{"id":62373,"date":"2025-03-20T01:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civileats.com\/?p=62373"},"modified":"2025-03-19T21:01:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T05:01:17","slug":"building-stronger-communities-through-food-mutual-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2025\/03\/20\/building-stronger-communities-through-food-mutual-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Stronger Communities Through Food Mutual&nbsp;Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/div><div class=\"post-simple post-capital-letter\"><p>Last week, we welcomed <a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/about\/become-a-member\/\">Civil Eats members<\/a> and the public to a thought-provoking and inspiring discussion on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/civil-eats-salon-how-to-create-and-sustain-food-mutual-aid-tickets-1253789180189?aff=oddtdtcreator&amp;utm_source=ActiveCampaign&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=Salon%20%7C%20How%20to%20Create%20and%20Sustain%20Food%20Mutual%20Aid&amp;utm_campaign=Standalone%3A%20How%20to%20Create%20and%20Sustain%20Food%20Mutual%20Aid\">how to create and sustain food mutual aid<\/a>. Our salons are usually for members only, but we felt that this inherently generous topic deserved to be shared with all interested listeners, particularly at a time when many of us might be supporting mutual aid in our communities.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"post-simple\">\n<p><strong>Who Spoke:<\/strong> The event was kicked off by Civil Eats Membership Manager Kalisha Bass, with a welcome from Executive Director Naomi Starkman.<\/p>\n<p>Editorial Director Margo True moderated our conversation with Katina Parker, a filmmaker and founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2025\/03\/12\/photo-essay-standing-in-the-gaps-with-feed-durham\/\">Feed Durham<\/a> in North Carolina, and Yasmin Ruiz, food justice co-organizer at <a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2025\/03\/12\/in-chicago-an-environmental-organization-feeds-community\/\">Little Village Environmental Justice Organization<\/a> (LVEJO) in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Feed Durham is a multifaceted program that feeds hundreds of people at a time and includes produce giveaways, clothing distributions, and repair clinics. LVEJO was founded 30 years ago to fight environmental injustice in the neighborhood, has now expanded into several different food mutual aid projects.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Overview:<\/strong> The conversation centered around what true community care looks like, based not on charity but on reciprocity, and how people can care for one another during difficult times. The audience included people from across the U.S., many of whom work on farms, garden programs, and food access issues. They contributed a lively stream of chats during the discussion.<\/p>\n<p>Many audience members were already working to feed people in their communities, and a few were encouraged by Parker to start new local projects such as community gardens to feed more people in need. By the time the salon ended, there was a palpable energy for change in the audience, with listeners vowing to connect with one another and the speakers after the session.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/about\/become-a-member\/\"><strong><em>Become a member today<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>\u00a0for invitations<\/em><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>to future salons\u2014along with other benefits that come with being a Civil Eats member.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"lazyload\" title=\"Civil Eats Salon: How to Create and Sustain Food Mutual Aid\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gSJkNWdymu8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Nuggets From the Conversation <\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Is Food Mutual Aid? <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Katina Parker emphasized that mutual aid is not about traditional power structures, but about shared responsibility and collective survival, as it was in her family and community: \u201cGrowing up, there were a lot of kids, and we never went hungry. . . . Surviving wasn\u2019t just about sharing food, it was about knowing one another. It\u2019s what Dr. King called &#8216;service.&#8217; There\u2019s a difference between service and volunteerism. Service is something that is built into our lives, it\u2019s a way of being, it\u2019s a lifestyle\u2013and volunteerism is something you pencil in on a Saturday.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Yasmin Ruiz of LVEJO defined mutual aid as \u201csolidarity, as opposed to charity,\u201d fostering empowerment and reciprocal relationships. \u201cIt\u2019s not just you being on the receiving end, but giving back. It gives a sense of empowerment to people in the community, [and] allows us to take direct action to immediate needs we see.