Instead of labeling communities as “food deserts,” Goode Bryant recognized an opportunity for residents to grow their own food on empty plots of land. Photo: courtesy of Project EATS

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One of Project EATS’ goals is to create community-based food systems that provide both healthy, fresh food and local economic opportunities. Photo: courtesy of Project EATS

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Project EATS launched a project called Prepared Eats, which provides plant-based prepared meals to community members. Photo: Courtesy of Project EATS

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Project EATS uses art, urban agriculture, and social enterprise to produce and distribute fresh, plant-based food in marginalized communities.

Sustaining Art, Food, Life 

Project EATS Founder Linda Goode Bryant at a farm on Randall’s Island in New York. Photo: Ari Marcopolous 

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Artist Linda Goode Bryant on Creating Food Sovereignty with New York Communities: “Let’s Find the ‘Can’ in ‘Can’t’ ”

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Beyond Incarceration

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Civic Engagement

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Evolving Higher Education

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Expanding Public Knowledge

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Monuments and Memory

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Multivocality

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Power of the Word

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Public Places‚ Public Stories

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Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

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