Food + Opinion
Members of Universe City, a decentralized food hub in the Brownsville neighborhood that is working to build food sovereignty while also promoting community healing practices, pack bags of fresh produce from Green Top Farms which will be distributed to area food banks, community leaders and other places to serve New Yorkers in need of food on July 22, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. December 2021
Decolonizing the GMO debate

12.16.2021
by Benjamin R. Cohen
Feature illustration for commentary on the refugee cookbook. A split screen shows 3 refugee women sitting around a table in a colorful kitchen sharing a meal and drinks. On the right, a white woman stands at a counter in a commercial kitchen behind a camera in a recipe test kitchen. October 2021
The rise and folly of the refugee cookbook
Feature illustration for commentary on the refugee cookbook. A split screen shows 3 refugee women sitting around a table in a colorful kitchen sharing a meal and drinks. On the right, a white woman stands at a counter in a commercial kitchen behind a camera in a recipe test kitchen. October 2021
10.21.2021
by N.A. Mansour
The painting Achelous and Hercules by Thomas Hart Benton showing farm labor over on a painted blue and cloudy sky. October 2021
I tried to prove that small family farms are the future. I couldn’t do it.
The painting Achelous and Hercules by Thomas Hart Benton showing farm labor over on a painted blue and cloudy sky. October 2021
10.19.2021
by Sarah Mock
The logo of Prince's Hot Chicken in front of the old store in Nashville overlaid a current day photo of the street. May 2021
Innovation and the incinerated tongue: Notes on hot chicken, race, and culinary crossover
The logo of Prince's Hot Chicken in front of the old store in Nashville overlaid a current day photo of the street. May 2021
05.11.2021
by Dr. Cynthia R. Greenlee
August 9, 2017: Lyle Hadden, a soybean farmer, walks through a field he's planted that shows signs of being affected by Dicamba. Dicamba, a weed killer that has been used for over 50 years, is now having a devastating impact in Arkansas and neighboring states because because the Monsanto is now selling new soybean and cotton varieties that have been genetically altered to tolerate Dicamba. While Arkansas voted to put a ban in place, farmers continue finding fields bearing the effects of the herbicide. April 2021
Op-ed: We now know Trump’s EPA interfered with science on the destructive herbicide dicamba. It’s time for Biden’s EPA to act.
August 9, 2017: Lyle Hadden, a soybean farmer, walks through a field he's planted that shows signs of being affected by Dicamba. Dicamba, a weed killer that has been used for over 50 years, is now having a devastating impact in Arkansas and neighboring states because because the Monsanto is now selling new soybean and cotton varieties that have been genetically altered to tolerate Dicamba. While Arkansas voted to put a ban in place, farmers continue finding fields bearing the effects of the herbicide. April 2021
04.06.2021
by Bill Freese
Hunger strike illustration: detainee behind bars mocked by guards holding a Philly cheese steak and Coca-Cola. February 2021
Why I led a hunger strike against ICE in New Jersey
Hunger strike illustration: detainee behind bars mocked by guards holding a Philly cheese steak and Coca-Cola. February 2021
02.17.2021
by Ariel Goodman + "Lautaro"
A hand holds a single piece of soil with a sprouting plant. February 2021
U.S. Agriculture is funded by the public. Shouldn’t it serve the public good?
A hand holds a single piece of soil with a sprouting plant. February 2021
02.02.2021
by Martin Lemos
A letter from our editor
03.26.2020
by Kate Cox
A bee on an almond orchard
‘Bee-washing’ hurts bees and misleads consumers
A bee on an almond orchard
02.28.2020
by Lila Westreich