ABOUT US
We are advancing the right to food at local and state levels across the United States.
The National Right to Food Community of Practice weaves together and strengthens state and local efforts to advance the right to food in law, policy, and practice across the United States. It brings human rights frameworks into local use at home, while strengthening U.S. participation in global processes.
We are leveraging the human right to food as an important tool for organizing, a tool for building power and a shared narrative across sectors, and a tool for deepening global solidarity. Our approach bridges food and agriculture, income and public health, and racial, gender, and environmental justice. We work at local and state levels to sow the seeds of democratic participation in order to fundamentally change the food system into one that nourishes people and the planet.
Our Members
We are bringing people together to share learning and strategies that advance the right to food at local and state levels.
We are all people with lived-experience of the failures of our current food system.
Our members experience social, economic, and environmental policies and practices that allow:
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people to go hungry and be malnourished,
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workers to be exploited,
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farmers and growers to feel trapped, and
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communities to be left behind as big businesses thrive.
Many of our members have had to navigate the current nutrition safety net and farm supports and can provide testimony to a system that fails them, while offering community-based solutions that strike at the root causes of hunger, poverty, and climate change.
Our Mission and Vision
Mission
The National Right to Food Community of Practice weaves together and strengthens state and local efforts to advance the right to food in law, policy, and practice across the United States. We bring human rights frameworks into local use through shared strategy and coordinated advocacy at home, while strengthening U.S. participation in global processes.
Vision
We envision a just food system that nourishes both people and the planet. In this future, every person can access nourishing food with dignity, and public institutions are designed for the wellbeing of our communities, landscapes, and waterways. The right to food is fully recognized and normalized in public life, guiding how communities, movements, and policymakers work together to ensure that everyone has access to healthy, culturally connected, and sustainably produced food.
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