Report
Community food insecurity and school food quality are daily challenges for newcomer youth. In response, the IRC has developed the New Roots “Youth Food Justice” program in partnership with schools, focusing mostly on high school age children, to engage them as leaders in addressing their community food needs. New Roots Youth Food Justice programs use a strengths-based approach that is culturally respectful, developmentally appropriate, oriented toward service-learning, and focused on positive skill building.
The Cultivating Youth Food Justice Programs Toolkit features facilitation plans and best practices, lessons learned and strategies from a youth-led Photo-Voice evaluation project, and a Farm-to-School Procurement Handbook. The New Roots Youth Food Justice teams hope that the insights gained through this work can help inform future projects in other communities.
