Episode 148: Advocates For Urban Agriculture (AUA)

Advocates For Urban Agriculture is a coalition of urban farms, community and school gardens, individuals and businesses working to support and expand sustainable agriculture in the Chicago region.

Formed in 2002, AUA’s community includes more than 2,300 members throughout the Chicago area and beyond.

From https://www.auachicago.org/our-values/

AUA acknowledges that the food system is built on a legacy of white supremacy, colonization, exploitation, genocide and violence. It is a system that legitimized the enslavement of African descendants, the genocide of first nations and indigenous people, and continues to discriminate and exploit against people of color that are farmworkers, many of whom are immigrant workers and incarcerated folks. With this as the background to our work, we are committed to dismantling these unreckoned legacies and putting into practice the following values to create a more just and equitable food system. 

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