Food Resources

Food justice activist and writer Rae Gomes joins Jess to talk about what we get wrong about food in the United States, and what we can do to make things right.

Between 2019 and 2023, "Big Ag" spent over half a billion dollars to influence food policies that are bad for people and the environment.

Water pollutants from Tyson Foods' meat processing plants pose a risk to both people and the environment.

Congress has let the once-every-five years food and farm bill expire—but the 332 million people in the US still need to eat.

Massive overapplication of nitrogen fertilizer in agriculture damages soil, causes pollution, and contributes to climate change.

Cropland repurposing in California informed by communities and science can provide social, environmental, and economic benefits for all stakeholders.

Unless the legal issue known as heirs' property is resolved, Black farmers will continue to lose their land.

The people whose work puts food on our tables face a variety of hazards in their jobs, but research that would help protect their health is severely underfunded by the US government.

A peer-reviewed article from Climatic Change.

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