Category Equity

Agriculture, Economic Development, Engagement, Equity, Food Systems, Local Gov

New ways of looking at old data

Our twelve-county regional food system assessment for Piedmont Triad Regional Food Council is now complete. Although the project was challenging and the events of 2020 forced a significant change in the engagement strategies we used, the team at CCW is…

Emily Edmonds
February 5, 2021

Agriculture, COVID-19, Economic Development, Equity, Food Systems, Local Gov

CCW Produces Weekly Food Talks Learning Series

Virtual Conversations to Support an Equitable and Economically Sustainable Food System The Piedmont Triad Regional Food Council (PTRFC), in collaboration with Carolina Creative Works, is launching an upcoming series called Food Talks. These conversations will be virtual live meetings held…

Emily Edmonds
July 16, 2020

Agriculture, Equity, Food Systems

Food System Work: Building Community Through Food

Part of the Carolina Creative Works staff blog series Zene`thia Shipp is a recent NC A&T State University graduate and Greensboro resident who is actively involved in multiple food system projects in Guilford County. She serves as an apprentice to…

Emily Edmonds
July 15, 2020

Agriculture, Equity, Food Systems

Food System Work: The First Step in Reclaiming Freedom of the Body and the Mind

Part of the Carolina Creative Works staff blog series Nallah Muhammad, a recent NC A&T State University graduate and a Guilford County resident, works in multiple roles in the food system in Greensboro and serves as an apprentice to the…

Emily Edmonds
July 14, 2020

Agriculture, Equity, Food Systems

Food Equity in the Triad

We’re hosting a series of webinars with one of our favorite clients, the Piedmont Triad Regional Food Council. We’re using this as an opportunity to test different remote engagement strategies, since our planned outreach in this 12-county region was interrupted…

Emily Edmonds
June 17, 2020

Agriculture, Engagement, Equity

Engaging Farmers: Neglected Civic Engagement

All too often, decisions are made by diverse groups of stakeholders, but with little or no farmer representation. This can lead to expensive mistakes – such as grant-funded community kitchens that are hardly ever used – as well as to increased distrust between farmers and the government, nonprofit, and educational agencies that aim to support them.

Emily Edmonds
February 1, 2019

Equity

#13percent: women in the holler

We know that women in rural areas face many unique challenges. Disparities in healthcare lead to more significant health issues. Rural women face depression almost twice as often as their urban counterparts and have fewer years of higher education. Entrepreneurial women are founding 30% of all the businesses in this country, but only 6.5% of companies have a female CEO.

Emily Edmonds
January 1, 2019