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Loading Dock Talks with Chef Preeti MistryDevita Davison on Building a Social Safety Net, Community and the Perfect BitePreeti and Devita talk about growing up in an empowering black space, why she founded FoodLab Detroit coming out of the economic crisis of 2008, and the favorite dish that she will never be able to eat again, breakfast at her grandma’s house. For more from Devita:Instagram: @devita_davisonTwitter: @DevitaDavison FoodLab DetroitWebsite | Instagram | More AboutYou can find Preeti:Twitter | Instagram | Website Produced by Copper & Heat
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Add Passion and StirThe Radical Origins of the Food Justice MovementIn an excerpt from Conversations on Food Justice, a collaboration between Share Our Strength and the Aspen Institute’s Food and Society Program, human rights activist, poet, educator, Black Panther leader and former political prisoner Ericka Huggins and FoodLab Detroit Executive Director Devita Davison share their thoughts on the history of the food justice movement and the systemic inequalities that stand between a hungry child and healthy meal. “There is a Somalian proverb that says, ‘poverty is slavery,’” says Huggins. “These inequities are in every institution of society because it was set up intentionally.” Davison recalls the collective memory of her family...2020-11-181h 02
Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg (by Food Tank)212. What Are the Implications of the Election Results on the Food Movement?Today, Danielle Nierenberg and Food Tank hosted a special interactive live chat to help make sense of the election results and discuss what it means to the food system. Her special guests included: Katherine Miller (Table 81), Navina Khanna (Heal Food Alliance), Kathleen Merrigan (Arizona State University-Swette Center), Robert Martin (John Hopkins University-Center for a Livable Future), Christopher Bradshaw (Dreaming Out Loud), Patricia Griffin (NVG), and Devita Davison (Food Lab Detroit). Food Tank will be continuing to make sense of the election for those who care about food issues as the coming days unfold. While you’re listening, subscribe, rate, and review the s...2020-11-041h 01
Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg (by Food Tank)212. What Are the Implications of the Election Results on the Food Movement?Today, Danielle Nierenberg and Food Tank hosted a special interactive live chat to help make sense of the election results and discuss what it means to the food system. Her special guests included: Katherine Miller (Table 81), Navina Khanna (Heal Food Alliance), Kathleen Merrigan (Arizona State University-Swette Center), Robert Martin (John Hopkins University-Center for a Livable Future), Christopher Bradshaw (Dreaming Out Loud), Patricia Griffin (NVG), and Devita Davison (Food Lab Detroit). Food Tank will be continuing to make sense of the election for those who care about food issues as the coming days unfold. While you’re listening, subscribe, rate, and review the s...2020-11-041h 01
Radio Cherry BombeThe Afros + Knives Miniseries: Devita Davison of FoodLab Detroit“When I think about the movements that Black women have given us and have sustained just in this generation, I have to wonder why is it that people don’t listen to and follow Black women?” asked FoodLab Detroit Executive Director and co-founder of FoodLab Sydney Devita Davison, citing Black Lives Matter, Black Girl Magic, Free Our Girls, Say Her Name, Me Too, misogynoir, self-care, and intersectionality. Devita joins host Tiffani Rozier for the final episode of the Afros + Knives miniseries. Tune in to hear Devita discuss her life as a first-generation Detroiter, how Hurricane Sandy inspired her to...2020-07-2953 min
TAKE AWAY ONLYDEVITA DAVISON: "THIS IS AN ALL HANDS ON DECK APPROACH."REPLAY: FoodLab Detroit's Executive Director Devita Davison helps small businesses come into existence, leading a dynamic incubator and accelerator program for nearly 200 local members. But what happens when those businesses are all threatened at once? Listen in as Devita gives a dynamic, full-throated and must-hear master class on how to organize, how to generate hope and vision and why Detroit is uniquely positioned to help heal a suffering nation. **THIS EPISODE ORIGINALLY RAN ON MARCH 25.
