Outback Farm & Food Justice

Food justice has become an important concept and movement both in the U.S. and across the globe. In its most general sense, food justice in the U.S. is a social and political movement led by working class communities and communities of color to take control of their own food production and distribution. Moving away from the industrial, corporate driven food system that is built on and perpetuates racial, economic, and gender inequality, food justice movements work to promote access to healthy and affordable food for the most vulnerable and exploited communities. But what does food justice mean in the context of WWU’s campus and for Fairhaven College? More specifically, what might food justice projects look like created by Fairhaven students in the Outback Farm? This five credit course is designed as a praxis oriented class to provide students with the opportunity to create, experiment, and generally think of ways the Outback Farm can be a site of food justice practice and link to food justice movements in Bellingham and the region.