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Nadra Nittle

Nadra Nittle is a Senior Reporter for Civil Eats. Based in Los Angeles, she was previously a reporter for The Goods by Vox and was also on staff at the former Vox Media website Racked. She has worked for newspapers affiliated with the Digital First Media and Gannett/USA Today networks and freelanced for a variety of media outlets, including The Atlantic, ThinkProgress, KCET, and About.com. Nadra has covered several issues as a reporter, such as health, education, race, pop culture, and religion. In 2019, Enslow Publishing released her first book, Recognizing Microaggressions.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams points to a healthy eating poster at the Lower East Side Girls Club. (Photo credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP's Office)

By Switching to a Plant-Based Diet, Eric Adams Is ‘Healthy at Last’

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10.09.20

A woman tending her small agroecology plot of land. Photo courtesy of WhyHunger

The People’s Agroecology Process Brings a Global Lens to U.S. Food Justice Work

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09.10.20

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), running mate of Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden, attends a coronavirus briefing at a makeshift studio at the Hotel DuPont on August 13, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware.

Kamala Harris Brings Food Justice to the Democratic Ticket

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08.18.20

workers cutting meat in a slaughterhouse

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07.31.20

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 28: Democratic presidential candidate and former housing secretary Julian Castro takes the stage during the J Street National Conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center October 28, 2019 in Washington, DC. Castro and three other presidential candidates were interviewed about Israel and U.S. foreign policy during the conference hosted by J Street, a political action committee that supports two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Julián Castro on the Goya Boycott and How to Support Communities of Color

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07.14.20

A collage of a photo of the author Chase Purdy and the cover of his new book, Billion Dollar Burger

Inside the Race for Lab-Grown Meat

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07.08.20

Harlem Grown's Tony Hillery. (Photo courtesy of Harlem Grown)

How Black Communities Are Bridging the Food Access Gap

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07.07.20

A man harvesting fresh produce in a greenhouse in Jackson, Missippi.

‘Fertile Ground’ Explores How Jackson, Mississippi, Is Charting a Better Food Future

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06.10.20

Students working in the garden at Dream of Wild Health

Feeding an Indigenous Community and Rematriating Seeds in Minneapolis

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06.09.20

A grocery worker stands behind a partial protective plastic screen and wears a mask and gloves as she works as a cashier at the Presidente Supermarket in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The Pandemic Isn’t Easing Up, but Frontline Food Workers Are Already Losing Bonus Pay

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06.02.20

tractors in the field harvesting produce

California Is the Nation’s Ag Capital. Here’s How it’s Addressing the Food Crisis.

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05.11.20

black woman wearing a mask during the coronavirus pandemic

People of Color are at Greater Risk of COVID-19. Systemic Racism in the Food System Plays a Role.

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05.05.20

Brian Saucedo helps give out meals at Columbus Middle School in Canoga Park, Calif. on the second day of Grab and Go food distribution on March 19, 2020. (Photo: Jill Connelly/Red Cross LA)

With Schools Closed, Some Districts are Feeding More People than Food Banks

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04.07.20

Long lines at a Vons market in Claremont, California 3-13-20.

Grocery Store Workers—’Heroes to the Community’ During Coronavirus—to Get Hazard Pay

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03.20.20

Fast food worker preparing hamburgers and cheeseburgers on the grill.

For Fast Food Workers, Coronavirus Highlights the Need for Paid Sick Leave

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03.18.20

YouTube Farmers, from left: Zach Johnson, Meredith Barnard, Nick Welker, Ryan Kester, and Tony Fast. (Photo courtesy of YouTube)

Can YouTube Give Farmers a Financial Boost?

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The Powerful Culinary Union at the Center of the Medicare for All Debate

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02.21.20

NRCS conservationist Dan Durham, left, with Stephen Becklund, manager of the J Bar L Ranch near Twin Bridges, Montana. (Photo CC-licensed by NRCS Montana)

The Plant-Based Movement to Transition Farmers Away from Meat and Dairy Production

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01.13.20