"The ocean does not separate us. It connects us."
- Konai Helu Thaman
Beyond Colonialism
We are a resource and initiative fostering grassroots collaboration among women of the U.S. territories, our diaspora communities stateside, and food justice allies.
Together, we are working to end forced dependence on food imports, restore Indigenous and cultural practices grounded in community-building, and revive our peoples’ ability and right to grow food locally in American Samoa, Guåhan (Guam), the Northern Mariana Islands, Borikén (Puerto Rico), and the Virgin Islands (U.S.).
Across the water Alliance
Food sovereignty is about more than growing food, it's about self-determination, restoring a balance between local production and imports, and protecting culture.
We’re building an alliance that brings supportive diaspora energy to the table because U.S. Diaspora communities also feel and live the impact of conditions in the Islands, including health, financial, emotional, and other pressures. Our goal is to get more of us, from coast to coast, and our allies involved in the movement for food sovereignty.
The future is already cooking.
The possibilities are here. What will you do? Explore how you – the diaspora and allies – can help.
What happens when the boats don’t come?
Learn about the challenges of over-dependence on food imports in this video. Then move to the second video below to hear directly from women leading food sovereignty work and the ways you can become an ally.
What’s Growing?
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Agroempresarias de Puerto Rico
This women-led nonprofit organization is dedicated to strengthening women in agriculture through education, networking, leadership development, and mutual support.
Help equip women farmers with climate resilience resources by supporting the purchase of emergency-response tools, educational programming, and leadership development opportunities.
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Virgin Islands Good Food Coalition
Virgin Islands Good Food focuses on building human-centered food systems that support local agriculturalists and help USVI communities thrive. How do we build more resilient humans? By increasing access to food education and nutritious, locally-grown food - thereby giving individuals access to a long, healthy, and good life.
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Prutehi Guåhan
Prutehi Guåhan humbly implores an international intervention and alleviation to nonstop war games that exacerbate threats to climate resilience; the colonial resource grabbing through deep sea mining; and an end to military destruction and aggression in our lands and waters.
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The Pacific Farmers Together Cooperative
The Pacific Farmers Together Cooperative (PFTC) is a women-driven cooperative that emphasizes and encourages natural farm systems, aids local farmers sell their produce at I Metkao in Hagatna, increases accessibility of nutritious local foods, and shares knowledge and expertise on sustainable agriculture.
Worth Digging Into
How are diasporic communities affected by conditions in the U.S. Island territories? Find articles, videos, and research that dig into the history and colonial policies shaping daily life across the U.S. and its territories.