Articles by Staff Writer Frida Garza
Frida Garza is a staff writer covering food and agriculture at Grist. She was previously an editor at the Guardian U.S., where she launched and led a series on environmental and climate justice, as well as reported on the intersections of food, climate, and labor. Prior to that, Frida was a senior staff writer at Jezebel. Her writing has appeared in the Texas Monthly, ELLE.com, VICE, and other places.
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‘Praying for rain’: How New York farmers are dealing with drought — and unexpected brush fires
The dry weather in the Hudson Valley speaks to the difficulty of growing food on a warming planet.
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![A shot of various sprinklers watering wheat fields in China, with two men seen standing in the distance]()
![A shot of various sprinklers watering wheat fields in China, with two men seen standing in the distance]()
Water challenges — made worse by rising temperatures — are threatening the world’s crops
“We have to be smarter about what we grow, and we can be smarter about how we grow what we're growing.”
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![Donald Trump speaking behind a podium along the border wall in Arizona; the sky behind him takes up half the frame, and one woman dressed in red stands to his right, while a row men stand off to his left.]()
![Donald Trump speaking behind a podium along the border wall in Arizona; the sky behind him takes up half the frame, and one woman dressed in red stands to his right, while a row men stand off to his left.]()
Trump’s proposed mass deportations could ‘decimate’ the US food supply
If the Republican candidate carries out his immigration agenda, who will run America's farms?
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![A close-up shot of a paper tray holding a bowl of rice and chickpeas; the paper tray is sitting on a larger plastic lunch tray that has a sheet on it where taste-testers can vote on the food items.]()
![A close-up shot of a paper tray holding a bowl of rice and chickpeas; the paper tray is sitting on a larger plastic lunch tray that has a sheet on it where taste-testers can vote on the food items.]()
More schools than ever are serving vegan meals in California. Here’s how they did it.
Credit environmentally conscious students — and a handful of state funding programs.