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Communal TableDevita Davison Talks About Food Apartheid, Farming, and Fixing a Broken SystemIn her work as the Executive Director for FoodLab Detroit, Devita Davison has been laser-focused on making sure that residents of her beloved city have access to and equity in the systems that bring healthy food to their tables. In the era of COVID-19, with Black and brown people bearing the brunt of the illness, this public scrutiny and solution seeking is more important than ever. Davison took the time to sit down with Food & Wine Senior Editor Kat Kinsman to talk about why she uses the term "food apartheid" rather than "food desert," reclaiming farming in the Black...2020-06-021h 17
Food Without BordersFWB Presents: At the Table with Devita DavisonEpisode 8 of At the Table is with Devita Davison, Executive Director of FoodLab Detroit, a nonprofit business support organization that helps to incubate and accelerate food businesses that want to be part of a good food movement.In this conversation, Devita speaks to the fundamental reasons why the restaurant industry is currently in crisis, including, and most importantly, the fact that the industry is propped up on the backs of our most vulnerable workers. According to Davison the Coronavirus has only exposed this "ugly underbelly".Devita also explains how class and race are both factors of...2020-05-1429 min
The Racist Sandwich PodcastE79: We Will Rise (w/ Zahir Janmohamed, Serena Maria Daniels, Martina Guzmán & Devita Davison)It's often said that the Coronavirus does not discriminate. This is true, but how the virus affects communities varies depending on the resources a community has access to and what that community has historically faced. This is especially true in Detroit, where, according to CNBC, "African Americans make up about 14 percent of Michigan’s population, but 33 percent of its coronavirus cases and 40 percent of all COVID-19 deaths." In this special episode, we welcome back co-founder and former co-host Zahir Janmohamed. He interviewed three fellow Michigan residents: Serena Maria Daniels, of Tostada Magazine, about food shortages created by CO...2020-04-1545 min
TAKE AWAY ONLYDEVITA DAVISON: "THIS IS AN ALL HANDS ON DECK APPROACH"FoodLab Detroit's Executive Director Devita Davison helps small businesses come into existence, leading a dynamic incubator and accelerator program for nearly 200 local members. But what happens when those businesses are all threatened at once? Listen in as Devita gives a dynamic, full-throated and must-hear master class on how to organize, how to generate hope and vision and why Detroit is uniquely positioned to help heal a suffering nation.2020-03-2534 min
Mic'd UpMic'd Up On Ohm - Cultural Appropriation In The Charleston Food IndustryMika gives her take on a new local restaurant with a name and signature dish that harkens back to Historically Black Southern Food Culture.
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The Racist Sandwich PodcastE50: Detroiters are Fighters (w/ Devita Davison, Malik Yakini & Serena Maria Daniels)We're in Detroit for our 50th episode! And we're talking about the city's enduring food legacy. While a lot of food media often likens Detroit's food scene to a "Renaissance" of sorts, led predominantly by white chefs from the suburbs, the truth is it never went anywhere. People of color have been on the ground from day one, continuing to build upon generations of black and brown entrepreneurship, farming and food activism. And those Detroiters have been the ones who've refused to give up on Detroit – even when it seemed the rest of the world had. In this narrated pie...2018-06-0631 min
TED Talks Society and CultureHow urban agriculture is transforming Detroit | Devita DavisonThere's something amazing growing in the city of Detroit: healthy, accessible, delicious, fresh food. In a spirited talk, fearless farmer Devita Davison explains how features of Detroit's decay actually make it an ideal spot for urban agriculture. Join Davison for a walk through neighborhoods in transformation as she shares stories of opportunity and hope. "These aren't plots of land where we're just growing tomatoes and carrots," Davison says. "We're building social cohesion as well as providing healthy, fresh food."2017-12-0712 minTEDTalks Culture et sociétéComment l'agriculture urbaine transforme Detroit | Devita DavisonQuelque chose d'incroyable pousse dans la ville de Detroit : une nourriture saine, accessible, savoureuse et fraîche. Devita Davison, cultivatrice intrépide, nous explique de manière déterminée la façon dont le déclin de Detroit et ses conséquences en font en réalité un endroit idéal pour l'agriculture urbaine. Joignez-vous à elle pour une promenade à travers les quartiers en transformation tandis qu'elle partage des exemples d'opportunité et d'espoir. « Ce ne sont pas des lopins de terres où nous faisons seulement pousser des tomates et des carottes, raconte-t-elle. Nous construisons une cohésion sociale tout en fournissant une n...2017-12-0712 minTED Podcast | Society and Culture도시농업이 디트로이트를 어떻게 변화시켰을까요? | 데비타 데이비슨 (Devita Davison)디트로이트시에서 놀라운 일이 벌어지고 있습니다. 