April 8, 2025
Join the co-founders of Damian’s Craft Meats LLC, Damian Rivera and Rosemary Linares, as they recount their decade-long journey to establish a sustainable and equitable local meat processing business in Southeast Michigan. This presentation delves into the systemic barriers they encountered, the opportunities they leveraged, and the actionable strategies they developed to confront racial inequities in the food system, offering valuable insights for food justice advocates and conscious consumers alike.
Launched in 2017, Food Literacy for All is a community-academic partnership course at the University of Michigan supported by the Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, School for Environment & Sustainability, Program in the Environment, and CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund. From January to April 2025, Food Literacy for All features guest speakers each Tuesday evening (6:30-8 PM EST) to address the challenges and opportunities of diverse food systems. The 2025 course is organized around the theme “Food and Care.” The course is co-facilitated by Dr. Bénédicte Boisseron (the course Faculty Instructor and UM Professor and Chair of Afroamerican & African Studies), Shiloh Maples (the course Community Co-Instructor and an Anishinaabe community organizer, seed keeper, and storyteller), and Sami Maldonado (the Course Coordinator and graduate student in the School for Environment & Sustainability), with support too from Lesli Hoey (Co-Director of the UM Transformative Food Systems Fellowship).
Learn more and register for free as a community member on the Food Literacy for All website. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainab…
