Tag Archive: Food
COVID-19 Has Exposed the Fragility of Our Food System—Here’s How We Can Localize It
Released for Syndication: 01/25/2021
The pandemic has demonstrated the shortcomings of our mega-food industries and the necessity to localize food production. Farms and mills from Northern California to Canada are creating new small-scale, regional food systems.
Full ArticleHow the Community Helps Sustain Portland’s Ongoing Black Lives Matter Protests
Released for Syndication: 01/22/2021
Portlanders have been protesting everyday since May. Community mutual aid ‘blocs’ support BIPOC activists with everything from groceries to haircuts to tattoos.
Full ArticleRestoring Our Water Systems Should Be Top Priority for Biden Administration
Released for Syndication: 01/21/2021
Healthy rivers can no longer be separated into the “nice-to-have” column of environmental progress.
Full ArticleWhy Are People Going Hungry in India Despite a Massive Grain Surplus?
Released for Syndication: 01/12/2021
Editor’s Note: Since late November, braving the bitter cold, hundreds of thousands of farmers have set up protest camps at various points on the...
Full ArticleCOVID Has Underscored the Need for Safe Drinking Water—But Not Everyone Has It
Released for Syndication: 01/12/2021
COVID can’t be transmitted through drinking water, but that doesn’t mean your tap water is safe.
Full ArticleHow Decades of Local Activism Led to the Biggest Dam Removal Deal In U.S. History
Released for Syndication: 01/06/2021
Due to decades of activism by a coalition of Indigenous groups, commercial fishers, concerned citizens and environmentalists, Oregon and California state governments have committed to removing four dams along the Klamath River.
Full ArticleThe Race to a More Humane Egg Heats Up—Will the Poultry Industry Adopt Tech That Could Save Billions of Baby Chicks?
By
Linda Tyler
Released for Syndication: 12/08/2020
Egg companies sit by while nonprofits and venture capitalists fund high-tech startups attempting to save 300 million baby chicks from macerating grinders each year.
Full ArticleTyson Exploits Consumers Just Like Its Animals and the Workers Who Raise Them
Released for Syndication: 12/07/2020
Vulnerable workers, abused animals and a rigged system are the foundation of an unethical, destructive business model.
Full ArticleWhy the USDA Is Being Sued—Again
By
Dena Jones
Released for Syndication: 12/03/2020
The USDA is facing lawsuits for shirking its responsibility to protect birds from animal welfare violations.
Full ArticleIndia’s Move Toward a De Facto Unitary State
Released for Syndication: 11/05/2020