LaDonna Redmond became a food justice advocate after her son developed food allergies and she found that the healthy food she wanted to feed him wasn't available in her Chicago neighborhood. She says that fair and equal access to healthy foods affects the health and well-being of the community and that food justice is tied to social justice, to issues of violence, poverty, and immigration. She advocates for dismantling the "food industrial complex" and returning to the "tables of our ancestors" to make our own food.
LaDonna Redmond is the next speaker in the Tanner Talks series presented by the USU College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Her talk "Food + Justice = Democracy" is Wednesday, April 8, from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. in Old Main 115 and is free and open to the public.
