Mission: Our mission with the Washington Heights/Inwood (WHIN) Food Council is to develop pathways to achieve food justice in our community. We aim to create a space for residents to identify and determine solutions to the food justice issues they see in our uptown neighborhood. Our primary goal is to empower community members to make positive changes in WHIN around food.
We work to accomplish this by:
- Increasing the amount of public land designated for food gardening in WHIN.
- Increasing the amount of affordable and healthy food available in WHIN.
- Increasing residents’ awareness, knowledge, and self-efficacy related to urban gardening, nutrition/healthy eating, and food justice issues affecting their community.
We seek to provide a space for sharing and using knowledge with the goal of improving healthy and sustainable food access in our community. We use the term “food justice” broadly. In our work, this can include community awareness, advocacy, educational initiatives, and improving access to healthy, fresh, and affordable food while mindful of the environment and labor.
