Food Justice

A colorfully hand drawn image of diverse people working in food mutual aid, from a bbq'er to someone holding a bowl of rice, and more

10 Ways to Get Involved With Food Mutual Aid

By Robin Greenfield

April 7, 2025

Activist and author Robin Greenfield offers his suggestions for strengthening your community through food.

From a Farmer and His Son, a Practical and Joyful Guide to Beekeeping

By Christina Cooke

March 26, 2025

On the left side of a collage is the book cover of Akeem Keeps Bees, with an African American boy holding up a bee frame while his dad and him look at bees wearing bee suits. On the right is an image of the son and dad on the farm

‘Dignified Food’ Eases Food Insecurity in Philadelphia

March 25, 2025

rows of to-go boxes of freshly made food, with chefs and cooks in the background

This San Francisco Food Pantry Is a Labor of Love

By Tilde Herrera

March 24, 2025

A woman wearing a Giant's baseball hat and hoodie holds her white pomeranian in a bag, next to a chalkboard sign that says

Building Stronger Communities Through Food Mutual Aid

By The Civil Eats Editors

March 20, 2025

Civil Eats Editorial Director Margo True, Feed Durham founder Katina Parker, and Yasmin Ruiz, food justice co-organizer at Chicago’s Little Village Environmental Justice Organization.

In Chicago, an Environmental Organization Feeds a Community

By Angela Burke

March 12, 2025

a vibrant community garden with tall sunflowers and workers

‘If You Speak an Indigenous Language, You Are Treated as Less’: Migrant Indigenous Farmworkers Feel Deportation Threat

By Maye Primera

March 4, 2025

An Indigenous Mixtec man sits on a public green bench in a park, dressed in a white shirt with blue emboidery

Indigenous Food Reciprocity as a Model for Mutual Aid

March 3, 2025

Traditional forager Twila Cassadore of the San Carlos Apache Nation gathers wild amaranth seeds with her niece, as seen in the documentary Gather. (Photo credit: Renan Ozturk)

Alien Land Laws, Created to Protect US Farmland, May Be Harming Asian Americans

February 25, 2025

A black and white photo of Japanese American farm workers in California circa 1937. They are donning big hats and resting.

Despite Cuts to DEI Initiatives, Food and Farm Advocates Say They Will Continue to Fight for Racial Justice

February 10, 2025

Shorlette Ammon, left, at a USDA Equity Commission's Subcommittee for Agriculture and the Rural Community Economic Development Subcommittee meeting. Photo credit: Christophe Paul/USDA.

Brea Baker on the Legacy of Stolen Farmland in America

By Iris Crawford

February 3, 2025

A collage of a book cover on the left with the title

In LA’s Altadena Neighborhood, Community Food Solutions Feed Wildfire Recovery

By Esther Tseng

January 22, 2025

Photo credit to World Central Kitchen/WCK.org.

WIC’s Recent Gains Likely to Face Challenges in Next Administration

By Laura Reiley

January 6, 2025

A woman carrying a toddler shows the toddler a broccoli inside a grocery store

Our Best Food Justice Reporting of 2024

By The Civil Eats Editors

December 26, 2024

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

Black Earth: A Family’s Journey from Enslavement to Reclamation

By Christina Cooke

December 10, 2024

Fourth-generation farmer Patrick Brown sits on the steps of the Oakley Grove plantation, where his great-grandfather Byron was enslaved. Brown purchased the plantation in May 2021 and is in the process of renovating it. (Photo credit: Cornell Watson)

Op-ed: Food Security Is Urgently Needed in Black Rural Appalachia

November 19, 2024

Two Black women stand behind an outdoor tale with fresh sweet potatoes and fruits in baskets

The Fate of Denver’s Last Slaughterhouse Is on the Ballot

By Raksha Vasudevan

October 23, 2024

inside a slaughterhouse with hundreds of slayed lambs hanging from hooks

How to Help Farmworkers Impacted by Hurricane Helene

By Christina Cooke

October 17, 2024

A woman stands next to a pickup truck while a young man stands on top of truck filled with canned goods, bags of food

Labor Protections for Immigrant Food Workers Are at Stake in the 2024 Election

September 16, 2024

a farmworker carries a basket of grapes in a field

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

By Emma Glassman-Hughes

August 21, 2024

Freshly caught and harvested Quahog clams from Cape Cod.

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)

In Brazil, a Powerful Law Protects Biodiversity and Blocks Corporate Piracy

By Mark Schapiro

July 8, 2024

An overhead shot of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil. (Photo credit: FG Trade, Getty Images)

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?

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)