{"id":83176,"date":"2026-04-14T11:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=83176"},"modified":"2026-04-18T11:10:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T14:10:46","slug":"if-the-baixada-doesnt-plant-rio-doesnt-eat-second-mage-climate-forum-puts-food-sovereignty-at-the-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=83176","title":{"rendered":"\u2018If the Baixada Doesn\u2019t Plant, Rio de Janeiro Doesn\u2019t Eat\u2019: Second Mag\u00e9 Climate Forum Puts Regional Food Sovereignty at the Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_83177\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83177\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Table-of-coordinators-of-the-Mirindiba-Institute-during-the-II-Climate-Forum-of-Mage.-Photo-Carolina-Santos-scaled-1.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-83177 size-full\" title=\"Panel of coordinators from the Mirindiba Institute during the 2nd Climate Forum of Mag\u00e9, bringing together leaders to discuss territories, tidal zones and food sovereignty in the Baixada Fluminense. Photo: Carolina Santos\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Table-of-coordinators-of-the-Mirindiba-Institute-during-the-II-Climate-Forum-of-Mage.-Photo-Carolina-Santos-scaled-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Panel of coordinators from the Mirindiba Institute during the 2nd Climate Forum of Mag\u00e9, bringing together leaders to discuss territories, tidal zones and food sovereignty in the Baixada Fluminense. Photo: Carolina Santos\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Table-of-coordinators-of-the-Mirindiba-Institute-during-the-II-Climate-Forum-of-Mage.-Photo-Carolina-Santos-scaled-1.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Table-of-coordinators-of-the-Mirindiba-Institute-during-the-II-Climate-Forum-of-Mage.-Photo-Carolina-Santos-scaled-1-620x413.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Table-of-coordinators-of-the-Mirindiba-Institute-during-the-II-Climate-Forum-of-Mage.-Photo-Carolina-Santos-scaled-1-943x629.jpeg 943w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Table-of-coordinators-of-the-Mirindiba-Institute-during-the-II-Climate-Forum-of-Mage.-Photo-Carolina-Santos-scaled-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Table-of-coordinators-of-the-Mirindiba-Institute-during-the-II-Climate-Forum-of-Mage.-Photo-Carolina-Santos-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Table-of-coordinators-of-the-Mirindiba-Institute-during-the-II-Climate-Forum-of-Mage.-Photo-Carolina-Santos-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Panel of coordinators from the Mirindiba Institute during the 2nd Mag\u00e9 Climate Forum, bringing together leaders to discuss their territories, tidal zones and food sovereignty in the Baixada Fluminense. Photo: Carolina Santos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/41E9LZQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas<\/em><\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-23766 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PT-e1439583827971.png\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If food reaches plates in Rio de Janeiro, it comes\u2014often unacknowledged\u2014from hands that sow, fish and resist in Greater Rio&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2XQQdyV\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baixada Fluminense<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, north of the city.\u00a0 It was in response to this that leaders, farmers, fishers, researchers and residents came together on March 21 at a public high school, CIEP 327, in Suru\u00ed, in the municipality of Mag\u00e9\u2019s fourth district, for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/47RvlOn\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2nd Mag\u00e9 Climate Forum<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with an essential question at the center of debate: who produces the food and who decides who eats?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three years after its first edition, the event organized by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4bV3Ggx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mirindiba Institute<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> returned with even greater political weight and social urgency. Under the theme \u201cPeripheral Territories Between the Land and Seafor Food Sovereignty,\u201d the forum outlined concrete paths to address hunger, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4b5DiiO\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">climate crisis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the historic inequalities that impact <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3lzFBRa\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mag\u00e9<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the whole Baixada Fluminense.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVb08vtkrfY\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Ver essa foto no Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVb08vtkrfY\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Um post compartilhado por Instituto Mirindiba de A\u00e7\u00e3o Clim\u00e1tica Popular (@institutomirindiba)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The program began at 8am, with an ecological breakfast prepared by <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4m5SORM\">Chef Gama<\/a>, highlighting organic ingredients and sustainable practices\u2014a gesture that set the tone of the event: thinking of food as a right, culture and politics. As the chef himself noted:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe need to start looking again at food as something that comes from the earth, respecting nature\u2019s timing and valuing food produced locally and in healthy ways.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the opening, moderated by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3PED3VO\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DJ Dorgo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4v1Rd3a\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enraizados Institute<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Anderson Ribeiro, coordinator of Mirindiba Institute underscored the collective responsibility for favela and peripheral areas and the power of communication, reinforcing the importance of words as a tool for transformation and social critique.