Food Justice

For This Queer Latina, the Kitchen is the Best Place to Fight For Justice

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03.04.19

Participants of Soul Fire Farm’s training program transplant pepper seedlings. Photo by Neshima Vitale-Penniman.

By Reconnecting With Soil, We Heal the Planet and Ourselves

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02.18.19

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

Fresno’s Freedom School is Changing the Narrative on Farming for Black Youth

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02.13.19

Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey during the introduction of the Green New Deal resolutions.

What the New Green Deal Means for the Food on Your Plate

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02.07.19

Hundreds gather in San Francisco with the youth led Sunrise Movement to call on House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to support the formation of a Select Committee to advance a Green New Deal to address Climate Change. (Photo CC-licensed by Peg Hunter)

A Green New Deal Must Include Food and Farming

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01.30.19

black farmer sitting on a tractor

New Research Explores the Ongoing Impact of Racism on the U.S. Farming Landscape

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01.25.19

Jehmel Alexander working in the Foodlink kitchen.

One of the Nation’s Oldest Food Banks Adds Culinary Education to its Offerings

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01.24.19

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