food justice
This Community Garden in Brooklyn Is Breaking Down Food Barriers
Volunteers farming a half acre of land try to provide fresh vegetables to the neighborhood, and highlights a bigger struggle for access to healthy food.
Rooftop Farmers Are Feeding Hungry New Yorkers During The Pandemic
Urban gardens and community fridges are just a few of the ways activists are distributing food—and they need all the help they can get.
Our Wellness Obsession Doesn’t Do Much For People Who Have No Access to Real Produce
True wellness is not just about the individual person.
Supermarket Chains Ignored This Black Community, So Residents Opened a Co-Op
The Renaissance Community Co-op is the first of its kind in the nation, opened after 20 years of failed attempts to woo chains to the neighborhood.
How One LA Neighbourhood Is Tackling Food Deserts
The solution starts once we tackle structural racism and systemic inequality.
How Vegan Burritos Are Stopping Hunger in LA’s Homeless Communities
Burrito Project LA started ten years ago when the punk rocker owners of a vegan bar started to get together with friends after work, drink beer, and ride bikes around, giving away the restaurant’s food leftovers in burrito form to LA’s transient...
This Bus Offers Prison Families a Free Ride and Farm Food
Inspired by the work of imprisoned former Black Panther Herman Bell, the Victory Bus Project provides transportation—and farm-fresh produce—for the families of incarcerated New Yorkers.