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Hunger Is Not an Accident, It\u2019s Structural<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first panel, titled \u201cHunger, Nutricide and Food Systems,\u201d centered on one key idea: hunger does not happen by chance\u2014it is historically constructed. As expressed by by Andressa, environmental manager and coordinator of collaborations at the Mirindiba Institute:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHunger is not a lack of food, it is the result of political choices and a system that produces inequality\u2026 when we talk about nutricide, we are referring to a process that denies the right to adequate food and directly impacts people\u2019s health.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andressa reinforced the importance of considering favelas and peripheral areas in this debate: \u201csolutions already exist, but they necessarily involve strengthening those who produce real food and recognizing the knowledge already present in these communities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>First-hand experiences from these marginalized territories reinforced this analysis. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Q94t65\">Jandira Rolha<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4jhCwC3\">Mag\u00e9 Living Museum of Agroecology<\/a> demonstrated how <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4fyxi4u\">agroecology<\/a> is a practice of <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/RFSnoCEMonROW\">resistance and autonomy<\/a>, linking food production, <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2ry5BoR\">solidarity economy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3qBxTOc\">traditional knowledge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4bGaKyI\">Alana Patr\u00edcia<\/a>, fisher and leader of the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3OfIwSp\">Association of Fishers Fighting for Life<\/a>, brought the perspective of <a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=77887\">riverside communities<\/a> marked by <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4aCPoBY\">resistance in the face of environmental degradation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2ORC5WL\">State negligence<\/a> and a lack of public policies.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expanding the debate, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3NFDxEC\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Walmir Junior<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a leader of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/47BrzbH\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maria Angu Community Garden<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the favelas of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2IgZ9Y4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Complexo da Mar\u00e9<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Rio de Janeiro&#8217;s North Zone, showed how <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2rYZTdM\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">food production<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is also possible in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2HE9cbG\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">favelas and urban peripheries<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2xpBcqn\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">collective organization<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3yKijDX\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Solutions already exist<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4dUObrm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">they are out there in these communities<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_83182\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83182\" style=\"width: 2329px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Members-of-the-Mage-Forum.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-83182 size-full\" title=\"Members of the organizations that spoke on the first panel celebrate another edition of the Mag\u00e9 Climate Forum, an initiative that brings together favelas, climate and social justice. Photo: Rick Barros\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Members-of-the-Mage-Forum.png\" alt=\"Members of the organizations that spoke on the first panel celebrate another edition of the Mag\u00e9 Climate Forum, an initiative that brings together favelas, climate and social justice. Photo: Rick Barros\" width=\"2329\" height=\"1911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Members-of-the-Mage-Forum.png 2329w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Members-of-the-Mage-Forum-620x509.png 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Members-of-the-Mage-Forum-767x629.png 767w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Members-of-the-Mage-Forum-768x630.png 768w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Members-of-the-Mage-Forum-1536x1260.png 1536w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Members-of-the-Mage-Forum-2048x1680.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2329px) 100vw, 2329px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the organizations that spoke on the first panel celebrate another edition of the Mag\u00e9 Climate Forum, an initiative that brings together favelas, climate and social justice. Photo: Rick Barros<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following this, the second panel discussed concrete solutions for the climate and food crises.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4bJhV9h\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gaio Jorge de Paiva<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4sKkmP7\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cria\u00e7\u00e3o Collective<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, emphasized the importance of integrating <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2nHjMls\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">technical know-how with grassroots knowledge<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the production of public policies. