Food Justice

Freshly caught and harvested Quahog clams from Cape Cod.

On Cape Cod, the Wampanoag Assert Their Legal Right to Harvest the Waters

August 21, 2024

Not everyone respects that right. But the Wampanoag are determined to continue, saying their work is an essential expression of 12,000 years of heritage, sovereignty, and lifeways.

How a Community Gardener Grew Food for Her Family, Quit Her Job at McDonald’s, and Started a Farm

By Elizabeth Doerr

August 20, 2024

Maximina Hernández Reyes pictured at MR. Farms.

A Community of Growers

By Angelica Ang

July 23, 2024

A youth worker at East New York Farms' youth farm carries a tray of seedlings into the farm. (Photo credit: Angelica Ang)

Can Cooking in Community Slow Dementia and Diabetes?

By Nicole J. Caruth

July 1, 2024

A US Court Found Chiquita Guilty of Murder in Colombia. What Does the Ruling Mean for Other U.S. Food Corporations Abroad?

By Grey Moran

June 25, 2024

Workers unload green bananas for washing at the Santa Cruz banana plantation in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas, Mexico. The fruit from the plantation in the Mexican state of Chiapas is harvested year round and shipped to clients in Mexico and the United States, incluiding Chiquita, the leading American banana distributor. (Photo credit: John Moore/Getty Images)

Oral History Project Preserves Black and Indigenous Food Traditions

By Liz Susman Karp

June 4, 2024

Ira Wallace (left) and Sariyah Benoit sit together in Spelman College’s Victory Garden. (Photo credit: Heirloom Gardens Project)

For This Alaska Town, Whaling Is a Way of Life

By Kate Nelson

April 22, 2024

Parting the ice as they tow the whale back home. (Photo credit: Jim Wickens)

From Civil Rights to Food Justice, Jim Embry Reflects on a Life of Creative Resistance

By Mya Price

February 22, 2024

The Land Back Movement Is Also About Foodways

By Kate Nelson

February 12, 2024

Nick Tilsen during the Mount Rushmore Land Back Protest. (Photo credit: Willi White)

The Food System Is Having a Big-Screen Moment

By Lisa Held

January 10, 2024

a collage of food and farming documentary posters including the smell of money, food inc 2, farming while black and common ground

A TED Talk Put Ron Finley on the Map. 10 Years Later, the ‘Gangsta Gardener’ Is Going Strong.

By Stephanie Toone

January 9, 2024

Ron Finley (Photo credit: Kat Hanegraaf)

Our Best Food Justice Stories of 2023

By The Civil Eats Editors

December 27, 2023

The Black farmers at Big Dream Farm stand in the field. (Photo credit: Jared Davis)

Diving—and Dying—for Red Gold: The Human Cost of Honduran Lobster

By Alice Driver

December 6, 2023

Injured divers work on various exercises in a small rehabilitation room at the hospital. Dr. Henzel Roberto Pérez, the deputy director of information management at the hospital, said that one of the many problems with the lobster diving industry is “Children are working for these companies. At least one of the companies is from the United States.” (Photo credit: Jacky Muniello)

This Indigenous Cook Wants to Help Readers Decolonize Their Diets

By Twilight Greenaway

November 28, 2023

author Sara Calvosa Olson and the cover of her book about indigenous foods and foodways, Chimi Nu'am. (Photo courtesy of Sara Calvosa Olson)

With Season 2, ‘High on the Hog’ Deepens the Story of the Nation’s Black Food Traditions

By Nadra Nittle

November 21, 2023

Stephen Satterfield and Jessica B. Harris watching the sunset at the beach, in a still from Netflix's High on the Hog Season 2. (Photo courtesy of Netflix)

A Culinary Worker Strike Could Reshape the Nation’s Restaurants

By Christina Cooke

October 30, 2023

Culinary workers, bartenders, and hotel attendants in Las Vegas picketing earlier this month outside eight casino resorts. (Photo courtesy of Culinary Workers Union Local 226)

