FOOD TRAP PROJECT
FOOD TRAP PROJECT
The F.T.P Bodega is a 100% free resource hub creating space for health & wellness within majority Black communities.
We believe it’s a birthright to have access to whole foods, education and natural medicine. This concept is similar to the community fridge network in NY but we put an emphasis on plant-based resources and supporting a local BIPOC ecosystem.
What’s Food
Apartheid?
Systemic Oppression.
“Food apartheid is a term used by activists to describe the systemic inequalities in food access that affect specific communities, especially those with low-income residents and people of color.
The term emphasizes the deliberate actions and policies that create and perpetuate these inequities, which are often rooted in historical injustices like redlining, degradation and discriminatory economic policies.
We find this term to be more sufficient than food insecurity because it points fact to food insecurity being more than just a result of geographic location.”
What’s Food
Justice?
Liberation for all.
Food Justice is a movement that works towards food access by examining the structural roots of the food system which causes these disparities.
Food Justice addresses questions of land ownership, agricultural practices, distribution of technology & resources and the historical injustices communities of color have faced.
This work is closely intertwined with racial, economic and environmental justice as well. Demanding that resources and land be given back to the Indigenous people.
Why North
Minneapolis?
North Minneapolis is a classified food desert. Amongst the 67,000 people residing in this area, there are only 2 supermarkets. North Minneapolis has the highest concentration of low income households and the highest rates of diet-related deaths among Twin Cities neighborhoods.
This community has had a major African American presence since the early 1900s due to restrictive covenants written into real estate deeds.
North Minneapolis has an abundance of cheap and convenient food sellers offering items loaded with empty calories while simultaneously being scarce of fresh nutritious foods.
The results are a neighborhood that’s less of a ‘food desert’ lacking any choices and more of a ‘food swamp’ with plenty of unhealthy food options.
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Get Involved.
Join the Movement.
The F.T.P Bodega is a community run project. Community members help us restock and maintain the structure through out the week. We need volunteers that can help us pickup donations, rescue food, restock the Bodega, or open & close it. Below you can find out what shifts are available to sign up:
