{"id":574,"date":"2023-03-22T12:04:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T17:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communityfoodnavigator.org\/?page_id=574"},"modified":"2023-03-29T16:00:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T21:00:09","slug":"our-mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/communityfoodnavigator.org\/es\/our-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"574\" class=\"elementor elementor-574\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-502a3c3a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"502a3c3a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-79a28ba2\" data-id=\"79a28ba2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78585bc0 e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"78585bc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_translateX_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.18.0 - 06-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Mission<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-29347c66 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"29347c66\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d1cb729\" data-id=\"6d1cb729\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ccff917 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ccff917\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 06-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Community Food Navigator works towards greater food sovereignty for all people. We focus on supporting the Black, Brown, and Indigenous growers, producers, educators, and organizers in Chicago\u2019s food ecosystem working towards widespread food sovereignty.\u00a0<\/p><p>We acknowledge that institutional, environmental, and interpersonal racism continue to cause harm in Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities. We offer Community Food Navigator as a space to constructively work through difficult conversations and to repair gaps in empathy and trust.\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Finally, we celebrate the joy and dignity inherent in community-driven food solutions, and we work to elevate wellness, belonging, healing, and agency in our community. We know this work moves with the seasonal pace of growing food and, importantly, at the speed of trust.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cfc9526 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cfc9526\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3cb7e169\" data-id=\"3cb7e169\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29dd8c57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"29dd8c57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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data-id=\"42ffac21\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-60e936f6\" data-id=\"60e936f6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-94a835b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"94a835b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-da64035\" data-id=\"da64035\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a16e66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0a16e66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Food Sovereignty?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eeaa91f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eeaa91f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communityfoodnavigator.org\/resources\/#food-sovereignty\">Food sovereignty<\/a> is a food system in which the people who produce, distribute, and consume food also control its production, distribution, and governance. This stands in contrast to the present-day corporate food establishment, in which corporations and market institutions dominate the global food system. In its place, we envision:<\/p><ul><li>Access to local, sustainable, community-led food for all<\/li><li>Increased recognition of the existing work of Black, Brown, and Indigenous people to support their communities<\/li><li>Increased investment in local and\/or smaller-scale food systems that support the wellbeing of Black, Brown, and Indigenous people<\/li><li>Increased Black, Brown, and Indigenous power in equitable policy- and decision-making<\/li><li>Prioritization of reparative policies for Black, Brown, and Indigenous cultures<\/li><\/ul><p>The values of food sovereignty as we understand them include:<\/p><p><b>Collective Care<\/b> \u2013 Collective care refers to communities that value the collective wellbeing over monetary and capitalist gain. Such communities believe in collective action rooted in transparency, support, and connection.<\/p><p><b>Education<\/b> &#8211; Food education should include opportunities for growers to develop new skills, try out new tools and infrastructures, and learn about other jobs in the food sector. It should also include opportunities for consumers to increase their own food literacy and learn how to acquire more local and sustainable options.<\/p><p><b>Equitable Opportunities <\/b>&#8211; Just and sustainable food systems must prioritize equitable opportunities for Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities. As it relates to community food specifically, centering equity looks like:<\/p><ul><li>Telling stories of success, joy, and abundance in Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities<\/li><li>Reparative investment in exploited Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities<\/li><li>Equitable food distribution through the creation and support of new infrastructures<\/li><li>Learning and employment opportunities for all community members<\/li><\/ul><p><b>Circularity &amp; Sustainability<\/b> &#8211; Circular and sustainable systems remove the strain on growers and create self-sustaining economies that keep value in place. They lead to collaborative support between peers, incorporate creative and mixed use of land and infrastructure, help build community wealth, are fueled by renewable sources of energy, and value a diversity of regenerative farming practices from traditional and indigenous to newer, technologically-supported practices.<\/p><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Mission Community Food Navigator works towards greater food sovereignty for all people. We focus on supporting the Black, Brown, and Indigenous growers, producers, educators, and organizers in Chicago\u2019s food ecosystem working towards widespread food sovereignty.&nbsp; We acknowledge that institutional, environmental, and interpersonal racism continue to cause harm in Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities. 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