21st Annual Chicago Food Justice Summit 2026

For 21 years, the Annual Food Justice Summits have been shared ground for attendees to exchange meaningful knowledge, build deep relationships, and make powerful conversations on how to envision our food future together. Our Summits have highlighted ways to ground policy in community action and engage participants in reimagining Chicago's foodscape. This year's summit will once again offer multiple learning tracks designed to meet people where they are and deepen collective impact. Across three days, participants can expect sessions that explore community-led solutions, food and land sovereignty, policy and systems change, labor and worker justice, and storytelling as a tool for movement building. Attendees can expect rich conversations, skill-sharing, and storytelling across tracks that dig into land and legacy, economic opportunity, community health, and policy change. The summit brings together organizers, advocates, growers, policymakers, and community members who are pushing for a food system rooted in dignity, equity, and care.