MILWAUKEE FOOD JUSTICE SUMMIT
SEPTEMBER 19th, 2025
Sessions, workshops, and opportunities to explore solutions for building a better food system in Milwaukee
2025 SUMMIT SPEAKER
Karen Washington
Rise & Root Farm, Chester, NY
Karen Washington, gardener, educator, board member, and activist, travels the world and the US speaking about food and social justice. As a member of the La Familia Verde Garden Coalition, she helped launched a City Farmer’s Market, bringing garden fresh vegetables to her community in the Bronx. In 2010 Karen co-founded Black Urban Growers (BUGS) an organization of volunteers committed to building networks and community support for growers in both urban and rural settings. In 2012 Ebony magazine voted Karen one of their 100 most influential African Americans in the country. In 2014, she was the recipient of the James Beard Leadership Award. At present Karen farms with friends on Rise&Root Farm; three acres of land in Chester, NY.
CALL FOR SUMMIT PRESENTERS
We are seeking presenters to lead workshops and deliver dynamic Ignite talks for our 2025 gathering.
This year’s theme, Imagining Future Food Systems, highlights the needs and desires of Milwaukeeans from the food system, and what building toward a better future food system might look like. We welcome proposals that explore…
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Food sovereignty & community-led solutions
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Racial & economic equity in food systems
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Urban agriculture & sustainable food access
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Policy change & food justice advocacy
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Youth & intergenerational leadership in food work
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Your innovative ideas!
The application deadline has passed.