California Will Help BIPOC Collective Cultivate Land Access for Underserved Farmers

By Naoki Nitta

October 24, 2023

‘At the Table’ Is a Guide for Chefs Who Want to Lead Outside the Kitchen

By Stephanie Toone

October 5, 2023

‘For the Culture’ Is a Joyful Celebration of Black Women and Femmes in Food

By Nancy Matsumoto

September 28, 2023

Op-ed: 4 Solutions to Make Urban Ag Policies More Equitable

By Anthony Nicome

September 21, 2023

Ronald White (left) and Willington Rolle work in the Roots in the City urban garden in Miami's Overtown neighborhood on October 21, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The 2-acre lot, which was once a blighted area, features collard greens, citrus trees, papayas, and an assortment of vegetables. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The Organic Urban Farm Growing Healthy Food for One of Chicago’s Most Underserved Neighborhoods

By Cassie M. Chew

September 5, 2023

Harvesting Tomatoes at Growing Home. (Photo courtesy of Growing Home)

Photo Essay: How DC Central Kitchen Tackles Hunger, From Food Trucks to Training Programs

By Jake Price

August 30, 2023

Re-envisioning New York City’s Green Spaces With Qiana Mickie

By Grey Moran

August 21, 2023

A Fight for Salmon Fishing Rights Connects Indigenous Peoples Across the Pacific Ocean

By Naoki Nitta

July 26, 2023

Members of the Raporo Ainu Nation observe asir cep nomi, an Ainu ceremony that marks the fish’s annual migration back to the island’s major rivers and tributaries. (Photo credit: Centre for Environmental and Minority Policy Studies)

An Indigenous-Led Team Is Transforming a Minneapolis Superfund Site into a New Urban Farm

By Kate Nelson

July 18, 2023

Food Justice

On Cape Cod, the Wampanoag Assert Their Legal Right to Harvest the Waters

How a Community Gardener Grew Food for Her Family, Quit Her Job at McDonald’s, and Started a Farm

A Community of Growers

Can Cooking in Community Slow Dementia and Diabetes?

A US Court Found Chiquita Guilty of Murder in Colombia. What Does the Ruling Mean for Other U.S. Food Corporations Abroad?

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Oral History Project Preserves Black and Indigenous Food Traditions

For This Alaska Town, Whaling Is a Way of Life

From Civil Rights to Food Justice, Jim Embry Reflects on a Life of Creative Resistance

The Land Back Movement Is Also About Foodways

The Food System Is Having a Big-Screen Moment

A TED Talk Put Ron Finley on the Map. 10 Years Later, the ‘Gangsta Gardener’ Is Going Strong.

Our Best Food Justice Stories of 2023

Diving—and Dying—for Red Gold: The Human Cost of Honduran Lobster

This Indigenous Cook Wants to Help Readers Decolonize Their Diets

With Season 2, ‘High on the Hog’ Deepens the Story of the Nation’s Black Food Traditions

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A Culinary Worker Strike Could Reshape the Nation’s Restaurants

California Will Help BIPOC Collective Cultivate Land Access for Underserved Farmers

‘At the Table’ Is a Guide for Chefs Who Want to Lead Outside the Kitchen

‘For the Culture’ Is a Joyful Celebration of Black Women and Femmes in Food

Op-ed: 4 Solutions to Make Urban Ag Policies More Equitable

The Organic Urban Farm Growing Healthy Food for One of Chicago’s Most Underserved Neighborhoods

Photo Essay: How DC Central Kitchen Tackles Hunger, From Food Trucks to Training Programs

Re-envisioning New York City’s Green Spaces With Qiana Mickie

A Fight for Salmon Fishing Rights Connects Indigenous Peoples Across the Pacific Ocean

An Indigenous-Led Team Is Transforming a Minneapolis Superfund Site into a New Urban Farm