Youth have been key to advancing social justice movements throughout history. They will play a critical role in the movement for food justice as well

"We learn all kinds of things that will help us later in life

This post originally ran on Grist. It's been a long time since farmers congregated in downtown Manhattan -- around 350 years, to be exact. The folks who populate Wall Street and rural America don't cross paths much these days. It's easy to forget that Wall Street used to be rural America; in 1644, the area contained so many cows that the Dutch

Rural and Migrant Ministry, based in New York’s rural Ulster County, acts to overcome the prejudices and poverty that degrade and debilitate all members of our society by building communities that celebrate diversity and offer dignity and opportunity to all. RMM is an interfaith organization whose members believe that inspiration comes from participation in the creation of a just world.

In communities all across the country, people are coming together to learn and teach one another about the Food and Farm Bill, how it impacts them, and what to do about it. You can too!