Although the past year has been incredibly difficult, the LAFPC Team continues to work alongside our communities in this Good Food Movement to ensure food is healthy, sustainable, affordable, and fair. Despite the challenges we faced, there were also some silver linings and we are excited to present them to you in our 2020 Annual Report. In it, you will find stories and details of the work of LAFPC, not only of the past year but of the past 10 years. We celebrate our organization’s milestone anniversary and look back at the accomplishments and leadership that got us to where we are today.
We have honored the voice and memory of one of our early taskforce members, iconic LA food writer Jonathan Gold (1960-2018). In November 2009, he was part of a group that convened to develop a “Good Food For All” policy agenda for Los Angeles – food that is healthy, affordable, fair and sustainable. In 2010, Gold penned the foreword for this monumental document. Ten years later, we asked his mentee, Javier Cabral to pen this year’s foreword. This is a nod to Gold’s legacy and demonstrates the power of intergenerational stewardship.
Exclusive illustrations portraying the 10 year journey of the LA Food Policy Council by amazing artist Angel Trazo.
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We reside, work, and cultivate food
on unceded Indigenous homelands.
We acknowledge and honor the descendants of the Tongva, Kizh, and Gabrieleño peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands). We pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.
As part of a greater foodshed, we would also like to pay respect to and honor the Chumash, Tataviam, Serrano, Kitanemuk, ʔíviĨuqaletem, Acjachemen, Payómkawichum, and any other tribal group possibly not mentioned. As a Food Policy Council for Los Angeles we recognize this land acknowledgment is limited and engagement is an ongoing process of learning and accountability. To learn more about these First Nations, visit here.