{"648424":{"#nid":"648424","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Winders Advocates for Fair Farming in \u0027Disparity to Parity\u0027 Roundtable Discussion","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJust like the rest of the world, unfortunately, farming isn\u0026rsquo;t fair. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/bill-winders\u0022\u003EBill Winders,\u003C\/a\u003E professor in the School of History and Sociology, is working to change that. Last week, he joined a roundtable discussion titled\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;Disparity to Parity: Historical Perspectives.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Parity\u0026rdquo; means equality in status or pay. Professor Winders and fellow panelists \u0026mdash; a diverse group of farmers, research professors, historians, and more \u0026mdash; discussed \u0026ldquo;historical perspectives of parity, how it differed for BIPOC and white farmers, and the reasons for\/consequences of losing it.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe conversation was led by the National Family Farm Coalition and centered around how \u0026ldquo;learning from history will help us envision and enact farm and food justice now and for the future.\u0026rdquo; Visit the organization\u0026rsquo;s website to learn more about the year-long \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/disparitytoparity.org\/webinar-series\/\u0022\u003EDisparity to Parity webinar series\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EProfessor Winders is an expert in the intersection of social justice and food security and has written \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/bill-winders\u0022\u003Eseveral books and articles\u003C\/a\u003E on the topic. His current research examines the global meat industry and food crises in the world economy.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor Winders and fellow panelists \u2014 a diverse group of farmers, research professors, historians, and more \u2014 discussed \u201chistorical perspectives of parity, how it differed for BIPOC and white farmers, and the reasons for\/consequences of losing it.\u201d\u00a0"}],"uid":"35766","created_gmt":"2021-06-29 13:11:51","changed_gmt":"2021-06-29 13:17:08","author":"dminardi3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"648425":{"id":"648425","type":"image","title":"Winders Promotes Fair Farming in Roundtable Discussion","body":null,"created":"1624972411","gmt_created":"2021-06-29 13:13:31","changed":"1624972493","gmt_changed":"2021-06-29 13:14:53","alt":"Aerial image of farmers harvesting crops in a large field","file":{"fid":"246163","name":"2.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2_7.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2_7.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1644779,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2_7.png?itok=f7kIKABs"}}},"media_ids":["648425"],"groups":[{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"147521","name":"HSOC"},{"id":"168508","name":"School of History and Sociology"},{"id":"14618","name":"Bill Winders"},{"id":"167595","name":"social justice"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDi Minardi\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Edi.minardi@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dminardi3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}