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3NNgddX\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patr\u00edcia Lyra<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shared the experience of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/405MPSw\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">solidarity kitchens<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3DuN2Et\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">spaces that help guarantee rights<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3XGt2XP\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">community organizing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This was complemented by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4s4n7JK\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leudideia Lima<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a farmer, who reinforced the importance of agroecological food production. Meanwhile, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4tcC5OW\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marcia Regina<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> drew attention to tidal areas and the direct relationship between environmental preservation and the survival of fishing communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>All of these remarks converged on a common point: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4pbT95q\">there is no climate justice without social justice<\/a>\u2014and <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/COP30CivilSociety\">favelas and peripheral territories need to be heard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_83189\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83189\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Local-economy-fair-Photo-Carolina-Santos-scaled-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-83189 size-full\" title=\"Local economy fair: Exhibitors present handcrafted products during the event, reinforcing the importance of grassroots economies and living well as practices of resistance. Photo: Carolina Santos\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Local-economy-fair-Photo-Carolina-Santos-scaled-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Local economy fair: Exhibitors present handcrafted products during the event, reinforcing the importance of grassroots economies and living well as practices of resistance. Photo: Carolina Santos\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Local-economy-fair-Photo-Carolina-Santos-scaled-1.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Local-economy-fair-Photo-Carolina-Santos-scaled-1-620x413.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Local-economy-fair-Photo-Carolina-Santos-scaled-1-943x629.jpeg 943w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Local-economy-fair-Photo-Carolina-Santos-scaled-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Local-economy-fair-Photo-Carolina-Santos-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Local-economy-fair-Photo-Carolina-Santos-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Local economy fair: exhibitors present handcrafted products during the event, reinforcing the importance of grassroots economies and living well as practices of resistance. Photo: Carolina Santos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>On\u00e7a Fair: Economy and Culture as Resistance<\/h3>\n<p>The On\u00e7a Fair, an initiative of the Mirindiba Institute, brought together artisans, artists and local producers presenting solutions created in favelas and peripheral territories of the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4cUSOOm\">Atlantic Forest<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/1C93tAb\">Guanabara Bay<\/a>. More than a space for buying and selling, the fair highlights that valuing traditional knowledge is also part of the fight for climate justice.<\/p>\n<p>As emphasized by Lyvia Leite, communications coordinator at the institute: \u201cThat\u2019s why we have so many things going on at the same time: debates, workshops, the fair. This is the world we want to create, a whole ecosystem, with dignified work and social technologies in the fight against the climate crisis.\u201d She also reinforced the role of the fair in this process: \u201cWe bring together creators of culture and local producers to strengthen the regional economy and include them in the climate justice debate. The fair itself is a green job technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The showing of the film <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3OesE2u\"><em>Women, Earth and Flavors: Agroecological Experiences in Mag\u00e9<\/em><\/a>, in partnership with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cineclubeimbarie?igsh=MXJ3YWJ2OXMxNWJpNA==\">Imbari\u00ea Film Club<\/a>, brought a sensitive dimension to the debate. The piece connects images and stories of those who sustain food production with their own bodies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_83198\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83198\" style=\"width: 2544px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Forum-Participants.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-83198 size-full\" title=\"Forum participants gathered at the end of the activities, symbolizing the collective construction of sustainable alternatives and strengthening of the local community. Photo: Carolina Santos\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Forum-Participants.png\" alt=\"Forum participants gathered at the end of the activities, symbolizing the collective construction of sustainable alternatives and strengthening of the local community. Photo: Carolina Santos\" width=\"2544\" height=\"1138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Forum-Participants.png 2544w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Forum-Participants-620x277.png 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Forum-Participants-1406x629.png 1406w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Forum-Participants-768x344.png 768w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Forum-Participants-1536x687.png 1536w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Forum-Participants-2048x916.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2544px) 100vw, 2544px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forum participants gathered at the end of the activities, symbolizing the collective construction of sustainable alternatives and strengthening of the local community. Photo: Carolina Santos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As summarized by Lyvia Leite, a social scientist from the Federal Fluminense University (UFF) and communications and cultures coordinator at the Mirindiba Institute:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/43WHg98\">Food sovereignty<\/a> is not just about food, it&#8217;s also about the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/FavelaClimateMemory\">right to memory and the future<\/a>. And climate justice only exists when the people who take care of the land are listened to, valued and protected.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>A Call to Collective Responsibility<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_83199\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83199\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/If-the-Baixada-does-not-plant.