The Youth Food Movement is a global network of young activists committed to changing food systems within local communities.

The Youth Food Movement is for anybody who views industrialised, large scale, monocultural food production as damaging to our natural environments, cultural...
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The Youth Food Movement is a global network of young activists committed to changing food systems within local communities.

The Youth Food Movement is for anybody who views industrialised, large scale, monocultural food production as damaging to our natural environments, cultural heritage, planetary biodiversity, and personal health.

The Youth Food Movement is available to anybody who feels inspired to take action, and to those looking to meet other activists, and generate joint projects.

The Youth Food Movement is open to every person who wants to take action to fix the broken food systems we’re inheriting.

“Youth” is not an age requirement; it is a conscious response to the culture in which a generation of young people is coming of age.

By making a pledge to take action within your local community, you become a part of the YFM.
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The Youth Food Movement provides shared platforms for communication, knowledge exchange, support for local action and leadership development.

Day by day this network grows to connect like minds, projects and activism with similar goals and shared philosophy. The network is...
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The Youth Food Movement provides shared platforms for communication, knowledge exchange, support for local action and leadership development.

Day by day this network grows to connect like minds, projects and activism with similar goals and shared philosophy. The network is already...
- Starting farms based on traditional methods and sustainable practices
- Demanding food justice and equal access to good food for their neighbors
- Starting farmer’s markets and gardens on campuses
- Organizing Eat – Ins - protest potlucks where good, clean, and fair food is prepared and shared in public spaces
- Changing school cafeteria sourcing practices to local, sustainable products.
...and many more

The organization aims to communicate the activities of local activism to a global network, facilitate opportunities for interaction, and provide young people with opportunities to develop good,clean, and fair food systems within local communities
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the Youth Food Movement, and Slow Food International offer a variety of opportunities for youth...

The Pangea: Ark of Knowledge apprenticeship project seeks to ensure that the knowledge of traditional agriculture, sustainable practices and of master artisans is passed on to younger...
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the Youth Food Movement, and Slow Food International offer a variety of opportunities for youth...

The Pangea: Ark of Knowledge apprenticeship project seeks to ensure that the knowledge of traditional agriculture, sustainable practices and of master artisans is passed on to younger generations. In doing so, the project builds leadership and increases opportunities for mentorship and exchange.

Slow Food on Campus -university based convivia. Slow Food on Campus members represent a passionate cross-section of youth addressing food issues, spanning environmental and social causes. Through creative and innovative events, projects, and programs, students from around the world have the opportunity to lead the Youth Food Movement within their countries.

Terra Madre Youth Network -Since 2004, Slow Food has organised the world’s largest gathering of food producers, fishermen, breeders, chefs and academics from all four corners of the globe during the biannual event, Terra Madre www.terramadre.info – International Meeting of Food Communities. 2008 marked the largest Terra Madre meeting yet. In addition to the producers, cooks, and academics, over 1,000 youth delegates attended the event for the first time. The Youth Food Movement was proud to invite and host 1,000 young people from around the world for 4 days of workshops, seminars, knowledge exchange and relationship building. The TM Youth Network will continue to communicate and develop projects together long after the event itself is finished.
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