Karen Lehman, Author at Restore Commons

Karen Lehman

Karen Lehman is the director of Fresh Taste, a Chicago-based initiative that strives to change how food is sourced, processed and consumed locally. She has been working for three decades with food systems, and won an award for her documentary on women’s leadership in farm movements.

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Good Food for All

Karen Lehman of FreshTaste.org helped invent the urban food movement. She discusses how local farming and distribution of food serves a variety of community building and social justice purposes.

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