HEALTH

food and farming book covers

22 Noteworthy Food and Farming Books for Summer Reading—and Beyond

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07.31.18

Can Teaching Kids to Cook Make Them Healthier Later in Life?

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07.30.18
man shopping at a kanbe's market box

Kanbe’s Markets and the Movement to Bring Groceries to a Gas Station Near You

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07.26.18
young entrepreneurs making hot sauce

In Camden, a Hot Sauce is Helping Young Urban Entrepreneurs Fight Poverty

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07.24.18
young child cutting vegetables for salad

Low-Income Americans on SNAP Still Can’t Afford to Eat Healthy

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07.20.18
detroit and snap

Detroit Shows How Cuts to SNAP Affect an Entire Community

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07.19.18
the town of Utqiagvik, Alaska

In Alaska, Changes to SNAP Could Spell Disaster

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07.17.18
Photo CC-licensed by Orbis.

Expanding SNAP Work Requirements is a Ticket to Poor Health

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07.16.18
Fabián Aguirre and Maya Pisciotto, The Understory

Aviva Paley is Cooking Up Second Chances with Kitchens for Good

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07.06.18
rural storefronts main street usa

SNAP is a Boon to Urban and Rural Economies. Proposed Farm Bill Changes Could Cripple Them.

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07.05.18
immigrant farmers at the Kent farmers' market

Local Food Grown by Immigrants is Connecting this Seattle Suburb

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07.04.18
Dara Cooper photo © Nicole Harrison

Dara Cooper Is Reclaiming Black Foodways

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07.03.18
A North Carolina hog CAFO and its waste lagoons. (Photo courtesy of Waterkeeper Alliance)

In North Carolina, New Pollution Allegations Add to Residents’ Woes Over Factory Farms

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06.26.18
Sign warning about pesticides on a farm

Hawaii Shows States’ Power to Regulate Pesticides

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06.20.18
Photo © Becky Ruppel Photography

Libraries are Bridging the Summer Gap for Hungry Kids

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06.05.18
Marion Nestle (photo credit: Bill Hayes)

Marion Nestle Looks Back at 30 years of Agitating for Better Food

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05.31.18
Photo credit: Ed Yourdon

For the Homeless, There’s More to Eating than Food

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05.28.18
Honeybee pollinating a cherry orchard. (Photo CC-licensed by the Oregon Department of Agriculture)

Europe’s Neonic Ban is a Big Step—But it Won’t Be a Cure-all for Bees

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05.24.18