Right to Food and Nutrition

The right to food approach creates conditions where everyone has access to enough food for an active & healthy life. It means we can grow, fish, gather and buy food that is affordable, culturally appropriate, healthy, and good for people and planet today and in the future.

The right to food requires three things: 1) meaningful participation & engagement led by people who have experienced poverty & hunger, 2) government transparency & accountability, and 3) publicly available data collection on food security & related metrics.

Join legislators, students, faculty, and advocates to learn more & share ideas on how the right to food can strengthen efforts to end hunger on college campuses and throughout the Commonwealth.

Learn about hunger in Massachusetts and on campus, hear from experts on the right to food approach, listen to people with lived-expertise with poverty and food insecurity, ask questions of legislators who are strong on nutrition and food security, and put the right to food into action in 4 breakouts

1. Right to Food on Campus
2. Right to Food in Advocacy
3. Food Sovereignty in Massachusetts
4. Codifying the Right to Food into Law

Tough questions welcome; transformative solutions ahead!