Name: Atticus Barocas

Social Justice Group: 2021-2022, Access to Healthy Foods

Date of Fieldwork: February 2, 2022

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):Kate Foley, The Food Trust

Type of Fieldwork: Interview

What I did and what I learned about my topic, activism, social justice work or civil and human rights work from this fieldwork?[:: :

We met with Kate Foley from the Food Trust. Kate Foley is the Project Director of The Access to Healthy foods branch at the food trust. The Food Trust’s mission is to make sure that everyone has access to healthy and nutritious foods in areas that usually dont get it. They focus mostly in Phillidelphia, although they do a lot of work in other states.

Access to healthy foods is very important for many reasons. A lot of people who live in food deserts are often more prone to diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure. As you know, those can be very bad and maybe even deadly in some cases. Not only is it important because its needed to survive. But its also very important especially for kids in school. This is because without enough nutrients and energy, it can affect the way they work and how they do in school. The Food Trust is working with countless other orgonizations to fix this issue and we look forward to making our own change.