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Food Justice Lab (FJL)

The WVU Food Justice Lab is an experimental space for research and action focused on challenging food system inequalities. We are housed in the Department of Geology and Geography at West Virginia University and the WVU Center for Resilient Communities. In addition to working with research partners we mentor, advise and support students working on food, environmental and development issues while they pursue degrees in geography and related fields at the Ph.D., M.A. and undergraduate levels at WVU.

Students affiliated with the Food Justice Lab participate in seminars, research, and real-world problem solving associated with our on-going projects. Students are also encouraged and supported to experiment with new ways of combining learning, research, and action to create alternative futures.

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Projects

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WV FoodLink

WV FOODLINK is a resource hub and learning commons to democratize knowledge about the food system and support people centered, resilient community food security networks in WV.

WV FoodLink
Nourishing network

Nourishing Networks

Nourishing Networks is an education program designed to unlock the potential of collaborative healthy food access policy initiatives that address food disparities and inequities at the county and municipal scale.

Nourishing Networks
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WV FoodForAll

Food For All is a multi-stakeholder food policy coalition that nurtures grassroots efforts to advance local, state and federal level policies that reduce household food insecurity while advancing food sovereignty and the Right to Food in West Virginia. 

FoodForAll
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Global Solidarity Alliance (GSA)

GSA is an international coalition engaged in challenging charitable food networks to advocate for adequate food and nutrition as a fundamental human right.

Global Solidarity Alliance (GSA)
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Voices of Hunger

Voices of Hunger WV is a group of people with lived experience of food insecurity dedicated to amplifying the stories and experience of West Virginians struggling through the silent violence of hunger.

Voices of Hunger