The Work, Documented.
Seventeen years of work. Three press features. The work was happening long before anyone was documenting it — and what got documented is here.
What Others Have Said.
Mother Earth News · National · 2021
Bodytruth Farms Featured — Food Sovereignty and Community Agriculture
Mother Earth News — the national publication covering sustainable living, organic gardening, and food sovereignty since 1970 — featured Stephanie Willis and the Bodytruth Farms work in 2021. The feature documented the community agriculture model, the soap apothecary, and the teaching program built from a Detroit backyard over more than a decade.
Feature available through Mother Earth News archives.
Lawrence Times · Lawrence, Kansas · 2020
Community Food Pantry Network — Bodytruth and the Lawrence Community Response
The Lawrence Times covered the community food pantry network organized by Stephanie Willis and her son Christopher Sherald during the COVID-19 pandemic. The network — built through relationships with city council members, local businesses, and community organizers — used the Bodytruth office as its coordination hub and distributed food to Lawrence's most vulnerable residents throughout the crisis.
Archives available through the Lawrence Times. Article may be behind paywall.
Lawrence Times · Lawrence, Kansas · 2019
Bodytruth — Community Gathering Place and Local Enterprise
The Lawrence Times documented the opening and community impact of the Bodytruth brick-and-mortar store in Lawrence, Kansas — the store that became a gathering place, a teaching space, and the operational heart of a citywide community network.
Archives available through the Lawrence Times. Article may be behind paywall.
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