ISSUE NO. 613
SLOWLY BUT SURELY WE LEARN . . . 

the best way to move forward is to take regular opportunities to step away. 

This will be our third year of taking a break from writing and sending our weekly newsletter, and posting twice weekly on instagram, for the month of August.

While we're not yet able to take a full break from the internet all month (we'll still be approving jobs and answering emails to keep Good Food Jobs running) this period of rest from the newsletter allows us to unwind and engage differently than we normally do.

Our brains soak up the break like a sponge takes on water, and we find that even though the time passes quickly, we are always surprised by the impact on our internal landscape.
 

We will be back, and we will stay committed, to building, sharing, and working toward the vision of a better future for everyone. 

Until September,

Tay + Dor

photo of a man drying fish at Lake Albert in Uganda by Christine Han

tidbits...

resources on anti-racism, environmentalism and food culture AKA stuff we're reading / listening to / watching / noticing / thinking about / captivated by this Tuesday . . .
 

Created by Hot Bread Kitchen, PROOF is a free 8-week "boot camp" for immigrant and POC-led food and beverage businesses in NYC to receive advising/coaching from top experts. Applicants must self-identify as a woman, nonbinary, or genderqueer person, who is also a person of color and/or immigrant. Apply by Sunday August 14th.

What wilderness training has taught Shalom & Polepole about serenity in all aspects of life.

"People with lower incomes give a higher percentage of their resources than people with high net worth." - Christa Orth on how to overcome class shame in fundraising to build true equity and justice, for Community-Centric Fundraising.

Whether you live in Kansas or not, you can support reproductive rights in a key upcoming vote that could guide the course for states following the Supreme Court's overturn of Roe. 

“The fact that I’m still breathing shouldn’t mean I wasn’t directly impacted.” - Fragrance Harris Stanfield, an employee of the Tops market in Buffalo, NY where a shooter opened fire in May, on what it means to be a survivor. (NYTimes)

View and share this free guide to How to Write a More Equitable Job Post, and stay tuned for new resources to deepen this work.

"We have to preserve our individuality, the Indigenous quality of our food because it is only then would people come to know about our culture and tradition." Read the latest GFJ Story on Axone, or Akhuni, a fermented soya bean paste that illuminates the politics of translating 'stinky' foods to unaccustomed palates. Words by Makepeace Sitlhou, photos by Devraj Chaliha.

got a tidbit? drop it here for us and we'll share it in next week's newsletter.