Nourishing a Community, Elizabeth Rymut
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Nourishing a Community, Elizabeth Rymut
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Nourishing a community is about unconditionally providing a service in the preservation of health and welfare. To nourish ourselves is a necessity that must be guaranteed, regardless of socio-economic status or race.
Food insecurity is an inequitable plague to the bodies and minds of marginalised communities. In the United States, those most victimised by this systemic oppression are people with low income, particularly people of color. These communities typically face challenges in access to nutritious food due to being located in places with poor infrastructure and limited or having unreliable transportation.
On the South Side of Chicago, over half a million people are living in a food desert - an area defined by not having a supermarket within half a mile (or roughly 800 metres). Almost all additionally have no access to nearby grocery stores, foreing a reliance on markets offering stock with little to no nutritional value, convenience and liquor stores and fast food restaurants.
In stark constrast, predominately affluent and white communities on the North Side are privileged with an abundance of grocery stores, brimming with high quality produce.
Serving as a beacon of light, urban farms have emerged in response to this exploitation. Based in South Chicago, Urban Growers Collective (UGC) is a women and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of colour led non-profit organisation, providing access to affordable and nutritional food for various neighborhoods. Their mission is to enrich communities, and advance toward more a sustainable, inclusive and economically viable food system.
Serving as a beacon of light, urban farms have emerged in response to this exploitation. Based in South Chicago, Urban Growers Collective (UGC) is a women and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of colour led non-profit organisation, providing access to affordable and nutritional food for various neighborhoods. Their mission is to enrich communities, and advance toward more a sustainable, inclusive and economically viable food system.
"By reclaiming activism and growing food, we give the tools to foster resilience, growth, and personal freedom." (Words by Urban Growers Collective.)
All images in this book were taken in South Chicago and at the nearby UGC Farm on South Mackinaw Avenue, from September 2022 to March 2023. This project was completed as a final exhibition for the author's undergraduate degree at Columbia College Chicago, under the supervision of Paul D'Amato.
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Nourishing a community is about unconditionally providing a service in the preservation of health and welfare. To nourish ourselves is a necessity that must be guaranteed, regardless of socio-economic status or race.
Food insecurity is an inequitable plague to the bodies and minds of marginalised communities. In the United States, those most victimised by this systemic oppression are people with low income, particularly people of color. These communities typically face challenges in access to nutritious food due to being located in places with poor infrastructure and limited or having unreliable transportation.
On the South Side of Chicago, over half a million people are living in a food desert - an area defined by not having a supermarket within half a mile (or roughly 800 metres). Almost all additionally have no access to nearby grocery stores, foreing a reliance on markets offering stock with little to no nutritional value, convenience and liquor stores and fast food restaurants.
In stark constrast, predominately affluent and white communities on the North Side are privileged with an abundance of grocery stores, brimming with high quality produce.
Serving as a beacon of light, urban farms have emerged in response to this exploitation. Based in South Chicago, Urban Growers Collective (UGC) is a women and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of colour led non-profit organisation, providing access to affordable and nutritional food for various neighborhoods. Their mission is to enrich communities, and advance toward more a sustainable, inclusive and economically viable food system.
Serving as a beacon of light, urban farms have emerged in response to this exploitation. Based in South Chicago, Urban Growers Collective (UGC) is a women and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of colour led non-profit organisation, providing access to affordable and nutritional food for various neighborhoods. Their mission is to enrich communities, and advance toward more a sustainable, inclusive and economically viable food system.
"By reclaiming activism and growing food, we give the tools to foster resilience, growth, and personal freedom." (Words by Urban Growers Collective.)
All images in this book were taken in South Chicago and at the nearby UGC Farm on South Mackinaw Avenue, from September 2022 to March 2023. This project was completed as a final exhibition for the author's undergraduate degree at Columbia College Chicago, under the supervision of Paul D'Amato.
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