Date of Award
2020
Abstract
In this project I explore the role that I can play as a white farmer in disrupting systems of racism in the food system. After opening my eyes to recognize that the food system benefits white people over all others, I sought to understand how I could leverage the privilege and access afforded to me to disrupt this pattern. Through research and study, and a developing practice of conversations at the intersection of race and agriculture, I grew my understanding of structural racism and explored what it means to farm in a way that supports collective freedom. Seeing the ways my white identity shaped my worldview and the way I showed up in my life and work was central to this process. Through this project I began to unlearn the pieces of my white identity that do not serve collective freedom, and open to new ways of being and knowing. I learned the importance of embodying love and centering well-being in my leadership practice as I connect to the deep past of agriculture in this country, rooted in stolen land and stolen labor, and take responsibility for my role in the present to breathe life into a different future.
Program Director
Scott Nine, MSW.
Professional Affiliate Anchor Coach
Matt Kolan, Ph.D.
Professional Affiliate Process Coach
Matt Kolan, Ph.D.
Sayra Pinto, Ph.D.
Document Type
Project
Recommended Citation
Browning, Megan Elizabeth, "MASTER’S PROJECT: LEARNING TO DISRUPT STRUCTURAL RACISM IN THE FOOD SYSTEM" (2020). Rubenstein School Leadership for Sustainability Project Publications. 17.
https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/rslspp/17