Alexandra Jones

Alexandra Jones is a writer based in Philadelphia. Her work has appeared in publications like USA Today, Food & Wine, Civil Eats, Gastro Obscura, and Audubon.

Wheat fields and rain clouds at the Marc Arnusch Farms, in Keenesburg, CO, on June 19, 2020. July 2021
The megadrought is just one factor driving up the price of your bread
Environment
by Alexandra Jones
07.21.2021
Environment
Antonio Espinoza sanitizes tables at Casa Martin Authentic Mexican restaurant on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica on Tuesday May 4, 2021 .
Restaurants need workers. Would an employee vaccine mandate bring them back?
Business
by Alexandra Jones
05.11.2021
Business
We are hiring dishwashers, prep cooks, line cooks written on a chalkboard sign with a wooden frame, Miami, FL. April 2021
Unemployed workers defect and debate their next moves, leaving restaurant owners to contend with a labor shortage
Business
by Alexandra Jones
04.12.2021
Business
A worker harvesting organic fennel. January 2021
Farmers still face barriers in their quest to becoming certified organic, including making it through an onerous 3-year window when costs are higher
Business
by Alexandra Jones
01.04.2021
Business
West Philly Bunny Hop mutual aid group packs groceries. December 2020
In a season of extreme need, some mutual aid groups are flourishing. Others are sinking under the weight.
Culture
by Alexandra Jones
12.29.2020
Culture
flour demand quarantine baking regional grain April 2020
Yes, #quarantinebaking has caused a temporary flour shortage. But not for the reasons you’d think.
Business
by Alexandra Jones
04.14.2020
Business
Caputo Brothers Creamery is struggling to place orders in the wake of covid-19 (March 2020)
Cheese is perishable and animals can’t stop making milk. How Covid-19 is disrupting America’s most time-sensitive industry
Business
by Alexandra Jones
03.30.2020
Business