건강하고, 누구나 접할 수 있고, 맛있고, 신선한 음식물이 자라고 있습니다. 불굴의 농부인 데비타 데이비슨은 이 힘찬 연설을 통해 어떻게 디트로이트의 낙후된 지역이 도시농업에 매력적인 장소가 되었는지 알려줍니다. 그녀와 함께 변화된 디트로이트를 둘러보고 기회와 희망에 관해 이야기를 나누어 보세요. 그녀는 이렇게 말합니다. "이 땅들은 단순히 토마토와 당근을 재배하는 공간이 아닙니다. 우리는 사회적 단합을 형성하며 건강하고, 신선한 음식을 제공하고 있어요."2017-12-0712 minTEDTalks 社会与文化城市农业如何改变底特律 | 德维塔·戴维森底特律市里有些了不起的事情正在生长：健康、可得、美味、新鲜的食物。在这充满生机的演讲中，无所畏惧的农民德维塔·戴维森（Devita Davison）解释了，底特律衰退的特征其实让它变成了城市农业的理想地点。让我们随着戴维森分享的关于机会和希望的故事，与她一起到这些转变的社区走走。“这些不只是我们用来种植番茄和胡萝卜的一块块土地，”戴维森说，“我们正在建起的是社会凝聚力，同时提供新鲜、健康的食物。”2017-12-0712 minTEDTalks 사회와 문화도시농업이 디트로이트를 어떻게 변화시켰을까요? | 데비타 데이비슨 (Devita Davison)디트로이트시에서 놀라운 일이 벌어지고 있습니다. 건강하고, 누구나 접할 수 있고, 맛있고, 신선한 음식물이 자라고 있습니다. 불굴의 농부인 데비타 데이비슨은 이 힘찬 연설을 통해 어떻게 디트로이트의 낙후된 지역이 도시농업에 매력적인 장소가 되었는지 알려줍니다. 그녀와 함께 변화된 디트로이트를 둘러보고 기회와 희망에 관해 이야기를 나누어 보세요. 그녀는 이렇게 말합니다. "이 땅들은 단순히 토마토와 당근을 재배하는 공간이 아닙니다. 우리는 사회적 단합을 형성하며 건강하고, 신선한 음식을 제공하고 있어요."2017-12-0712 minTEDTalks Sociedad y CulturaCómo la agricultura urbana está transformando Detroit | Devita DavisonHay algo increíble que crece en la ciudad de Detroit: los alimenos sanos, accesibles, deliciosos y frescos. En una animada charla, la audaz agricultora Devita Davison explica cómo hacer que la decadencia de Detroit se convierta en un lugar ideal para la agricultura urbana. Únase a Davison para pasear por barrios en transformación mientras comparte historias de oportunidades y esperanza. "Estas no son parcelas donde cultivamos tomates y zanahorias", dice Davison. "Estamos construyendo cohesión social y brindando alimentos frescos y saludables".2017-12-0712 minTEDTalks Sociedade e CulturaComo a agricultura urbana está transformando Detroit | Devita DavisonHá algo incrível crescendo na cidade de Detroit: comida saudável, acessível, fresca e saborosa. Em uma palestra corajosa, a fazendeira destemida Devita Davison explica como as características tornam a ruína de Detroit um ponto ideal para a agricultura urbana. Acompanhe Davison numa caminhada pelos bairros em transformação, enquanto ela compartilha histórias de oportunidades e esperança. "Não estou falando de pequenos lotes onde só plantamos tomates e cenouras", diz Davison. "Estamos construindo coesão social bem como fornecendo comida fresca e saudável."2017-12-0712 minTEDTalks Gesellschaft und KulturWie die urbane Landwirtschaft Detroit verwandelt | Devita DavisonDa wächst etwas Wunderbares in Detroit: Gesunde, erreichbare, leckere, frische Lebensmittel. Die urbane Farmerin Devita Davison erklärt in einem temperamentvollen und mutigen Vortrag, wie das verfallende Detroit ideale Voraussetzungen für urbane Landwirtschaft bietet. Begleiten Sie die Vortragende auf einem Spaziergang durch sich verwandelnde Nachbarschaften, während sie die dort entstandenen Geschichten von neuen Chancen und Hoffnung erzählt. "Das sind nicht nur Landstücke, auf denen wir einfach Tomaten und Karotten pflanzen, wir bauen gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt auf und versorgen alle mit gesunden und frischen Nahrungsmitteln.", so Davison.2017-12-0700 min
The SEI Podcast SeriesFood Justice in the CityHow can we build fairer urban food systems in the face of growing climate challenges? Never in human history has our interconnected global food system faced the diversity, intensity, and urgency of challenges that it faces today. Our global population has exploded, with an unprecedented number of these people living in cities. Our climate is changing, putting increased stress on the ecosystems that we rely upon to produce food. And, here in Australia, more and more people are going hungry, struggling with the everyday challenge of putting good food on the table. Cities are increasingly at the front line...2017-11-2059 min
The Table UndergroundRadical Business Building at Foodlab Detroit w/ Devita DavisonPassionate conversation about transforming communities and businesses through radical relationship building at Foodlab Detroit.2017-09-2234 min
The YB2C Live! PodcastYB2C Live! Podcast Ep. #12 FoodLab Detroit with Devita DavisonThis episode features the story of Devita Davison, the first guest in this year’s March Women’s History Month “Powerful Women Entrepreneurs” Series. Devita’s personal story is one of grit, determination, and regrowth. She tells us about her journey from Detroit to Michigan State University to New York and the corporate world to her own food businesses in Brooklyn, and back to Detroit after Hurricane Sandy destroyed her home and businesses. Devita detailed the founding and growth of FoodLab Detroit. She expresses her commitment to sustainable food access for in Detroit and other cities in...2017-03-0600 min