Commentary

Op-ed: I’m a Restaurant Worker, Not a Robot

By Caitlin Hart

October 28, 2022

Op-ed: Is There Plastic in Your Soda? Beverage Companies Must Go Beyond Recycling

By Roopa Krithivasan

September 22, 2022

a worker stands in front of a massive pile of plastic bottles destined to be recycled

Op-ed: Catch Shares Enable Wealthy Landlords to Gobble Up Local Fisheries

By Ryan Bradley

August 31, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO - OCTOBER 17: Fresh Red Snapper lies on ice at the San Francisco Fish Company October 17, 2006 in San Francisco, California. A study by the Institute of Medicine found that eating fresh seafood twice a week is healthy for your heart and may reduce the risk of heart disease. The study also says that eating fish twice a week also outweighs the risk of exposure to mercury and other dangerous contaminants. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Op-ed: Reconnecting Communities Separated by Freeways Could Fight Food Insecurity

By Anthony Nicome

August 25, 2022

The Claiborne Expressway overpass in the Tremé neighborhood. (Photo CC-licensed by the Congress for the New Urbanism)

Op-ed: It’s Time to End the Poultry Industry’s Exploitative Contracts

August 16, 2022

A contract chicken farmer raises chickens under the tournament system

Op-ed: The End of Roe v. Wade Makes Reproductive Health Even Tougher for Farmworkers

By Mily Treviño-Sauceda

August 12, 2022

Op-ed: The Loss of My Family’s Farm Is a Loss for California’s Japanese Agricultural Legacy

By Caroline Hatano

August 11, 2022

Op-ed: Farmworkers Face Stress and Depression. The Pandemic Made It Worse.

By Amy Quandt and Luis Flores

July 28, 2022

Migrant farm laborers have their temperature checked in King City, California. (Photo credit: Brent Stirton, Getty Images)

Op-ed: To Fight the Drought, Cities Should Pay Farmers to Get Smarter About Irrigation

By Robert Glennon, The Conversation

July 14, 2022

A farm worker carries an irrigation pipe on November 17, 2016 in San Luis, Arizona. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Op-ed: With Food Prices on the Rise, Is a ‘Bean New Deal’ the Answer?

By Matthew Miles Goodrich, The Nation

July 1, 2022

A man working in the garden planting beans and legumes

Op-Ed: Why White Farmers Should Fight for Black Farmer Debt Relief

June 17, 2022

Lateef Dowdell watches the sunrise from what remains of land once belonging to his uncle Gil Alexander, who was the last active Black farmer in the community of Nicodemus, Kansas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Op-ed: I’m a Fast Food Worker. Here’s Why I’m Striking for Industrywide Reform

By Maria Bernal

June 9, 2022

McDonalds Workers strike Fight for 15

Op-ed: East Buffalo Needs Community-Driven Structural Investments, Not Fly-In, Fly-Out Charity

By The Food Equity Scholars, U.B. Food Lab

May 24, 2022

Mourners light candles at a makeshift memorial outside of Tops market on May 16, 2022 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Op-ed: Food Price Spikes Are About Much More than Ukraine

By Jennifer Clapp

May 16, 2022

A field of wheat in Mykolayiv, Ukraine.

Op-ed: Climate Change Is Bringing Agriculture to the Arctic. Let’s Prioritize Food Sovereignty.

By Mindy Jewell Price

May 11, 2022

farming in alaska (Photo courtesy of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources)

Op-ed: Monopolies Are Giving Chicken Farmers a Raw Deal. We’re Urging States to Act.

By Patti Anderson and Mike Weaver

May 2, 2022

Manual worker in farm for broiler chickens

Op-ed: Fake Meat Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis

By Philip H. Howard

April 7, 2022

Impossible alternative protein fake meat burger. (Photo CC-licensed by Ted Eytan)

Op-ed: End the Lifetime Ban on SNAP for Felony Drug Convictions

By Claire Child and Stephanie Clark

March 18, 2022

A sign in a market window advertises the acceptance of food stamps

Op-Ed: There Is Ample Evidence That Agroecology Can Transform the Food System

By Lauren Baker

March 4, 2022

Smallholder potato farmer harvesting in Kenya on an agroecology focused farm

Op-ed: What I Learned from White Oak Pastures—and What Other Farms Can, Too

By Beth Hoffman

February 24, 2022

Bulls and sheep grazing near a creek at Will Harris's regenerative farm, White Oak Pastures.

Op-ed: One Year In, Where Vilsack’s USDA Stands on 10 Key Measures

By Ricardo Salvador

February 21, 2022

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack speaks during a daily press briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House May 5, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Op-ed: The New York Times Took on the Food System. Here’s What They Missed.

By Sophia Murphy and Ben Lilliston

February 17, 2022

a screenshot from the new york times video about big ag and farm consolidation

Op-ed: Saving Heirloom Seeds Can Protect Crop Diversity

By Helen Anne Curry, The Conversation

January 27, 2022

Glass gem corn (Photo credit: hthrd, Flickr)

Op-ed: Indian Farmers Won Their Revolution, but the Fight’s Not Over

By Indra Shekhar Singh

January 19, 2022

Indian farmers shout anti-government slogans during a protest against new farm laws in December 2020. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)

Op-ed: Helping Small Processors Won’t Work Unless We Break Up Big Meat

By Anthony Pahnke

January 13, 2022

Chickens inside a barn at a farm. Photographer: Mary Kang/Bloomberg