About San Leandro Food Sovereignty Project
Our Mission
To realize a vision of food sovereignty within our community by building, supporting and partnering with projects that amplify and promote food sovereignty within our community.. All goals and projects will be centered on working towards system change.
What is Food Sovereignty?
Food sovereignty is defined as: the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods. And the right to define and control our own food and agriculture systems, including markets, production modes, food cultures, and environments.
The 7 pillars of food sovereignty are: (1) focuses on food for people, (2) builds knowledge and skills, (3) works with nature, (4) values food providers, (5) localizes food systems, (6) puts control locally, and (7) allows that food is sacred.