Richmond Food Justice Alliance

10/02/2026

This is some of this week's lesson on stormwater management with the youth in our afterschool urban agriculture skill building program. Special thanks to James River Association and Richmond Department of Public Utilities for providing instructional materials for this lesson.
And thanks to our consistent partners at Greater Richmond Fit4Kids, City of Richmond, VA Government, and the Richmond Health Equity Fund for supporting this work.

08/09/2026

07/24/2026

Setting the appropriate criteria has been a challenge for the city.

07/22/2026

Intergenerational 🌎

07/21/2026

Wait. So locally grown food is actually safer and gives us more control over our economy? Who knew!

Reports of cyclosporiasis across 34 states are pushing some Central Virginia residents toward local farm markets and produce stands, where businesses are reporting a surge in new customers on top of an already busy summer season.

🔗 Story at the link in the comments.

07/17/2026

It was team building. It was conflict resolution. It was plant propagation. It was food access.🍠🌱

07/06/2026

07/03/2026

😋The community's support for our youth programming has been tremendous in response to our recent funding challenges. Yummvees Vegan Food stepped in this week to provide delicious nutritious meals to the 18 youth and staff at Mosby Justice Garden. Annnnd Deeper Dive hooked us up with some amazing sweet treats! Check out these small local businesses when you can. Please DM us if you know of a food provider or others who can contribute to meals for this program. They may be able to use it as a tax write off. 🫰🏾THANKS!

06/27/2026

A throwback

06/26/2026

🚨Recently an individual sponsor reneged on their promise of providing meals to the 14 youth in our urban ag program for this summer. They chose to sever ties and abandon our youth, rather than face accountability for a harm that they directly caused to a mother and daughter. So Philly Vegan stepped in to support these youth with meals! 👏🏾 We're so appreciative. While we are still hoping the sponsor will reconsider and be open to fulfilling their commitment, we are now seeking food businesses, sponsors, donors, and anyone else who can help with this cost. We have provided meals to these youth for 5 years. Link in bio as always. Love, y'all. Peace.