculture is rising swiftly in the country. Sustainability is to preserve the resource so it is not depleted, making it maintainable, endurable, and permissible.

Not constrained by the social and economic disparity

Food justice emphasizes every person must access healthy food and not be constrained due to social or economic disparity. Food is a basic human right. Every individual irrespective of caste, creed, or religion, must access adequate, nutritious, safe, and culturally suitable food to sustain a healthy life with dignity. Agricultural reform is required to establish the right of farmers over the land they cultivate. The right is eligible to people who harvest free from any discrimination o basis of gender, religion, race, social status, and political ideology. Food sovereignty necessitates the sustainability of natural resources, particularly land, water, seeds, and livestock breeds.