As the country marks its 250th anniversary, our latest series, Farming 250, offers the perspectives of underrepresented farmers and food producers feeding their communities.
The Indigenous Seed Growers Network sprouted from the pandemic, and is quickly evolving to help communities secure their own food systems for generations to come. buff.ly/36jrj0x
This app, developed by a high school student, will alert farmworkers of dangerous temperatures and allow them to report unsafe work practices. buff.ly/2AK0mVN
BREAKING: In a groundbreaking case against Monsanto, a jury has awarded $250 million in punitive damages and nearly $40 million in compensatory damages to a former school groundskeeper who said he got terminal cancer from the weedkiller Roundup.
Many Native American communities are plagued by long drives to grocery stores and high rates of diet-related illnesses, A new generation is trying to change that through celebration, health and social media. buff.ly/2Pm8N1E
“In feeding poor people, the Panther women stepped up to be the change they wanted and to advance the revolution for which they fought.” @aeonmagbuff.ly/3ss3xLC
The University of Colorado School of Medicine returned a $1 million gift from Coca-Cola once it was revealed that the money was used to fund an advocacy group devoted to dismissing links between soda and obesity. buff.ly/2KCh6km
A decade after writing a book about agriculture's connection to climate change, Anna Lappé interviews the author of a new study that confirms we can’t bring down emissions without addressing the food system. buff.ly/2UA1KCQ