Food Justice

saafon black farmers support organization

SAAFON Works to Restore Land Justice for Black Farmers in the South

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01.21.19
Inside La Morada. (Photo by Vidha Kotahwala via Google)

At a Beloved Mexican Restaurant in the Bronx, an Arrest Sparks Outrage

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01.18.19
Darren Chapman in the field at TigerMountain urban farm.

A Phoenix Urban Garden Provides At-Risk Individuals a Path Forward

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01.17.19
eric holt-gimenez and the cover of his new book, can we feed the world without destroying it

Feeding the World Without Destroying It

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01.10.19
A team of farmers working at the Bronx Foodway as part of a program from Youth Ministries for Peace & Justice and New York City's Summer Youth Employment Program. (Photo by Nathan Hunter)

The Bronx City Park that is Making Public Land Forage-Friendly

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01.01.19
Shantel Walker, Fight for $15

Our Best Food Justice Stories of 2018

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12.27.18
Campesinos Working in Tlalquiltenango, Morelos, Mexico. (Photo credit: Joseph Sorrentino / iStock)

Why Food Insecurity Is a Global Farmworker Issue

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12.21.18
monica white and freedom farmers book cover

‘Freedom Farmers’ Tells the History of Black Farmers Uniting Against Racism

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12.20.18
Outside a Dollar General in Fort Hancock, Texas. (Photo credit: Thomas Hawk)

Dollar Stores Are Taking Over the Grocery Business, and It’s Bad News for Public Health and Local Economies

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12.17.18
Revolution Brewing brewpub brewer John Palos. (Photo credit: Revolution Brewing)

Craft Beermakers are Banding Together and Brewing for Good

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12.12.18

Congress Will Likely Legalize Hemp in the Farm Bill. It Should Also Heal the USDA’s History of Discrimination.

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12.07.18
Pei-Ru Ko presents at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum. (Photo courtesy of RFRS)

The Personal Storytelling That is Putting a Human Face on the Food Movement

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12.06.18
Reem Assil (left) and Lamees Dahbour; photos © Jim Sullivan.

The Palestinian Chefs Building a Bridge to Their Culture Through Food

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12.05.18
Photo CC-licensed by DC Central Kitchen.

Denver’s New Sales Tax is the First in the Nation to Benefit Kids’ Health

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12.04.18
Photo © Katherine Kehrli.

Chef Brit Reed Brings Political Activism, Indigenous Traditions to the Table

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11.29.18
Claudette Zepeda-Wilkins in the kitchen.

Chef Claudette Zepeda-Wilkins Celebrates the Women Making Mexican Cuisine

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11.19.18
A Black family standing outside their home. Photo © Ernest Lowe

Black Migrants: Photographs of California’s Forgotten Agricultural Past

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11.15.18
A farmworker couple, Nelson and Silvia* from Guatemala, surveys the flooding outside of their North Carolina trailer home after Hurricane Florence. (Photo by Justin Cook.)

Months After Hurricane Florence, Undocumented Farmworkers Still Struggle to Recover

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11.13.18