Food Justice

Chef Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz driving “the mutton,” or the Mobile Unit for Training and Nutrition (MUTN). Photo courtesy of Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz.

How the Navajo Nation Is Reclaiming Food Sovereignty

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10.17.18
Elizabeth Azzuz and Margo Robbins, leaders of the Cultural Fire Management Council, have been helping Yurok Tribal members burn their land to improve the growth of basket materials and other traditional plants.

Fire and Agroforestry Are Reviving Traditional Native Foods and Communities

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10.11.18
Elwood and Nora Pahi. (Photo © Thosh Collins)

Navajo Beef Brings Traditional Practices and Modern Business to Ranching

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10.08.18
food waste ugly carrots together

Food Waste Wars: The Imperfect Enemy of the Good

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10.03.18

Amidst Keystone XL Fight, Nebraska Farmers Give 10 Acres Back to the Ponca Nation

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10.02.18

Olympia Auset is Tackling Systemic Racism, One Vegetable at a Time

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09.28.18
Hogs inside an Iowa concentrated feedlot operation. (Photo credit: U.S. EPA)

Iowans Unite to Stop Hog Farms From Polluting Their Community

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09.27.18
Detail of the redlined map of Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham’s ‘Food Deserts’ Have Been Shaped by its Redlined Past

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09.26.18
Meei Ling Ng in the UBC Garden of Eden. (Photo © Sang Cun)

The Artist Creating Urban Farms to Feed Philadelphia

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09.20.18
graphic of people standing in a food desert

The Hidden Resilience of ‘Food Desert’ Neighborhoods

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09.14.18
Sacramento's Soil Born Farms. (Photo CC-licensed by Annie & John)

Sacramento Is Making Urban Agriculture a Way of Life

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09.12.18
Prison guard tower and high fence.

Will the 2018 Prison Strike Mean Better Meals for People Inside?

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09.07.18
A Green Garden popup stand at the Herbivorous Butcher. (Photo courtesy of Green Garden Bakery)

Teen-Run Bakery Brings Healthy Food and Job Training to Minneapolis

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08.29.18
Participants at a Truelove Seeds seed-keeping workshop at Taqwa Community Farm in the Bronx. (Photo courtesy of Truelove Seeds)

Truelove Seeds Offers a Connection to Culinary Heritage and Food Justice

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08.27.18

ICE Detainees Are Supposed to Get Three Square Meals a Day—But They Don’t

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08.24.18
Chef Ron Freeman with a packet of his ramen. (Alexis Gross/The Outline)

Chef Ron Freeman Wants to Bring Better Ramen to the Incarcerated

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08.22.18
Alisha at LA Kitchen. (Photo credit: Chase Niesner / KCET)

After Prison, Working Toward a Healthier Food Future

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08.21.18
incarcerated person eating prison food

Michigan’s Failed Effort to Privatize Prison Kitchens and the Future of Institutional Food

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08.20.18