Food Justice

A woman plants seedlings as part of a partnership with the MST. (Photo credit: Tânia Rêgo/Agência Brasil)

Brazil’s Landless Workers Persist through Agroecology

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09.30.20

Victor Anagli and Deepa Iyer at Ayeko Farm. (Photo courtesy of Deepa Iyer)

Deepa Iyer Is Farming for Social Justice

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09.18.20

Organic Seed Alliance's field crew cleans organic spinach seed at the organization's research farm in Chimcum, Washington. Photo credit: Shawn Linehan.

Op-ed: How Patents Threaten Small Seed Companies

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09.11.20

farmworkers picking corn

15 Stories About How the Pandemic is Impacting Food and Farm Workers

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09.07.20

Tika Bhandari of Bhutan works in her farm. Photo credit: Bob Blanchard

New Support for Refugee Farmers Hard Hit by the Pandemic

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09.04.20

Whtie vegans protest outside an ice cream shop in Venice Beach, California

Is the Vegan Movement Ready to Reckon with Racism?

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08.26.20

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

On his route in Sunset Park in Brooklyn, Smith has a recipient on almost every block.

And Now for Some Good News: 20 Inspiring Food and Agriculture Stories

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08.03.20

workers cutting meat in a slaughterhouse

How Essential Food Workers Are Fighting Back

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07.31.20

Op-ed: Why Those Community Fridges Won’t Solve Hunger

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07.30.20

A man dances on a massive “Black Lives Matter” mural covering a city street in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Black Lives Matter in the Food System

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07.20.20

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

Karen Washington in her urban farm. Photo courtesy of Bioneers.

Op-ed: How Urban Agriculture Can Fight Racism in the Food System

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07.10.20

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 Black farmer loading produce into a pickup truck

Op-ed: The Farm Bureau Says it Wants to Fight Racism. Here’s Where to Start.

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07.03.20

A Mashpee Wampanoag tribal gathering. (Photo courtesy of the Mashpee Wampanoag)

The ‘Thanksgiving Tribe’ Is Still Fighting for Food Sovereignty

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06.26.20

Jamil Burns of Raised Roots Farm in Oakland, shows off some of his produce destined for mutual aid for protesters seeking Black liberation.

Op-ed: We Can Build a Better Food System Through Mutual Aid

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06.26.20

Collage of Black leaders speaking about liberation, land justice, and food sovereignty for Black communities. Photos courtesy of A Growing Culture.

An Intergenerational Juneteenth Gathering Shows How the Black Food Sovereignty Discussion has Shifted

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06.24.20