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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America’s houseplants come at a steep price for greenhouse workers
The people who grow houseplants aren't often thought of as agricultural workers, but they face many of the same hardships — especially in extreme heat.
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When ocean temperatures increase, so does child malnutrition on land
Researchers are just discovering this troubling consequence of climate change, but they still don't know why it happens.
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New research shows the world isn’t doing nearly enough to fix its food problem
Emissions from agriculture are trending up, but experts say progress must continue even as we blow past global deadlines.
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Who’s most at risk in the cyclospora outbreak? The farmworkers on the front lines.
An expert on migrant farmworker health describes how this population has been blamed and put at risk, but seldom understood.
