HEALTH

Man shopping at a food bank to fight food insecurity and hunger.

‘They Go to Work, Come Back, and Starve.’ Why Immigrant Families Are Avoiding Food Assistance

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10.14.19

Triumph Foods pork processing facility April 28, 2017. The facility houses 2,800 employees in St. Joseph, Mo. USDA photo by Preston Keres

The Food System Needs Whistleblowers, Too

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09.30.19

schoolgirl eating school lunch in a cafeteria

What Have the Last 10 Years of School Food Policy Taught Us?

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09.10.19

photo of leah garcés of mercy for animals and the cover of grilled her new book on animal welfare and factory farms

Americans Eat More Chicken Than Ever. Leah Garcés is Working to Change the Industry.

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09.09.19

citizen scientist baking bread and kneading dough

Do You Bake Bread? You Just Might Be a Community Scientist.

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08.22.19

The remodeled exterior of Hank's Mini Market.

Bringing Fresh Produce to LA’s Corner Stores Alone Won’t Solve Food Inequality. But it’s a Start.

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08.19.19

hand picking an apple from a food forest

Can Food Forests Fight Hunger?

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08.14.19

a collage of inspiring people in food

Summer Inspiration: 24 Food and Farming Change-Makers

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08.05.19

Peak summer season at the Chesterhill Produce Auction. (Photo credit: Rural Action)

With a Focus on Food Sovereignty, Rural Appalachian Ohio is Rebounding

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07.30.19

Mino Wiisinidaa! project coordinator LaTisha Coffin Harvests fiddlehead ferns for an indigenous foods cooking demonstration. (Photo CC-licensed by the USDA)

Indigenous Food Security is Dependent on Food Sovereignty

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07.24.19

A gathering of urban farmers and gardeners in Philadelphia

Soil Generation is Saving Community Gardens in Philadelphia

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07.23.19

aerial view of a sugarcane harvest in florida with burning fields

Burning Sugarcane in Florida is Making People Sick. Could ‘Green Harvesting’ Change the Game?

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07.15.19

the front of a walmart supercenter

Walmart’s Super-Sized Impact on the Food System

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07.12.19

Recovering potatoes for Food Forward (Photo © Eron Rauch)

A New Produce Warehouse in Los Angeles Will Prevent Millions of Pounds of Food Waste

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06.27.19

Illustration showing farmworkers in a dusty field where they're at risk of contracting valley fever

Climate Change-Fueled Valley Fever is Hitting Farmworkers Hard

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06.17.19

A community dinner at Hanscom Air Force Base produced in collaboration with Blue Star Families, a military family support organization. The families worked together to make tzatziki for a shared appetizer course. (Photo courtesy of The Family Dinner Project)

The Family Dinner Project Wants to Help You Make Communal Meals Happen

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06.14.19

person shopping in a grocery store

After a Decade of Food Access Work, Are People Eating Any Healthier?

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06.04.19

Parching wild rice over a fire.

Wild Rice is Feeding Indigenous Communities in Detroit and Beyond

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05.27.19