Lt. Governor Stratton Launches Agricultural Equity and Food Insecurity Initiative
of #AgConnectsUsAll. These listening sessions allow for gathering information from stakeholders with first-hand knowledge to formulate a long-term strategy that will work towards elevating equity in the industry and addressing food insecurity.
Peoria, Chicago, and East Saint Louis, Illinois. They are excited
about listening and learning in these spaces and look forward to doing more.
During the month of February, the emphasis of #AgConnectsUsAll will be on diversity and equity. Black Farmers once owned 14% of the land in this country, now they own about 1.3%. Lt. Governor Stratton and her team will focus on identifying funding opportunities for marginalized farmers and improving access to Ag education and career pipelines.
During the month of March, #AgConnectsUsAll will emphasize food insecurity and finding pathways to ensure residents have access to fresh, nutrient-dense, and culturally relevant food. Since the beginning of the pandemic, food insecurity has doubled among the general population in Illinois, tripled in households with children, and increased 60% among seniors.
to the land like so many people of color. After Emancipation,
Stratton’s great-great grandfather was given a plot of land that was farmed and cultivated into a community called Stephensville, Miss., that still exists to this day.
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