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Food Justice

What Does the Obama Victory Mean for the U.S. Food Justice Movement?

Eric Holt Gimenez | Posted 01.09.2013 | Home
Eric Holt Gimenez

If the Food Justice Movement expects a second Obama administration to help rebuild local food economies in underserved communities, then it will have to make its diverse voices heard -- politically.

Honoring Achievements of Hispanic Food Producers, But No Engagement With Their Struggles

Gary Paul Nabhan | Posted 11.01.2012 | Latino Voices
Gary Paul Nabhan

Secretary Salazar may also be on the wrong side of history if he maintains that sustainable food production is inherently antithetical to healthy national parks.

Is The Kingdom Of God Built Of Vegetables?

Jeremy John | Posted 12.11.2012 | Religion
Jeremy John

Vegetables. Who could have imagined an economy in which gentle vegetables were subversive? But this is our world. A world where a vegetable, whose growth is imperceptible to the naked eye, can spider a crack into the concrete of our industrial food system.

Sprouting Change: The EAT GRUB Story

Cara E. Jones | Posted 10.08.2012 | Impact
Cara E. Jones

Sal and Julio say that, growing up in Oakland, potato chips from the local liquor store and McDonald's french fries were the only "vegetables" they were accustomed to eating.

Fresh Food Solutions Usually Spring Up From the Grassroots Level

Patrick Geans-Ali | Posted 08.20.2012 | Detroit
Patrick Geans-Ali

Fresh Corner Cafe is a start up business that is actively working to address the long-standing problem of providing more access to healthy food choices in Detroit neighborhoods.

Field Notes on Food Justice: Why Your Local Grocery Store Makes Farmworkers Poor

Greg Asbed | Posted 07.22.2012 | Green
Greg Asbed

"Fresh and Fair from Florida"... Five words that would look so beautiful stamped on your next tomato purchase. Five words that would signify a revolution in agricultural working conditions.

Video: Gardens That Teach

Kelly Meyer | Posted 05.28.2012 | Green
Kelly Meyer

With a little creativity, vision and willingness to get our hands dirty, we can remake spaces defined by asphalt and dead grass into productive places of beauty.

Did A Slave Grow Your Tomato?

Daniel Klein | Posted 05.27.2012 | Home
Daniel Klein

Cheap food is not really cheap. We made this short film in Immokalee Florida, where a third of the tomatoes in our grocery stores are grown.

Limbaugh: Liberals Want to Control Your Food!

Kristin Wartman | Posted 05.08.2012 | Home
Kristin Wartman

Limbaugh's a little late to the game on this one, the term food justice is hardly news and he joins an already long line of conservatives who criticize any attempt to reign in Big Food.

Occupy the Food System: Construction or Protest?

Eric Holt Gimenez | Posted 04.25.2012 | Home
Eric Holt Gimenez

While there is plenty of talk (and lots of good community work) coming from the "food movement," it is a still a long way from challenging the power of the corporate food regime. But it is growing fast.

44 Square Miles of Forgotten Men

Linda Novick O'Keefe | Posted 04.02.2012 | Chicago
Linda Novick O'Keefe

The word "Food Desert" was coined to describe Chicago. Can the Emanuel administration truly make Chicago the city in a garden? Can they make the city that works, work for everyone?

Too Fat to Fight

Linda Novick O'Keefe | Posted 02.06.2012 | Politics
Linda Novick O'Keefe

If three-quarters of Americans aged 17-24 can't enter the military because they are ineligible, doesn't that make childhood obesity a national security issue?

Simplicity, The Greatest Gift

Kim Michele Richardson | Posted 01.31.2012 | Religion
Kim Michele Richardson

We have left the Earth sorely fractured, but we didn't break this family -- their goodness, raw honesty, perseverance, beauty and simplicity, which shine like a beacon of bright hope.

Two Females Farming the Future

Jonathan Lewis | Posted 01.08.2012 | Impact
Jonathan Lewis

To America's lasting shame, aching hunger lives down the street because our national "war on poverty" is long-since abandoned.

...And Food Justice for All: 11 Amazing Vegan Recipes (SLIDESHOW)

Nil Zacharias | Posted 01.03.2012 | Home
Nil Zacharias

2011-11-03-Screenshot20111103at12.05.28PM.jpg We can all make a difference right now, by choosing plant-based foods when we eat. Here are 11 delicious recipes to get you started.

Dirty Tomatoes: A Spiritual And Dietary Proposal

Brian D. McLaren | Posted 10.25.2011 | Religion
Brian D. McLaren

I never really understood religious dietary restrictions, and to be honest, I've never even given up chocolate for Lent. But this kind of dietary scruple makes sense to me.

Walmart's Food Deserts: Greening the Bottom Line

Eric Holt Gimenez | Posted 09.27.2011 | Home
Eric Holt Gimenez

Campaigns across the country are underway to pressure the promised 1,500 Walmarts, SUPERVALUs and Walgreens to hire full-time employees from the neighborhoods they serve, sign labor peace agreements, and pay living wages.

Hunger and Food Insecurity in Epic Proportions (Video)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 09.20.2011 | Impact
Rebecca Gerendasy

If America is the greatest nation in the world, why can't we eliminate (or significantly reduce) hunger and food insecurity in this country?

"I Want to Be a Farmer": Food Justice, Out of the Mouths of Babes

Randall Amster | Posted 08.03.2011 | Green
Randall Amster

If we're going to turn that long-overdue corner toward a sustainable and just society, there will need to be a lot of young people with the awareness and skills to manifest life's essentials of food, water, and energy in a healthy way.

Food Justice At Your Seder Table

Ari Hart | Posted 06.18.2011 | Religion
Ari Hart

May we all use this time of Passover to make transformations, big or small, in our food system, our communities and our selves.

The Heart of Teaching and Learning: The Kids Want Kale

Kate Quarfordt | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Kate Quarfordt

The children at Bronx Prep are clamoring for vegetables. Not fries soaked in hot sauce from the Chinese take-out across the street.

From Grassroots to Mountaintops

Liz Neumark | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Liz Neumark

Joan Dye Gussow - the matriarch of the modern-day food movement; the educator and activist who transformed the discussion about nutrition and health f...

Good Food Is Not (Only) a Class Issue

Lee Zukor | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Lee Zukor

Why do those who can afford good food choose not to buy it? Why do we consistently make poor food choices for ourselves and our kids even when we know better?

Aftershocks: Psuedo-Tsunamis and Food Insecurity in Hawai'i

Eric Holt Gimenez | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Eric Holt Gimenez

What would a tsunami have meant for Hawai'i's food system? Like other islands that have fallen under colonialism and tourism, Hawai'i is prey to the corporate food regime, and no longer feeds itself.

The Fair Food Project Tells Farmworkers' Stories (VIDEO)

Paula Crossfield | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Paula Crossfield

If you eat, you rely on farmers, but you also rely on the labor of 2.5 million farm workers in the United States who earn wages below the poverty limi...