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-83199\" title=\"The poster \u2018If the Baixada doesn't plant, Rio de Janeiro doesn't eat\u2019 highlights the importance of food production in the Baixada Fluminense for food security. Photo: Rick Barros\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/If-the-Baixada-does-not-plant-436x620.png\" alt=\"The poster \u2018If the Baixada doesn't plant, Rio de Janeiro doesn't eat\u2019 highlights the importance of food production in the Baixada Fluminense for food security. Photo: Rick Barros\" width=\"300\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/If-the-Baixada-does-not-plant-436x620.png 436w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/If-the-Baixada-does-not-plant-443x629.png 443w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/If-the-Baixada-does-not-plant.png 642w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The poster \u2018If the Baixada doesn&#8217;t plant, Rio de Janeiro doesn&#8217;t eat\u2019 highlights the importance of food production in the Baixada Fluminense for regional food security. Photo: Rick Barros<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2nd Mag\u00e9 Climate Forum also saw the release of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4scxmMd\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Popular Guide to Food Sovereignty and the Fight Against Hunger in Mag\u00e9 (RJ)<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The document collects concepts and proposals to address <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3ZaZB2B\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">food insecurity<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the municipality. This and other initiatives of the 2nd Mag\u00e9 Climate Forum reaffirm that the Baixada Fluminense is a place of knowledge production, resistance and solutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Beyond denouncing hunger, the 2nd Mag\u00e9 Climate Forum highlighted <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4jrkaQY\">those who combat this social problem on a daily basis<\/a>. As noted by pedagogical and projects coordinator Carla Lubanco:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHunger is a social product that has been constructed since colonization by invaders who came here to expropriate the land.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This statement synthesized the understanding that food insecurity in the peripheries is directly linked to <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/AntiracistRio\">historical processes of exploitation, inequality and exclusion<\/a>. It also summed up the root of what makes spaces such as the Mag\u00e9 Climate Forum so important and powerful, bringing together different voices and experiences from the peripheries. Thus, the event strengthened networks and pointed to possible paths towards a more just future.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It left one thing crystal clear: if the Baixada Fluminense plants, Rio de Janeiro eats. If the Baixada Fluminense does not plant, Rio de Janeiro does not eat. But the message that echoes is even deeper: we must guarantee that those who plant also have the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/1HbASPl\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">right to the land<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to food and to their dignity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About the author: Rick Barros is a journalist with a degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), reporter at Revista Minerva and member of the Network for Communication and Culture in Favelas through Fala Ro\u00e7a, a newspaper from Rocinha, Brazil&#8217;s largest favela. He is a community educator at the S\u00f3 Cria College Entrance Exam Course and volunteer at the Guarani Collective (Mag\u00e9), as well as creator of the Guetografia project and a digital influencer, working to promote the value of favelas, culture and community journalism.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\">Support\u00a0<\/b><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">RioOnWatch<\/i><\/b><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\">\u2019s tireless, critical and cutting-edge hyperlocal journalism, online community organizing meetings, and direct support to favelas\u00a0<\/b><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/DonateToRioOnWatch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/DonateToRioOnWatch\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">by clicking here.<\/a><\/b><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas If food reaches plates in Rio de Janeiro, it comes\u2014often unacknowledged\u2014from hands that sow, fish and resist in Greater Rio&#8217;s Baixada Fluminense, north of the city.\u00a0 It was in response to <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=83176\" title=\"\u2018If the Baixada Doesn\u2019t Plant, Rio de Janeiro Doesn\u2019t Eat\u2019: Second Mag\u00e9 Climate Forum Puts Regional Food Sovereignty at the Center\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":83177,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-full.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1328,1290,329,452],"tags":[244,460,472,3406,2405,280,428,674,267,291,3495,3534,1197,531,1278,2661,1033,1360,288,152,744,301,2248,287],"writer":[3887],"translator":[3856],"illustrator":[],"photographer":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83176","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-by-community-contributors","8":"category-civilsociety","9":"category-solutions","10":"category-rio20","11":"tag-agroecology","12":"tag-baixada-fluminense","13":"tag-climate-change","14":"tag-climate-justice","15":"tag-community-garden","16":"tag-complexo-da-mare","17":"tag-employment","18":"tag-memory","19":"tag-fishing-colony","20":"tag-food","21":"tag-food-insecurity","22":"tag-food-sovereignty","23":"tag-greater-rio","24":"tag-guanabara-bay","25":"tag-income","26":"tag-kelsons","27":"tag-land-rights","28":"tag-mage","29":"tag-mata-atlantica","30":"tag-participation","31":"tag-policy-critique","32":"tag-public-policy","33":"tag-solidarity-economy","34":"tag-urban-agriculture","35":"writer-rick-barros","36":"translator-juliet-hussell"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83176"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83218,"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83176\/revisions\/83218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/83177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83176"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fwriter&post=83176"},{"taxonomy":"translator","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftranslator&post=83176"},{"taxonomy":"illustrator","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fillustrator&post=83176"},{"taxonomy":"photographer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fphotographer&post=83176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}