Coronavirus

Ex-USDA Official Defends Pandemic Efforts to Keep Meatpacking Plants Running

By Mary Norkol, Investigate Midwest

October 13, 2022

Op-ed: Farmworkers Face Stress and Depression. The Pandemic Made It Worse.

By Amy Quandt and Luis Flores

July 28, 2022

Migrant farm laborers have their temperature checked in King City, California. (Photo credit: Brent Stirton, Getty Images)

As the Ukraine Invasion Disrupts the Sunflower Oil Supply Chain, Small US Producers Step Up

July 25, 2022

sunflowers in a field in northern california

‘Buy Nothing’ as a Food Distribution Network

By Tilde Herrera

June 28, 2022

Cilla Lee and some of the food donations to the Outer Richmond Buy Nothing Group. (Photo by Naomi Fiss)

Surviving Small Restaurants Push Forward as Pandemic Ebbs

By Aallyah Wright, Stateline

April 8, 2022

Leland, Miss., natives Lisa and Cedric Bush smile this month inside their newly opened restaurant, Bush’s Kountry Cafe, formerly the Leland Café. Over the past two years, restaurants have struggled to stay afloat, but some states have passed measures to help them survive. (Photo credit: Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts)

Photo Essay: How Nourish New York Is Still Feeding NYC

March 29, 2022

Sustainable caught fish from Long Island’s Haskell's Seafood, a family run fishery, being delivered to the kosher Masbia pantry in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn.

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)

Pandemic Disruptions Created an Opportunity for Organic School Meals in California

February 28, 2022

Early morning packing of organic school food boxes at WCCUSD's central kitchen. (Photo courtesy of Conscious Kitchen)

Indigenous Farmworkers Are Unheard, Overlooked, and Exposed

By Abraham Marquez and Zaydee Sanchez, NACLA

February 3, 2022

Early in the morning, Silvia Garcia develops a rhythm to quickly and most efficiently pick each grape branch before temperatures reach the high 90s. (Photo credit: Zaydee Sanchez)

The Field Report: Can Lawsuits Right Historic Wrongs for Black Farmers?

January 19, 2022

A National Black Farmers Association protest in front of the USDA office in 2002.

Why the Food Supply Chain Is Strained. Again.

January 13, 2022

MIAMI, FLORIDA - JANUARY 11: Shelves displaying meat are partially empty as shoppers makes their way through a supermarket on January 11, 2022 in Miami, Florida. The coronavirus Omicron variant is still disrupting the supply chain causing some empty shelves at stores. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

COVID Was Far Worse for Meatpacking Workers Than Previously Reported

By Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest

November 2, 2021

workplace food industry - factory butchery for the production of sausages - butcher cuts meat

USDA Offers Farmworkers and Meatpacking Workers $600 in COVID Relief

September 9, 2021

Portrait of female butcher using digital tablet with face mask at a meatpacking plant

The End of Pandemic Safety-Net Programs May Cause Rural Food Insecurity to Rise

By Liz Carey, The Daily Yonder

August 30, 2021

South Portland Food Cupboard is one of the food pantries operated by the Good Shepard Food Bank in Maine. The Pantry is led by a team of over 130 volunteers who pick up donations, stock shelves and serve clients. (Photo credit: Good Shepherd Food Bank via Facebook)

Colleges Rush to Sign Students Up for Food Aid, as Pandemic Rules Make More Eligible

By Alejandra Salgado, CalMatters

August 20, 2021

Sacramento State student Madeline Waters prepares a meal, in her Sacramento home with ingredients provided by CalFresh on Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Photo by Rahul Lal for CalMatters College Journalism Network

Op-ed: COVID Took More Than Native Lives. It Also Took Our Foodways.

By Ruth Hopkins

June 17, 2021

Ruth Hopkins' father, hunting with his nephews. (Photo courtesy of Ruth Hopkins)

Op-ed: How the Pandemic Made it Harder For Immigrants to Access Food

By Megan Carney and Teresa Mares

April 29, 2021

Food is distributed at the Ebenezer Seventh-day Adventist church on July 22, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The church distributes hundreds of packages of food every Wednesday. While many New York neighborhoods have long depended on charities, food banks and nonprofits to meet their nutritional needs, the Covid-19 pandemic has only multiplied the number of residents experiencing food insecurity. Across the city groups that serve those in need are seeing a huge increase in clients. According to the mayor’s office, an estimated 2 million people are currently food insecure in New York City, which is up from 1 million people before the pandemic. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

After a Year of Pandemic Eating, Supermarkets Enlist Shoppers in Nutrition Programs

April 26, 2021

a dietician helps a shopper pick the healthiest food at a supermarket

Is There a Light at the End of the COVID Tunnel for NYC Restaurants?

By Michelle Lee

April 16, 2021

A woman chef stands in her new york city restaurant wearing a mask during the covid pandemic

A Path to Citizenship Is on the Horizon for Undocumented Farmworkers

By Nadra Nittle

April 5, 2021

a migrant farmworker carries a box of broccoli in a farm field.

Op-ed: After the Pandemic Flour Craze, Micro-Millers Take Stock

By Amy Halloran

March 19, 2021

home baker kneading dough and shaping loaves of bread

What New York City Schools Learned Feeding Millions During the Pandemic

By Nadra Nittle

March 18, 2021

A kindergarten student eating breakfast at Yung Wing School P.S. 124 on January 13, 2021 in New York City.

Will the CSA Boom Survive Beyond the Pandemic?

By Bridget Shirvell

March 10, 2021

farmer loading csa boxes into his truck to deliver to community supported agriculture customers

California’s Vaccine Rollout Has Yet to Reach Most Farmworkers

By Hannah Ricker

March 2, 2021

Travel nurse Tiquella Russell of Texas prepares to administer a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to a resident at a clinic at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in South Los Angeles on February 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.

Grocery Stores Continue to Push Back Against Hazard Pay for Workers

By Brendan Seibel

February 25, 2021

A grocery worker behind plexiglas and with masks during covid