Food Justice

Detroit People’s Food Co-op Board Member Malik Yakini at the Detroit Food Commons construction site.

Co-Op Grocery Stores Expand Their Mission to Equity and Food Justice

By Christina Cooke

September 19, 2022

As the country faces unprecedented labor and social upheaval, grocery co-ops are embracing deeper approaches to addressing systemic racism.

Can an Urban Farm Run by Police Create Jobs, Feed People, and Build Trust?

By Annie Sciacca

September 14, 2022

A tractor and a podium at the unveiling of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office unveiling of the Dig Deep acquisition of Ardenwood Farm. (Photo credit: Joy C. Liu, Alameda County Sheriff's Office)

Agrihoods Promise Fresh Food and Community. Can They Add Equity to the List?

September 6, 2022

A rendering of the proposed Santa Clara Agrihood. (Public records filing, City of Santa Clara)

This Labor Day, Catch Up on Our Food and Farm Worker Reporting

By The Civil Eats Editors

September 5, 2022

Farmworkers harvesting watermelons at Bellinger Farms in Hermiston, Oregon. (Photo by Andrea Johnson for the Oregon Department of Agriculture)

Most Farmworkers Speak Spanish, but Pesticide Safety Labels Are Often Only Printed in English

By Anne Marshall-Chalmers

August 30, 2022

Farmworker spraying pesticides on a farm in Jordan. Photo CC-licensed by Seersa Abaza, IWMI.

Op-ed: Reconnecting Communities Separated by Freeways Could Fight Food Insecurity

By Anthony Nicome

August 25, 2022

The Claiborne Expressway overpass in the Tremé neighborhood. (Photo CC-licensed by the Congress for the New Urbanism)

AmeriCorps CEO Michael Smith: Volunteer Service Is Key to Food Security

By Wesley Brown

August 18, 2022

AmeriCorps NCCC provides environmental stewardship in Baltimore.

Op-ed: The Loss of My Family’s Farm Is a Loss for California’s Japanese Agricultural Legacy

By Caroline Hatano

August 11, 2022

Black Farmers in Arkansas Still Seek Justice a Century After the Elaine Massacre

By Wesley Brown

July 27, 2022

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Meet the Group That’s Been Bringing Bison Back to Tribal Lands for 30 Years

By Gabriel Pietrorazio

July 26, 2022

The Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Harlem, Montana, has gathered an estimated 45 buffalo during two ITBC transfers in 1996 and 2014. (Photo courtesy of the InterTribal Buffalo Council)

This San Francisco Supper Club Gives Youth a Chance to Reinvent Themselves

By Gabrielle Lawrence

July 18, 2022

A young person working as a server at the Old Skool Cafe.

How the Cooperative Food Movement Is Evolving

By Twilight Greenaway

July 7, 2022

The COFED 2019 Summer Co-op Academy cohort. (Photo courtesy of COFED)

Op-Ed: Why White Farmers Should Fight for Black Farmer Debt Relief

June 17, 2022

Lateef Dowdell watches the sunrise from what remains of land once belonging to his uncle Gil Alexander, who was the last active Black farmer in the community of Nicodemus, Kansas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

A Growing Movement to Reclaim Water Rights for Indigenous People

By Kayla Devault, YES! Magazine

June 3, 2022

The Chacoan Great House of Pueblo Bonito from above the desert of New Mexico in Chaco Canyon

The Field Report: Tom Vilsack on How the USDA Can Transform the Food System

June 2, 2022

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announces Food System Transformation at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. on June 1, 2022. (USDA photo by Tom Witham)

‘Watermelon and Red Birds’ Offers a Guide to Juneteenth—and Black Celebration Culture

By Lindsey Margaret Allen

May 31, 2022

Nicole A. Taylor and the cover of her book on Juneteenth.

Op-ed: East Buffalo Needs Community-Driven Structural Investments, Not Fly-In, Fly-Out Charity

By The Food Equity Scholars, U.B. Food Lab

May 24, 2022

Mourners light candles at a makeshift memorial outside of Tops market on May 16, 2022 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Jorts the Cat Wants You to Care About Farmworkers’ Rights

By Twilight Greenaway

May 6, 2022

Jorts holds the new zine created by Jean.

As Dollar Stores Proliferate, Some Communities Push Back

By Wesley Brown

April 13, 2022

Lays potato chips are displayed at a Dollar General store in Vallejo, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

‘Slaves for Peanuts’ Tells the Tragic Story Behind America’s Favorite Snack

By Gosia Wozniacka

April 12, 2022

jori lewis and the cover of her book, slaves for peanuts

‘Food Companies Didn’t Get the Memo’—Steven Greenhouse on the Unionization Wave

By Naomi Starkman

March 24, 2022

GLENDALE, CO - JANUARY 12: King Soopers grocery store workers wave signs as they strike at more than 70 stores across the Denver metro area on January 12, 2022 in Glendale, Colorado. About 7000 workers at the Kroger-owned grocery chain are set to strike for three weeks on claims of unfair labor practices. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

What a Surge in Union Organizing Means for Food and Farm Workers

March 17, 2022

New union members at Pindar Vineyards in Peconic, New York. (Photo courtesy of Local 338 RWDSU/UFCW)

A New Approach to Keep Former Foster Youth from Facing Food Insecurity

March 14, 2022

A foster youth teenager with blue hair in the kitchen cooking food

On the Ground in Ukraine With World Central Kitchen

March 11, 2022

Feeding Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion. (Photo credit: World Central Kitchen)

Is Michelle Wu America’s Food Justice Mayor?

March 9, 2022