Food Justice

people gardening in a community garden

The Moment for Food Sovereignty is Now

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04.02.20

Residents of the Spirit Lake reservation tending their community garden. (Photo by Heidi Zeigenmeyer)

Restoring Food Sovereignty on the Spirit Lake Reservation

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03.10.20

female farmworker picking tomatoes

After #MeToo, This Group Has Nearly Erased Sexual Harassment in Farm Fields

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03.09.20

Black women eating a fine meal at Resistance Served

Resistance Served 2020 Centers the Power of Black Women in Food

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02.28.20

Jennifer Taylor and Ron Gilmore at their Georgia farm. (Photo credit: Candace Pollock Moore / SSARE)

Jennifer Taylor Educates and Advocates for Underserved Small Farms in Florida

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02.27.20

woman rage baking in protest, hands covered in flour

Women’s Rage Finds Power in Protest—and Baking

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02.03.20

At Soul Fire Farm, a BIPOC-centered community farm, farmers learn regenerative methods such as heavy mulching and intercropping. Photo from Soul Fire Farm

Black Farmers Are Embracing Climate-Resilient Farming

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01.20.20

Rev. Floyd D. Harris Jr. harvests cabbage from Freedom School Fresno’s demonstration farm. (Photo © Joan Cusick)

Our Best Food Justice Stories of 2019

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12.26.19

four food justice leaders - malik yakini nina ichikawa ricardo salvador a-dae romero-briones

Food & Race: 10 Years of Creating a More Just Food System

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12.10.19

pittsburgh's urban farmers

Pittsburgh Grows Urban Gardens in the Fight Against Gentrification

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12.06.19

jambalaya and jollof

400 Years After the Slave Trade Began, Tracing the Roots of Jambalaya to Jollof

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12.05.19

Members of the Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust. (Photo by Matt Feinstein)

A New Generation of Black Farmers Is Returning to the Land

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11.27.19

At the farmers' market on the Hopi reservation.

Fighting Food Colonialism in the Hopi Nation

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11.20.19

lyla june standing in front of trees

The Native Musician and Poet Revitalizing Indigenous Food Sovereignty

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11.07.19

Eric Jackson in Cherry Hill. (Photo by Jesse James DeConto)

Baltimore is at the Vanguard of a National Black Vegan Movement

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11.05.19

Protesters outside Aramark headquarters. (Photo by Sophia Epstein)

Institutional Food Has a Sourcing Problem. This Coalition is Trying to Fix It.

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10.25.19

Ian Urbina author photo © Jabin Botsford 2019

Wage Theft, Slavery, and Climate Change on the Outlaw Ocean

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09.27.19

Gail Taylor on her D.C. urban farm. (Photo © Lise Metzger.)

The Woman Leading the Way for Urban Farming in the Nation’s Capital

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09.26.19