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tips for Sustaining a Food Mutual Aid Community<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn from elders, Indigenous communities, and immigrants. Elders are a trove of expertise, and immigrants (who are sometimes also Indigenous, as in the case of the Little Village neighborhood) hold knowledge from their homeland, including of agricultural practices.<\/li>\n<li>People on the receiving end need to be involved. Parker emphasized learning from unhoused individuals to prepare for societal disruptions, potentially including how to live outside, how the land and soil work, knowledge about weather conditions, and beyond. \u201cLearn things from people that are different from us, particularly people who are closer to the earth. Native folks, unhoused people, veterans\u2014they know a lot about the land.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Turning Challenges Into Opportunities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to unite a group of people from disparate backgrounds into a true mutual aid community? Parker: \u201cUnless you\u2019re forging relationships across difference and really learning from one another, what you\u2019re doing is what I would call \u2018altruistic capitalism.\u2019 What we need for what\u2019s coming is to lean deeper into these relationships.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Programs that once <a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2025\/02\/11\/trumps-funding-freeze-creates-chaos-and-financial-distress-for-farmers\/\">supported farmers<\/a>, school food <a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2025\/03\/19\/the-end-of-federal-support-for-local-food\/\">sourcing<\/a>, and food banks are being cut, increasing reliance on mutual aid as available resources decrease. Ruiz noted LVEJO\u2019s community gardens produced 8.2 tons of food last year, but the demand far exceeds supply. Continuing to build local partnerships is key.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sources of Inspiration and Strength<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ruiz says it\u2019s the relationships she forges with people in the community, and seeing how participating in mutual aid gives people agency and purpose. \u201cA lot of people that have helped us are also people that have received produce and meals.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>For Parker, it\u2019s often her family. \u201cMy faith and the memory of how I was raised, and how so many have looked out for me along the way. Many of them are still alive, in their 70s and their 80s now. I spend a lot of time talking with them . . . . Standing on those broad shoulders is definitely what keeps me in it, and an awareness that we need people to survive.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><strong>Expanding Mutual Aid<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Feed Durham is launching a national mutual aid network focused on rapid response and food access. \u201cAfter four years of no rest, we have to find another gear and somehow dig deeper and be in the battle of our lives. . . .We have the best chance of getting the world that we&#8217;ve been fighting for right now, because things are so unstable and so unfamiliar.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>R<\/strong><strong>ead More About <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/category\/food-mutual-aid\/\"><strong>F<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/category\/food-mutual-aid\/\"><strong>ood Mutual Aid<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2025\/03\/12\/photo-essay-standing-in-the-gaps-with-feed-durham\/\">Photo Essay: Standing in the Gaps With Feed Durham<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2025\/03\/12\/in-chicago-an-environmental-organization-feeds-community\/\">In Chicago, an Environmental Organization Feeds a Community<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2025\/03\/03\/indigenous-food-reciprocity-as-a-model-for-mutual-aid\/\">Indigenous Food Reciprocity as a Model for Mutual Aid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2020\/06\/26\/op-ed-we-can-build-a-better-food-system-through-mutual-aid\/\">Op-ed: We Can Build a Better Food System Through Mutual Aid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2021\/05\/27\/how-a-year-of-mutual-aid-fed-minneapolis\/\">How a Year of Mutual Aid Fed Minneapolis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2015\/08\/28\/food-is-free-in-a-city-near-you\/\">Food is Free in a City Near You<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2020\/07\/30\/op-ed-why-those-community-fridges-wont-solve-hunger\/\">Op-ed: Why Those Community Fridges Won\u2019t Solve Hunger<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2025\/01\/13\/seattles-little-free-libraries-offer-a-catalog-of-collections-and-connections\/\">Seattle\u2019s Little Free Libraries Offer a Catalog of Collections and Connections<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who Spoke: The event was kicked off by Civil Eats Membership Manager Kalisha Bass, with a welcome from Executive Director Naomi Starkman. 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