Jessica Fu
Staff Writer
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Jessica Fu is a staff writer for The Counter. She previously worked for The Stranger, Seattle's alt-weekly newspaper. Her reporting has won awards from the Association of Food Journalists and the Newswomen’s Club of New York.
![A dry agricultural irrigation canal along Highway 41 is viewed on October 29, 2021, near Stratford, California. The recent record-breaking rain and snow in northern California has slowed the fire season but the state is still experiencing one of the driest and hottest periods of weather in recorded history, forcing municipalities and farmers in the Central Valley to rethink their uses of water. January 2022](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/irrigation-canal-california-drought-january-2022.jpg)
![USDA Choice beef is displayed for sale in a grocery store on November 11, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. U.S. consumer prices have increased solidly in the past few months on items such as food, rent, cars and other goods as inflation has risen to a level not seen in 30 years. January 2022](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/beef-prics-increase-white-house-january-2022-e1641402296751.jpg)
![Tops of plastic soda bottles stored in supermarket. December 2021](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/tops-of-plastic-soda-bottles-in-supermarket-blue-purple-and-orange-december-2021.jpg)
![Officers speak to a Burger King employee that was punched in the face by an angry customer, asking him questions to find out more about what happened and if he needed medical attention in Chelsea, Massachusetts on May 1, 2021.](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/officers-speak-to-burger-king-employee-punched-in-face-by-customer-chelsea-massachusetts-may-1-2021.jpg)
![Dirt caked cows gather in mud , Monkton, Maryland, USA. December 2021](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cows-livestock-antibiotic-soil-december-2021.jpg)
![Irrigation ditches created by the federal government. 111921](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IMG_3789-irrigation-canal-november-2021.jpg)
![U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue (blue/green gingham shirt and tan mask) and Senator John Cornyn blue gingham shirt and blue bandana mask) tour the Houston Food Bank. October 2021](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/farmers-food-boxes-covid-report-october-2021.jpg)
![McDonald's employees protest outside their workplace on April 9, 2021 in Los Angeles, to demand an end to what they consider workplace harassment, discrimination and retaliation, despite numerous attempts to reach a resolution with the franchise owners. September 2021](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/food-industry-workers-quitting-august-2021.jpg)