Welcome to the Maine Food Convergence Project
Forging Connection for Collective Action
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We are convening organizations, networks, groups, and individuals to catalyze collective action towards a thriving Maine food system that is equitable, just, and regenerative.
Vision
A Maine food system that fosters the wellbeing of people, planet, and communities.
Mission
To develop deeper relationships and greater trust as we co-create an equitable and thriving food system for Maine.
We value Equity and Collective Power, Systems Thinking, and Networking Differently.
Equity and Collective Power.
Healthy food is a human right that unleashes human potential. Systemic racism and corporate consolidation limit equitable access to farmland, fishing, and food. Sharing power and honoring all voices through collective decision-making leads to community-centered solutions.
Networking Differently.
To create systemic change, we need to expand and diversify participation in food systems organizing. Convening and engaging diverse stakeholders across Maine’s entire food system, we leverage the power of networks to act collectively toward a shared vision.
Systems Thinking.
Maine’s food system is vast, complex, and interconnected. Trusting relationships, synergy, and transparency within the system supports the parts for a stronger whole.
We stand in solidarity with Wabanaki food, land, and water sovereignty.
We occupy the land, work, farm, and fish on the unceded territory of the Wabanaki People. We welcome and foster relationships with the tribes who sustainably stewarded this land for millennia. We acknowledge the history of violence and the many forms of taking that resulted from Colonization. We commit to supporting the efforts of Wabanaki People to restore their cultural lifeways and relationship to this beautiful place we now call Maine.
May this acknowledgement guide the long journey of building trust and integrating Maine’s food system projects with statewide truth and reconciliation efforts.
You matter.
Please join in this unique effort to catalyze collective action towards a regenerative food system in Maine for the health of our people, our planet, and our communities.
