My Ancestors Knew That a Revolution Must Be Fed
Food is a vehicle through which Asians in diaspora can see ourselves in futures we have been excluded from.
Food Justice
YES! Media’s food justice coverage makes clear that the problems in our food system cannot be solved with individual dietary choices or grocery shopping habits. We recognize the gross inequities that prevent too many people from having access to food that’s nutritious, sustainably produced, and culturally relevant. As the massive amount of food waste in the U.S. makes clear, food justice is issue an issue of inequitable distribution as much as it is about unsustainable production.
The Makah Tribe Is Calling Back the Whales
Celebrating the Tribe’s victory in their decades-long struggle to legally resume hunting gray whales.
Seed Banks Buffer Central American Farmers Against Climate Change
Heirloom seeds can bolster the resilience of rural farming communities.
Apocalypse Chow: Don’t Let Corporations Define Vegetables
Because corporations hold sway over our food system and our lives, they make it harder to access healthy vegetables.
Immigrant Farmworkers Keep Each Other Safe from the Avian Flu
Every month, around 50 dairy farmworkers filter into a church basement in western New York after a grueling day of work. They order dinner from a local Mexican or Puerto
Ending Malnutrition Takes More Than Just Food
In rural Argentina, Hacienda Camino offers parents a suite of skills and resources to help raise healthy children.
Landless Workers Fight for Fair Food
Brazil’s MST has organized the largest social movement in Latin America.
A Taste of Home: How Ethnic Grocery Stores Create Community
Ethnic grocery stores have served as a cultural pillar of immigrant communities. Can they survive today’s economic challenges?
Decolonizing Regenerative Cattle Ranching
Native farmers want newcomers to know there’s nothing novel about caring for the land that grows our food.
Combining Old and New: Aquaponics Opens the Door to Indigenous Food Security
Indigenous communities and partners are combining ancient knowledge with modern technology to revitalize food systems and self-determined economies in the face of ever-increasing climate pressures.
Where a Free Meal for Food-Insecure Families Is Just a Text Away
A tech startup has developed a way to bridge the nutrition gap for families, at least in the short term.
Growing Food and Latino Culture in Tucson’s Barrio Centro
T-shirt entrepreneurs-turned-farmers are turning an abandoned elementary school into a community hub.
Cultivating Food Sovereignty Through Regenerative Ocean Farming
The first Native-owned and Native-led land trust is working to empower and equip young Natives to successfully farm kelp.
There Is Enough Food, Just Not Enough Food Access
Community fridge networks across the country are an important start—and symbol—in the work to make sure everyone has enough to eat.
The Unsung Caribbean Roots of the Vegan Food Movement
While eating a plant-based diet is often presented as a white, millennial fad that accompanies gentrification, Black people have a long and rich tradition of plant-based eating.
How a Seattle Neighborhood Confronted Food Insecurity in the Pandemic
Seattle’s square-mile neighborhood of South Park has turned its early pandemic community supports into a sustainable system tackling food insecurity.
What’s in a Social Justice Diet?
You can make whatever diet you’re currently eating even healthier.
Meet the Farmers Reclaiming Puerto Rico’s Agricultural History
Residents in a rural Puerto Rican community are reviving a historic botanical garden to serve as an example of local and sustainable farming.
How Cuba’s Women Farmers Kept Everyone Fed
“I wake up early, I spend all day on the farm, working hard, managing the workers, planting, harvesting, selling, teaching—I do all of this out of love.”
How Tucson Preserves Its Native Food Heritage
The prevalence of food-related disease among indigenous people, like members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, is glaring—and drives many of the city’s food justice efforts.
This Isn’t Just Another Urban Farm—It’s a Food Bank
The Tucson, Arizona, food bank isn’t just giving away packaged foods. It’s growing healthy food—and teaching people how.
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