The Principles We Hold Ourselves Accountable To

• We uphold that all Mississippians deserve Food Sovereignty
• We uphold that all Mississippians deserve good quality of life
• We uphold that all Mississippians deserve to grow and have access to healthy food
• We uphold that all Mississippians deserve to have access to good health
• We uphold that all Mississippians deserve access to agricultural resources to ethically enhance their practices
• We uphold that all Mississippians deserve to be paid living wages and treated with dignity
• We uphold that all Mississippians deserve to live, work, learn and play in environmentally safe spaces
• We uphold that all Mississippians deserve clean water, clean air, healthy soil, non toxic environments to live and thrive
• We uphold that people are sacred, and therefore investments must be made directly in historically oppressed communities
• We uphold the truths and legacies of places as sacred pathways to building ethical, just and sustainable futures.

Our beliefs, values, and principles to transform Mississippi Food Systems were developed collaboratively by the Mississippi Food Justice Collaborative partners, including NCAT Gulf States, the Mississippi Food Policy Council, Mississippi Farm to School Network, Mileston Cooperative, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Boat People SOS, Hijra House, and FoodCorps Mississippi.