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How history, heritage, discrimination, and culture shape the way we eat.

Aunt Jemima is out, and Uncle Ben is rebranding

06.17.2020

Jesse Hirsch

New York’s police will no longer crack down on street vendors–but who will?

06.12.2020

by Gaby Del Valle

USDA gave almost 100 percent of Trump’s trade war bailout to white farmers

07.29.2019

by Nathan Rosenberg + Bryce Wilson Stucki

How USDA distorted data to conceal decades of discrimination against black farmers

06.26.2019

by Nathan Rosenberg + Bryce Wilson Stucki

Trump pick to lead USDA on civil rights has a history of discriminating against black employees

11.27.2018

by Nathan Rosenberg

Americans of color are largely excluded from producing and eating fresh food

11.08.2018

by Doug Bierend

Historically Black land-grant universities are severely underfunded compared to their white counterparts. Hemp could change that.

06.21.2018

by Jillian Hishaw

Tulsa says no more Dollar General, curbing exploitation of black neighborhoods

04.12.2018

by Sam Bloch

Young black farmers to Mark Bittman: We don’t need your land reform

12.07.2017

by Sam Bloch + Hillary Bonhomme

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