Food Justice

A Black farmer in a greenhouse growing crops to plant in the soil. Photo courtesy of Amber Tamm Canty.

Black Land Matters. But Is Crowdfunding Enough?

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11.17.20

A hand holding native seeds. Photo courtesy of Rowen White

A New Native Seed Cooperative Aims to Rebuild Indigenous Foodways

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11.10.20

The Oakland Avenue Urban Farm. (Photo courtesy of Planet Detroit)

It Took a Group of Black Farmers to Start Fixing Land Ownership Problems in Detroit

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11.06.20

Site manager Eileen Bowman wears a "REGISTER & VOTE" mask as long lines of voters wait to cast early voting ballots at Roxborough High School on October 17, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images)

Fighting Voter Suppression, Environmental Racism, and Corporate Agriculture in Hog Country

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10.22.20

Two of the Grandma's Hands chefs posing in the kitchen. (Photo credit: Robin Franzen Parker)

Black Grandmothers Feed their Communities, and Pass on Food Traditions—Online

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10.21.20

A Hmong farmer picking crops in the farm field. (Photo credit Mike Hazard / HAFA)

Hmong Farmers Are Supporting the Black Lives Matter Movement in Minnesota

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10.07.20

Ventura County Rescue Mission workers hand out food packages to the homeless on March 31, 2020 in Ventura, California.

Ensuring Homeless Americans Get Enough Food Has Never Been Easy. Now, It’s Next to Impossible.

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10.06.20

A new york city street food vendor sells pastries outside the subway station

What Life Is Like for Immigrant New York Street Vendors

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10.02.20

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