Food and Farm Labor

Sugar kelp remnants from Native Conservancy's test site in Simpson Bay, Prince William Sound. (Photo By Tesia Bobrycki)

A Native-led Land Trust Is Working to Empower Indigenous Youth Through Kelp Farming

October 13, 2021

The program from the nonprofit Native Conservancy is helping cultivate food sovereignty, regenerate the marine environment, and boost the local economy.

Climate Anxiety Takes a Growing Toll on Farmers

By Gosia Wozniacka

October 5, 2021

Female organic farmer standing in field on foggy fall morning harvesting squash

‘Fruits of Labor’ Provides an Intimate Look at the Life of a Teenage Farmworker

By s.e. smith

October 4, 2021

Ashley Pavon, a Mexican-American teenager in California and the subject of

Planting a Life—and a Future—After Prison at Benevolence Farm

By Stephanie Parker

September 30, 2021

Keia Blount in the fields at Benevolence Farm. (Photo courtesy of Keia Blount)

Fires Fuel New Risks to California Farmworkers

By Liza Gross, Inside Climate News

September 24, 2021

CALEXICO, CA - JANUARY 22: Farmworkers pick broccoli in a field on January 22, 2021 in Calexico, California. President Joe Biden has unveiled an immigration reform proposal offering an eight-year path to citizenship for some 11 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally as well as green cards to upwards of a million DACA recipients and temporary protected status to farmworkers already in the United States.(Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)

‘In the Struggle’ Chronicles the Roots of California’s Food Justice Movement

By Nancy Matsumoto

September 16, 2021

From left: food justice and farmworker justice Ernesto Galarza, Janaki Jagannath, and Isao Fujimoto

USDA Offers Farmworkers and Meatpacking Workers $600 in COVID Relief

By Lisa Held

September 9, 2021

Portrait of female butcher using digital tablet with face mask at a meatpacking plant

Op-ed: The Ban on Chlorpyrifos and the Power of Community Organizing

By Margaret Reeves and Ángel García

September 2, 2021

a sign warning in english and spanish about pesticides being applied

California Eyes Vote-from-Home Rules for Farmworker Union Elections

By Grace Gedye, CalMatters

September 1, 2021

CALEXICO, CA - JANUARY 22: Farmworkers pick bok choy in a field on January 22, 2021 in Calexico, California. President Joe Biden has unveiled an immigration reform proposal offering an eight-year path to citizenship for some 11 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally as well as green cards to upwards of a million DACA recipients and temporary protected status to farmworkers already in the United States.(Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)

Concerns About Workplace Safety as Meatpacking Plants Recruit Foreign Visa Workers

By Luis Velazquez, Investigate Midwest

August 27, 2021

a meatpacking plant worker uses a saw to cut through a slab of meat

Guest Workers on North Carolina’s Tobacco Farms Are Fighting a ‘Green Monster’

By Da Yeon Eom, Investigate Midwest

August 13, 2021

A worker in a North Carolina tobacco field in 2020. (Photo provided by anonymous worker)

20 Solutions-Focused Food and Agriculture Stories for your Summer Inspiration

By The Civil Eats Editors

August 2, 2021

Farmer Co-ops Are Giving Latinx Communities Room to Grow

By Victoria Bouloubasis

July 15, 2021

Delia Jovel and Latinx farmerss, members of Tierra Fertil Co-op, plant seeds and examine their crops on June 13, 2021 in Herdersonville, NC. (Photo by Juan Diego Reyes)

How Gleaning Could Reshape the Farm Economy

By Natalie Peart, YES! Magazine

July 9, 2021

Gleaners at Salvation Farms in Morristown, Vermont. (Photo from Salvation Farms)

Chef Francesca Hong Is Proving that Food Is Political

By Esther Tseng

July 6, 2021

Francesca Hong stands in front of the Wisconsin state capitol building as part of efforts to protest political gerrymandering.

Narsiso Martinez is Painting the Plight of Farmworkers

By Nadra Nittle

June 28, 2021

As the Climate Emergency Grows, Farmworkers Lack Protection from Deadly Heat

By Greta Moran

June 14, 2021

Farmworkers pick bok choy in a field on January 22, 2021 in Calexico, California. President Joe Biden has unveiled an immigration reform proposal offering an eight-year path to citizenship for some 11 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally as well as green cards to upwards of a million DACA recipients and temporary protected status to farmworkers already in the United States.(Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)

Have Restaurants Really Had a Racial Reckoning?

