Maine Food Narratives Work Group

The Maine Food Narratives Work Group is developing and creating on the ground projects rooted in narrative change focused on changing hearts and minds around food access, food sovergnity and the right to food. After identifying that a shared communications group would support our statewide community during the 2023 Spring Convergence the idea was put into gear. One of the goals of the group is to take the blame and stigma off of individual failings and place it on our dysfunctional systems.

Contact: Lauren at comm.mainefoodconvergence@gmail.com to join!

Introducing:

FREEDOM FEAST

A Food Sovereignty Focused Zine

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Resources on food sovereignty, food access, and supporting communities most impacted by food insecurity

  • SNAP Interruption Resources

    This document was compiled by Resources for Organizing and Social Change. 

    This is an interactive resource - please add any resources you think are missing.

    Resource

  • La Via Campesina

    La Via Campesina, founded in 1993, is an international movement bringing together millions of peasants, landless workers, indigenous people, pastoralists, fishers, migrant farmworkers, small and medium-size farmers, rural women, and peasant youth from around the world. Built on a solid sense of unity and solidarity, it defends peasant agriculture for food sovereignty.

    Resource

  • Food Pantry Map of Maine

    Use the food map to find a local food resource near you. Search by zip code OR town and state.

    Pantries

  • Learning and Organizing about Food Sovereignty

    Food for Maine’s future. Learn more about what Food Sovereignty is and how to implement a Food Sovereignty Ordinance in your area.

    Local Food Rules

  • Maine Food Access Map

    A statewide interactive resource that helps individuals and families locate nearby food pantries, meal sites, school-based programs, WIC clinics, and other free or donation-based food assistance services.

    Click Here

Convergence Work Groups

Workgroups are cross-sector collaborative projects that advance priorities identified by the Convergence network and which have energy to move them forward. They are organized to leverage resources and work proactively on complex issues impacting food access, climate change mitigation and shifting power in Maine’s food system to center BIPoC, youth, and others with lived experience of our system’s inequities.