Modern Farmer

JANUARY 9, 2024

Anyone who’s spent time in Mexico can report firsthand on the country’s deep reverence for corn, that infinitely versatile and nutritive grain that forms the base of the country’s daily bread, the tortilla, as well as a multitude of other traditional foods.

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ATTRA

MARCH 19, 2024

After the slave trade, the population of the island diversified, but the production of sugar cane and other commodity-based plantations eradicated the local indigenous agriculture. Today, more than 98% of the food is imported to the islands and more than 43% of the islanders are living below the federal poverty line.

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The Equation

MARCH 4, 2024

We must not forget that at that time the economic options for Black Americans were scarcely more than sharecropping on former plantations or brutal industrial labor in northern cities; political and social freedoms were systematically denied. She established food distributions and mobile health clinic visits.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Our editors, staff writers, and freelance contributors have a wide selection of food and agriculture books to recommend, both for gift-giving purposes and for the quiet moments you carve out for yourself. Tilde Herrera The Blue Plate: A Food Lover’s Guide to Climate Chaos By Mark J. The book goes beyond the problems, too.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 24, 2024

In 2012, the Royal Society—the British equivalent of the National Academy of Science— declared refrigeration “the most important invention in the history of food and drink.” Polemic proclamations aside, refrigeration speaks volumes about our food system, says Nicola Twilley, seasoned journalist and co-host of the podcast Gastropod.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The first season offered a poignant history of Black American food, linking it to its West African roots and enslavement in the United States. The current season leaps ahead to the 20th century and explores the momentous changes Black Americans experienced during that period and how they informed their relationship with food.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

To ring in the first day of summer, we at Civil Eats want to offer you a list of food and farming books we think are worth your time and attention. From memoirs to cultural histories to journalistic inquiries that take on topics ranging from plant intelligence to school food to climate migration, here are 21 titles we hope you’ll enjoy.

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The Equation

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Workers are the backbone of our agricultural and food systems; however, they have been significantly impacted by longstanding exploitation. Additionally, food system workers reported health and safety violations and food insecurity due to low wages. As a 2023 UCS report noted , the 2.4 Exclusion in labor laws In 1940, 31.8

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 29, 2025

In the last few years, there has also been renewed interest in addressing historic wrongs perpetrated against Black farmers and building a more equitable food system. Together, they left the plantation of Richard M. In the U.S., These efforts come at a time when the number of small U.S. Land access was the first step.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 23, 2024

In addition to learning about regenerative farming practices, the diverse group had gathered to understand how state-level agricultural legislation can bring about climate resilience, food security, and social equity. We are rural, urban, and suburban,” she said. We are female; we are male.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Civil Eats has focused on food justice since our inception in 2009. Rare for the media landscape, we regularly report on the food system’s disproportionate impact on people of color and immigrant communities, and we are one the few outlets dedicated to covering the unique food-related issues facing Indigenous communities.

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