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Food
Community Organizations Turn to Gleaning to Redistribute Local Produce
In light of massive food insecurity, local organizations are looking to solve the problem through neighborhood gleaning.
Meet the Dumpster-Diving Chef Who Turns Food Waste Into Jam
A dumpster dive led to the innovation of a non-profit organization that distributes what would otherwise have been food waste and gives it new life in marmalades and sauces.
West African Yam Festivals Celebrate Harvest, Community and Life Itself
Across the world’s yam belt, the tuber represents far more than just a side dish.
Meet the Refugee Homesteaders Cultivating Backyards for Food Justice
Drinking Gourd Farms helps people start their own homesteads and experience food freedom.
This Earn-While-You-Learn Model is Transforming a Colorado Food Desert
Huerta Urbana’s community members learn about urban farming, while supplying their neighbors with fresh produce and gaining careers in the agriculture industry.
Ten Features to Revisit This Holiday Season
The personal essays, investigative features and reported stories we couldn’t get enough of this year.
This Teen Farmer Turned a 4-H Project Into a Startup Business
Matias Habib created a bio-pesticide, won an award from 4-H and built a small business—and he’s not even finished high school.
Can Technology Make Colorado’s Peaches Even Juicier?
A new, nondestructive sensor aims to help growers with quality control, harvesting and shipping these time-sensitive fruits.
In U.S. Prisons, Seeds Are Prized Contraband for Prisoners Looking to Grow Their Own Food
With food inside prisons often dreary and repetitive, some incarcerated people are taking their diets into their own hands.