"Food more than rhetoric. Food more than anything else. That's how we take this country back" Col. Gustavo Arellano #chewonthis

No one makes food to become a millionaire. You do it because you love your community, because you believe in the power of food #chewonthis

If you start with really strong values, i.e know that 75c of each $ will go to paying fair wages, you'll pave the way for making real change

"At Bi-Rite Market our wages are our biggest expense, more than our food. And that's a conscious decision." #chewonthis

'You have to build in #responsiblebusinesspractices from the beginning - it's hard to back into it' Mission Chinese Food #chewonthis @lacocinasf

"That $6 tomato Bi-Rite Market pays for #healthcare costs and makes sure people who pick those tomatoes have housing" Shakirah Simley #chewonthis

"Eating is an agricultural act. New York City not composting is like a bio-diesel spill" @theperennialsf #chewonthis

"Everyone has power, everyone has privilege. How you actualise it is what matters" Shakirah Simley #chewonthis

"Being an activist is standing up for what you believe in. If you don't tell your story, someone else will" barbacoachef #chewonthis

"Growing up in India, mushrooms - I saw them growing near the gutters. But now I can use it in my dishes in so many ways." Besharam

"American food doesn't need to be defined. We should embrace the plurality that is America" Tunde Wey #chewonthis

#chewonthis Doniga Markegard: Come out to visit your farmer. All market vendors ought to have a farm. FoodEnt Conf

"By giving you one blue cheese naan, I'll get you trying 5 other Gujarati dishes that you would never otherwise" #chewonthis

When having the taste of a dish explained, people ask for a reference point. But giving that limits the potential + opportunity of that dish

"We'll keep fighting. That's what we know how to do" El Huarache Loco #chewonthis

"A goal keeps you inspired and moving forward." Shakirah Simley on how small food biz owners can create social change FoodEnt Conf #chewonthis

Closing remarks by the ever eloquent Tunde Wey. The state of America right now: "How did we get here and how do we fix it?" #chewonthis

"We have to crowd the field with the truth. We can't compartmentalise our protests." #chewonthis

"Tenemos el poder de hacer grandes cosas, somos una raza, la humanidad". We have the power to do great things, we are one race, humanity"