food justice
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This rising lawmaker wants a Green New Deal for Boston
Boundary-busting mayoral candidate Michelle Wu hopes to usher in an era of diverse, bottom-up leadership.
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This urban farmer helps undocumented immigrants find community
GreenRoots' farm provides food — and a gathering place — for undocumented families in a gentrifying Massachusetts city.
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How lessons from the Black Panthers could change the food movement
History teaches us that food has always been a potent political tool.
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Looking back to see ahead: One woman’s quest to bring back Native American food traditions
For native foods educator Valerie Segrest, the solution to health disparities in tribal communities lies in the hunting and gathering of generations past.
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$28 cabbage, $65 chicken, and other insane food prices in Northern Canada
In the farthest-north part of Canada, food is so outrageously expensive that the basic necessities of life are beyond normal people's reach.
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Who harvests your winter tomatoes? [VIDEO]
This moving episode of the Perennial Plate takes us to visit Lupe Gonzalo, a Florida tomato worker from Guatemala who talks openly about her hopes and struggles.
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Limbaugh mocks food justice writer for being an educated single woman
Well, I have a new career goal: Get publicly mocked by Rush Limbaugh for winning too many awards. Food justice writer and occasional Grist contributor Tracie McMillan achieved that honor yesterday, and I’m sure she’s feeling duly chastened for having the temerity to write successful books while being a lady and unmarried and in various other ways not Rush Limbaugh. […]
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New Agtivist: Bryant Terry is inspiring his community to eat better
With his third cookbook, The Inspired Vegan, this chef and food justice advocate is reintroducing communities of color to the traditional foods that will keep them healthy.
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New Agtivist: Growing food sovereignty in the desert
In the unincorporated colonias near the borderlands of New Mexico -- an area known for its poverty and lack of infrastructure -- food activist Rebecca Wiggins-Reinhard is planting gardens and inspiring a new take on food.