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How food is shaping American communities, from coast to coast and everywhere in between.

Without preaching or pandering, Too Many Tamales celebrated our culture–and continues to make Mexican American children feel seen

12.21.2021
Tina Vasquez
Source, subject, and reader: A farm worker weighs in on short stories about an agricultural community like her own
12.09.2021
by Tina Vasquez
Climate change forces Washington’s apple cider industry to adjust
12.02.2021
by Hannah Weinberger/Crosscut
The ancient potato of the future
11.23.2021
by James Dinneen
Invasive lake trout have been decimating native fish populations for decades. Residents of the Flathead Reservation in Montana have a solution.
11.18.2021
by Lena Beck
Vermont law banning food waste leads to more compost—and “separation” anxiety
10.25.2021
by Katherine Cusumano
The rise and folly of the refugee cookbook
10.21.2021
by N.A. Mansour
Conservationists see rare nature sanctuaries. Black farmers see a legacy bought out from under them.
10.21.2021
by Tony Briscoe, ProPublica + Rashod Taylor
The Iowa Farm Bureau is a small nonprofit. It’s sitting on a huge business empire.
10.11.2021
by Sky Chadde + Eli Hoff + Mark Ossolinski
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