Nonprofits and New Haven: Driving Food-Centered Inclusion

Chewing the Fat

What roles do some of New Haven’s non-profits play in the city’s food landscape? We speak with Sanctuary Kitchen and Love Fed New Haven, and the city’s Food Systems Director Latha Swamy to understand how food-centered programming, organizing, and activism address the needs of New Haven’s various communities. While organizations build their own niches, so too do they emphasize inclusive, community-driven approaches—something special about the place they inhabit.

New Haven COVID-19 Response Resources, organized by the New Haven Food Policy Council.

To learn more, follow Love Fed New Haven on Instagram @lovefednhv, and Sanctuary Kitchen @sanctuarykitchenct. Sanctuary Kitchen’s parent organization, CitySeed, can be followed @cityseedhaven.

4:12 – 4:21: Statistics on Refugees in the U.S.
4:22 – 4:35: Refugee Resettlement in New Haven, per IRIS.

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Chewing the Fat is a podcast from the Yale Sustainable Food Program. We cover people making change in the complex world of food and agriculture. We’re home to brilliant minds: activists, academics, chefs, entrepreneurs, farmers, journalists, policymakers, and scientists (to name a few!). Taken together, their work represents a reimagining of mainstream food movements, challenging myths and tropes as well as inspiring new ways of collaborating.

The podcast is an aural accompaniment to our on-campus Chewing the Fat speaker series, aiming to broaden our content beyond New Haven. Episodes are released every two weeks, featuring interviews, storytelling and more.

On the farm, in the classroom, and around the world, the Yale Sustainable Food Program (YSFP) grows food-literate leaders. We create opportunities for students to experience food, agriculture, and sustainability as integral parts of their education and everyday lives. For more information, please visit sustainablefood.yale.edu.