Food Justice

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

Parchman Penal Farm. Male prisoners hoeing in a field in Mississippi. (Public domain photo by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History)

Op-ed: Overthrowing the Food System’s Plantation Paradigm

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06.19.20

A Black Lives Matter protest in Minneapolis. Photo CC-licensed by Andy Witchger

Reckoning with Racial Justice in Farm Country

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06.10.20

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

Protestors march in Philadelphia on June 1, in the aftermath of widespread unrest following the murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and others.

Want to See Food and Land Justice for Black Americans? Support These Groups.

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06.02.20

An employee wipes down the windows of the Argentino Las Olas restaurant as it prepares to open to customers on May 18, 2020 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Food Service Workers Are on the Brink of a Mental Health Crisis. These Efforts are Helping.

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05.26.20

latinx farmworkers harvesting lettuce in the fields

Op-ed: Migrant Farmworkers, Native Ranchers in Border States Hit Hardest by COVID-19

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05.22.20

a collage of photos of the work of Red Wing United doing their work to feed and support residents of Laredo.

Red Wing United is Building Power in Laredo, ‘The Last Place to Get Aid’

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05.21.20