Food Justice

Farmers participate in a candlelight vigil on New Year's Eve on a highway leading to Delhi on the Gaziabad border on December 31, 2020 in Delhi, India. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Getty Images)

Op-ed: What the Farmers’ Revolution in India Says About Big Ag in the US and Worldwide

By Indra Shekhar Singh

March 1, 2021

Farmers in India are engaged in nearly the same fight U.S. farmers waged 40 years ago—against the same corporate interests.

How a Food Business Incubator Is Building Black Economic Strength in Minnesota

By Cinnamon Janzer

February 24, 2021

the little africa market parade put on by the aeds

New Donations to Black-Led Food and Land Groups Aim for True Reparations

By Ruth Terry, YES! Magazine

February 23, 2021

a black-led group of farmers taking a break and laughing

‘Minari’ Shines a Spotlight on Asian American Farmers

By Nadra Nittle

February 12, 2021

A still from the film Minari of a Korean American family. (Still courtesy of A24)

The Coffee Shop Giving Homeless Youth a Chance at Success

By Cinnamon Janzer

February 11, 2021

Valarie Mckenzie at work in Wildflyer Coffee.

Will Biden’s Food and Agriculture Appointees Live Up to His Promises on Racial Justice?

February 10, 2021

Michael Regan, speaks at the Queen theater on December 19, 2020 in Wilmington, DE. President-elect Joe Biden announced his climate and energy team that will advance an ambitious agenda to address the issues of climate change. (Photo by Joshua Roberts/Getty Images)

Indigenous People Have Reclaimed the National Bison Range

By Anna V. Smith, High Country News

February 3, 2021

Bison graze in a field at the National Bison Range in September of last year. There are between 350 and 500 bison on the range, which spans nearly 19,000 acres in western Montana. (Photo © Pete Caster, used with permission)

The Pandemic Reveals Racial Gaps in School Meal Access

January 26, 2021

Montgomery County Public Schools Special Needs Bus Attendant Bhavin Savla helps distribute bags of food donated by Manna Food Center at Quince Orchard High School as part of a program to feed children while schools are closed due to the coronavirus March 20, 2020 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Millions of children across the country rely on meals they get at school, which are closed in an attempt to suppress transmission of the COVID-19 virus. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

As COVID-19 Ups the Stakes, Advocates Say Prison Food Needs an Overhaul

By Nadra Nittle

January 21, 2021

an inmate receives a fresh orange instead of unhealthy prison food

On MLK Day: Our Stories on Food and Democracy

By The Civil Eats Editors

January 18, 2021

Civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers a speech to a crowd of approximately 7,000 people on May 17, 1967 at UC Berkeley's Sproul Plaza in Berkeley, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Does Regenerative Agriculture Have a Race Problem?

By Gosia Wozniacka

January 5, 2021

a black farmer standing in front of a tractor.

Our Best Food Justice Stories of 2020

By The Civil Eats Editors

December 30, 2020

Harlem Grown's Tony Hillery. (Photo courtesy of Harlem Grown)

Op-ed: Now Is the Time for Cooking Schools to Offer Culinary Activism 101

By Robert Egger

December 18, 2020

A team of students and chefs at Santa Fe Community College prepares a community meal. (Photo courtesy of Robert Egger)

California Farmers of Color Need More Support During the Pandemic. Can Private Efforts Help?

By Hannah Ricker

December 14, 2020

Harvesting peanuts for Sister Farms. (Photo credit: Slow Food East Bay)

Op-ed: Dear Secretary of Agriculture, This Is Your Chance

By Ricardo Salvador

December 11, 2020

Tom Vilsack speaks during day two of the Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena on September 5, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Once Called Naïve for His Focus on Returning Land to Black Farmers, Thomas Mitchell Is Now a MacArthur Genius

By Nadra Nittle

December 9, 2020

A Black farmer and a child drive a tractor on the farm.

The 2020 Social Justice Movements Were Fed by Food Trucks and Chefs

By Andy Hirschfeld

December 4, 2020

Handing out tacos to voters from a Vote.org food truck

Black Farmers Say They Were Dropped from the USDA’s Food Box Program

By Gosia Wozniacka

December 1, 2020

Indian Springs Farmers Cooperative workers packing food boxes for the Federation’s contract

Black Land Matters. But Is Crowdfunding Enough?

By Nadra Nittle

November 17, 2020

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

A New Native Seed Cooperative Aims to Rebuild Indigenous Foodways

By Ray Levy Uyeda

November 10, 2020

A hand holding native seeds. Photo courtesy of Rowen White

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

By Rhonda J. Smith, Planet Detroit

November 6, 2020

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

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

By Christina Cooke

October 22, 2020

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)

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

By Hannah Wallace

October 21, 2020

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

Hmong Farmers Are Supporting the Black Lives Matter Movement in Minnesota

By Cinnamon Janzer

October 7, 2020

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

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

October 6, 2020

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