Food Justice

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

Young Women are Reviving Indigenous Food Traditions Online

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11.09.18

leah penniman and book cover

‘Farming While Black’ is a Guidebook to Dismantle Systemic Racism

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11.02.18

Baby Magnus gets a feed of siák̓vṇaɫ courtesy of his grandfather Larry and Jessie Housty.

Planting the Seeds of Indigenous Food Sovereignty

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11.01.18

A portrait of the Working Parents team from the WIHU Spring. Included in the group are: Back row, from left: Susan Spikes, Suzanne Barr, Matt McFarlane; Kate Galassi: seated in green sweater, holding the baby. (Photo credit: Bridget Shevlin)

Women are Uniting to Fight Sexual Harassment in the Restaurant Industry

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10.29.18

From a Family of Farmers, Paulette Jordan Hopes to Be the Nation’s First Native American Governor

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10.26.18

Eleventh graders Michelle Martinez, (left) and Cing "Jenny” Lian, greet Fishadelphia customers. (Photo credit: Erme Maula for fishadelphia)

High School Students Run This Dock-to-Table Sustainable Seafood Program

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10.23.18

Shopping in the Inglewood Grocery Outlet after it was awarded the UPAS Store of Excellence Award. (Photo courtesy of UPAS)

This Community is Addressing Food Insecurity, One Grocery Store at a Time

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10.22.18

Chef Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz driving “the mutton,” or the Mobile Unit for Training and Nutrition (MUTN). Photo courtesy of Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz.

How the Navajo Nation Is Reclaiming Food Sovereignty

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10.17.18

Elizabeth Azzuz and Margo Robbins, leaders of the Cultural Fire Management Council, have been helping Yurok Tribal members burn their land to improve the growth of basket materials and other traditional plants.

Fire and Agroforestry Are Reviving Traditional Native Foods and Communities

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10.11.18

Elwood and Nora Pahi. (Photo © Thosh Collins)

Navajo Beef Brings Traditional Practices and Modern Business to Ranching

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10.08.18

food waste ugly carrots together

Food Waste Wars: The Imperfect Enemy of the Good

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10.03.18

Amidst Keystone XL Fight, Nebraska Farmers Give 10 Acres Back to the Ponca Nation

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10.02.18

Olympia Auset is Tackling Systemic Racism, One Vegetable at a Time

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09.28.18

Hogs inside an Iowa concentrated feedlot operation. (Photo credit: U.S. EPA)

Iowans Unite to Stop Hog Farms From Polluting Their Community

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09.27.18

Detail of the redlined map of Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham’s ‘Food Deserts’ Have Been Shaped by its Redlined Past

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09.26.18

Meei Ling Ng in the UBC Garden of Eden. (Photo © Sang Cun)

The Artist Creating Urban Farms to Feed Philadelphia

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09.20.18

graphic of people standing in a food desert

The Hidden Resilience of ‘Food Desert’ Neighborhoods

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09.14.18