grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, and both sets of my grandparents came from rural Mississippi. At the end of 2008, I initiated a new project called the Grow. "I think, in the organizing, and in the activism what gets lost so often is what we're working for. What we want is for all people to have some delicious, amazing, banging food!"

They’ve also posted a video clip of Obama talking about an historic AFSCME strike - the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike. American Farmland Trust is taking this time to ask supporters to join their presidential transition team by voting for the top farm and food priorities for 2009.