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An Oklahoma man made people attend a “ghost story” (read: sermon) before getting USDA food boxes. Then he let them take up to 30 at a time.

03.04.2021
Jessica Fu + H. Claire Brown
New York farm workers removed from vaccine eligibility without explanation
03.02.2021
by Clara McMichael
Funders want to help ensure Native food sovereignty. Many in those communities want philanthropy to do better.
03.01.2021
by Marilyn Noble
Despite discrimination and drought, Punjabi Americans farm on
02.25.2021
by Wufei Yu/High Country News
Why do Coca-Cola, Frito-Lay, and Mars get the best real estate in grocery stores? Because they pay for it.
02.25.2021
by Sam Bloch
How new technology is helping to identify human rights abuses in the seafood industry
02.25.2021
by Virginia Gewin
Why I led a hunger strike against ICE in New Jersey
02.17.2021
by Ariel Goodman + "Lautaro"
U.S. Agriculture is funded by the public. Shouldn’t it serve the public good?
02.02.2021
by Martin Lemos
After years of struggle, New York’s street food vendors win long-sought reforms
01.28.2021
by Sam Bloch
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