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We’re excited to partner with @reelasian for the shorts collection presentation of MIDNIGHT SNACK, curated by Reel Asian. MIDNIGHT SNACK is delectably genre-bending that serves up a seven-course meal which will surely leave you questioning whether you were even hungry to begin with. Join us for #reelasian25 online, across Canada! Visit reelasian.com for tickets and more info! Apply our promo code « Twenty5th » to receive a 15% discount.

🥖let’s get this bread, literally🥖 NEW BLOG POST 🔗link in bio🔗 in “an abundance of sourdough starter,” managing editor @chissmiss.cherry talks to bread maker Tai Jacob on how accessible it can be to have daily bread 🍞 learn more on sourdough starter and its Jewish roots, as well as a *recipe* on sourdough bread 😌 this was originally published in December 2019 for issue two on food sovereignty, digital copies are *still* available for grabs 🌟

slice and dice the pizza that was once froze, @kathrynwebb_ serving us her meaningful prose 🍕 peep that new new blog post 🔗LINK IN BIO🔗 “Keep Your Caviar” is a poem by contributor @kathrynwebb_ for issue two - food sovereignty

🌞NEW BLOG POST🌞 In “AN ANATOMY OF FOOD JUSTICE” Mina Alves @gamesnoplay + Zoë Harvey @milqquetoast digs deeper underneath the meaning of food justice with their poetic take. Read it up and soak it in like fresh rain in soil, link in bio. Digital copies of Issue Two are available. No hassle no waiting to ship oh yeaaaa 🏎💨 Illustration by Mina Alves @gamesnoplay + Zoë Harvey @milqquetoast

Co-founder @clairevartayyy explores the history of communal ovens and how her father’s handmade wood-fired oven became a gathering space for her family and friends. The piece also includes their family’s recipe for their King Kale Pizza so that you can get cooking! 🧑‍🍳 🍕 Link in bio to read the full article on the ripe. blog and get your digital copy of issue two while you’re there!

thanks to you, issue two in print is sold out! our small, yet mighty team is so grateful for your support. if you didn’t get a chance to get a physical copy, no worries! we have digital copies *still* available on our website 🗞 today’s preview of issue two is @andpavlovic ’s “A Universal Recipe for Making a Difference” 🍽 read the full ingredients and recipe on our blog! ➡️slide this post to see how you can enact change, remain compassionate, stay curious and become more conscious of your consumption.

Co-founder @killerkelsx breaks down food insecurity in Canada by the numbers. She outlines its severe impact on health outcomes, racialized populations and how it has been exacerbated by COVID-19. The above graph shows the health impacts to those who are food secure and for people who are not. Read the full article on the ripe. blog to learn how the BI-POC populations are more affected by food insecurity.

🌙NEW BLOG POST🌙 for your evening read, today’s issue two teaser is “In the Anthropocene, Food and Wellness are Always Political” by @saresies her personal essay leans us to question the hard truths about the wellness industry: eating organic, going to farmers’ market and shopping at Whole Foods are all privileges for those who have food security. we need to acknowledge that not everybody can simply go vegan, because “in more traditional societies, where the collective good is prioritized, sustainability is built into consumption as a survival mechanism.” (accessibility text: first image reads --- “The truth is, the hyper focus on the properties of our food is not just a sleeker iteration of diet culture, but simply a continuation of late-stage capitalism.” Second image reads --- “Taking advantage of a lack of scientific literacy and placing a focus on the self, rather than the collective, mainstream wellness culture has pushed us to focus on the micro properties of our drinks, rather than the macro properties of our world and our place in it.”)

our bébé, issue two on food sovereignty is ~*almost*~ sold out ‼️ thank you for everyone’s support the remaining zines and forever digital copies are available on keepitripe.com today’s issue two teaser is “What Does a Canadian Farmer Look Like?” by @dj_jillyj harvest in the knowledge on why migrant farmers, Indigenous communities and immigrant workers are left out of the conversation and masked with the “white farm imaginary” learn more about the Canadian “agricultural history and ongoing inequality in our current local food systems allowing them to go largely unchallenged,” writes Jillian Linton. illustration by our in-house graphic designer @_michellengo (accessibility text: an illustrated image of green pastures. on the bottom left of centre, is a checkered cutout of a farmer tending to the fields.)

we’re running *low* of issue two zines! 🥲 for those who rather opt for a digital .PDF copy, we have them available for $5 on our website here’s a little teaser by @charcuteriebaby from issue two on food sovereignty. Jamil’s A (Short) Manifesto on Ethical Consumption asks us point blank, where does our food come from? how can we implement small yet mighty changes to our food consumption? finish what you started, “A (Short) Manifesto for Ethical Consumption” is now *live* on our blog 💫 (accessibility text: first photo reads-- “WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON MAKING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM MORE transparent, MORE traceable, MORE tangible.” Second photo reads-- LET’S START ASKING SOME DIFFICULT QUESTIONS: how does the agro-industrial food complex obfuscate its system of production? what kinds of players are involved in bringing food to your plate? what financial and environmental costs are incurred for your enjoyment?)

Dive into the ways restorative seafood aquaculture can support a healthy planet and diet. With today’s highlighted piece from ripe. zine issue two, in collaboration with @oceanwiseseafood , @erikab_20 discusses how the food of the future can be found under the sea. 🌊 Link in bio for the new blog post, and get yourself a digital copy of issue two while you’re at it 😉

maíz is a poem by @tonalmeztli about the connection we all have with maíz, Indigenous food sovereignty, her cultural history and Mexico. 🇲🇽 see Michaela’s poem breathe new life in print with *very* limited hard copies left in stock! not to worry, however, we have digital copies for your convenience. 🌽 click our bio to read the full, powerful words accompanied by Michaela’s intricate and beautiful embroidery, on our blog 🌞 design: @_michellengo poem excerpts: @tonalmeztli (accessibility text: first photo reads— “I am living in times of war. a new kind of war. a war whose primary enemy is humanity, where what matters, what rules and commands, is the law of the market. it is a war of destruction, depopulation, reconstruction and rearrangement, where a global order seeks to colonize and exploit. where indigenous ways of life, and local and regional markets are destroyed in order to settle global corporations whose agendas always claim to bring more jobs, more prosperity—a leap into the “future.” in this globalized world, borders vanish for corporations, but grow taller and tougher for marginalized humans. this is a war, like many others, that dispossessed people of their homes, their values, their vitality.” second photo reads— “i’m not part of an elite i am everywhere at all times agent o is my grandpa and zyklon b is my granny extermination and displacement run in my family my agenda is simple i will feed you but only to make you hungry i will prop open your mouth and replace the word dignity for comfort and watch you as you stumble away ready to obey whatever it is i have to say.”