By Jaya Saxena

May 24, 2021

an empty restaurant with stacked chairs on tables after a #MeToo reckoning over its toxic work environment

OSHA Has Failed to Protect Food Workers. Can a New Director Keep Them Safe?

By Lisa Held

May 11, 2021

farmworkers talk to a covid workplace safety protection worker in california. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

The Rise of Guaranteed Income Programs Could Offer a Lifeline for Food Workers

By Nadra Nittle

May 4, 2021

A waiter pours wine during dinner at Galatoire's Restaurant on May 22, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

Op-ed: How the Pandemic Made it Harder For Immigrants to Access Food

By Megan Carney and Teresa Mares

April 29, 2021

Food is distributed at the Ebenezer Seventh-day Adventist church on July 22, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The church distributes hundreds of packages of food every Wednesday. While many New York neighborhoods have long depended on charities, food banks and nonprofits to meet their nutritional needs, the Covid-19 pandemic has only multiplied the number of residents experiencing food insecurity. Across the city groups that serve those in need are seeing a huge increase in clients. According to the mayor’s office, an estimated 2 million people are currently food insecure in New York City, which is up from 1 million people before the pandemic. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

A Path to Citizenship Is on the Horizon for Undocumented Farmworkers

By Nadra Nittle

April 5, 2021

a migrant farmworker carries a box of broccoli in a farm field.

California’s Vaccine Rollout Has Yet to Reach Most Farmworkers

By Hannah Ricker

March 2, 2021

Travel nurse Tiquella Russell of Texas prepares to administer a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to a resident at a clinic at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in South Los Angeles on February 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.

Grocery Stores Continue to Push Back Against Hazard Pay for Workers

By Brendan Seibel

February 25, 2021

A grocery worker behind plexiglas and with masks during covid

How the Pandemic Has Further Isolated Farmers

By Marissa Plescia, Investigate Midwest

February 19, 2021

Drew DeSutter tends to the cows on the family farm in New Windsor, Illinois. (Photo credit: Steve Davis for The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting)

Food and Farm Labor

A Native-led Land Trust Is Working to Empower Indigenous Youth Through Kelp Farming

Climate Anxiety Takes a Growing Toll on Farmers

‘Fruits of Labor’ Provides an Intimate Look at the Life of a Teenage Farmworker

Planting a Life—and a Future—After Prison at Benevolence Farm

Fires Fuel New Risks to California Farmworkers

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‘In the Struggle’ Chronicles the Roots of California’s Food Justice Movement

USDA Offers Farmworkers and Meatpacking Workers $600 in COVID Relief

Op-ed: The Ban on Chlorpyrifos and the Power of Community Organizing

California Eyes Vote-from-Home Rules for Farmworker Union Elections

Concerns About Workplace Safety as Meatpacking Plants Recruit Foreign Visa Workers

Guest Workers on North Carolina’s Tobacco Farms Are Fighting a ‘Green Monster’

20 Solutions-Focused Food and Agriculture Stories for your Summer Inspiration

Farmer Co-ops Are Giving Latinx Communities Room to Grow

How Gleaning Could Reshape the Farm Economy

Chef Francesca Hong Is Proving that Food Is Political

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Narsiso Martinez is Painting the Plight of Farmworkers

As the Climate Emergency Grows, Farmworkers Lack Protection from Deadly Heat

Have Restaurants Really Had a Racial Reckoning?

OSHA Has Failed to Protect Food Workers. Can a New Director Keep Them Safe?

The Rise of Guaranteed Income Programs Could Offer a Lifeline for Food Workers

Op-ed: How the Pandemic Made it Harder For Immigrants to Access Food

A Path to Citizenship Is on the Horizon for Undocumented Farmworkers

California’s Vaccine Rollout Has Yet to Reach Most Farmworkers

Grocery Stores Continue to Push Back Against Hazard Pay for Workers

How the Pandemic Has Further Isolated Farmers