Transforming New Jersey’s food system, together.
Join our state-wide food system collaborative advancing policy and systems change for an equitable, resilient food system for New Jersey.
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Projects & Events
Check out our current projects to see how we’re activating a network for a better food system for NJ.
Workgroups
Learn more about the activities of NJFDC’s workgroups and how you can get involved today.
NJFDC Resources
Access important publications, training materials, advocacy tools, and other valuable resources.
Fostering Collaborative Action
The New Jersey Food Democracy Collaborative (NJFDC) is a state food system organizing and advocacy initiative, inspired by the food policy council model.
We’re focused on building resilience and equity in the food system through fostering collaborative action, affecting structural change, and advocating for innovation of public programs.
Food democracy is a process and a goal, a value and a way of engaging in the movement to transform food and farming systems to support healthy communities. It’s about empowering individual and collective agency to change food environments. Its tenets are:
• Collaborating toward food system sustainability through collective action and meaningful participation
• Becoming knowledgeable about food and the food system
• Sharing ideas and information about the food system with others
• Developing efficacy with respect to food and the food system
• Acquiring an orientation toward the community good
What is Food Democracy?
Who participates in the NJ FDC...
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Mark your calendar for the Regional State of the Food System Summits in December 2024 and January 2025.
