Driving through rural northwest Ohio, the first thing you notice is how flat it is — flat as a griddle cake, with narrow roads slicing through endless fields of soybeans and corn.
Putting Down Roots: The Refugee Gardens of Clarkston, Georgia
Today, a third of town’s 13,000 residents were born in another country, representing 40 nationalities and 60 languages.
For new Americans displaced by conflict and ethnic strife, the ability to raise goats lifts them up, providing sorely needed cultural continuity and a taste of the old country.
Leah Penniman is an American anomaly: black, female, and a farmer. In 2016, Penniman hit the streets of Albany, New York, to protest the police brutality that killed Donald “Dontay” Ivy, 39, an unarmed local man. But her primary focus involves fighting what she considers a far more common, yet more subtly brutal, form of oppression. “Corporations, and white folks in particular, control the food system,” explains the 37-year-old. “If the means of production are in the hands of people outside our community, we are dependent on those who might not have our best interests in mind.”
Empowering West African women through sustainable agriculture
Which is why General Mills partners with CARE, a nonprofit organization with more than seven decades of experience working to end poverty and catalyze lasting positive change in co...
Tens of Thousands of People Are About to Lose the Ability to Buy Fresh Food at Farmers Markets
I know we’re saying a lot these days, but for real: this is infuriating and insane.
Michel Nischan On How the Proposed SNAP Harvest Box Could Actually Work
“A ‘Blue Apron approach’ only works if there is choice involved.” – Michel Nischan, founder of Wholesome Wave, a national nonprofit making produce affordable for people in poverty.
