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Inside the struggle of farmers and industrial workers in Gaza as Palestinians face exposure to environmental racism under Israeli blockade.
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How Palestinian farmers and clothing workers struggle under Israeli blockade

by Rami Almeghari June 23, 2023September 27, 2023

After the near collapse of the regional economy under Israel-controlled imports and travel restrictions, the local government is trying to boost development with environmentally-friendly solutions. Still, farmers and workers struggle to make ends meet.

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Black elders saved this couple's Mississippi farm. Now they're harvesting ancestral techniques—and tomatoes

by Erica Hensley and Teresa Ervin-Springs August 3, 2022September 27, 2023
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'This plan is a lie.' How biogas could do more harm than good for the hog industry

by Cameron Oglesby March 24, 2022September 27, 2023
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Exploring the solar system through Indigenous winter solstice traditions

by Rosalyn R. LaPier, The Conversation December 20, 2021September 27, 2023
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Salt, Soil, & Supper: The social contracts of municipal water systems

by Xander Peters August 18, 2021September 27, 2023
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Salt, Soil, & Supper: Uprooting 'private landowner syndrome'

by Xander Peters August 11, 2021September 27, 2023
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Salt, Soil, & Supper: This one's for the trees

by Xander Peters July 21, 2021September 27, 2023
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The incalculable cost of cheap chicken—and the hidden industry that shoulders it

by Tina Vasquez July 20, 2021September 27, 2023
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Salt, Soil, & Supper: From cell to soil

by Xander Peters June 30, 2021September 27, 2023
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A prisoner's apothecary: Solitary Gardens reimagines six-by-nine cells

by Roshan Abraham, Next City June 30, 2021September 27, 2023
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Salt, Soil, & Supper: The whole hog's history

by Xander Peters June 16, 2021September 27, 2023
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Salt, Soil, & Supper: Food apartheid, continued

by Xander Peters May 26, 2021September 27, 2023
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Salt, Soil, & Supper: Call it what it is—Food apartheid

by Xander Peters May 19, 2021September 27, 2023
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Salt, Soil, & Supper: From Mississipi's farms to kids' bellies

by Xander Peters April 14, 2021September 27, 2023
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A New Crop: Portraits of Houston's Black urban farmers

by Lenard Smith, Jr. April 9, 2021September 27, 2023
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Salt, Soil, & Supper: Louisiana's shrimping industry is in jeopardy. Again!

by Xander Peters March 24, 2021September 27, 2023
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Salt, Soil, & Supper: Urban ag gets a bump from the feds

by Xander Peters March 3, 2021September 27, 2023
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(Virtual Event) Communing: Cooking & Cocktails with Scalawag

by Scalawag Team December 4, 2020September 27, 2023
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Safety looks like full bellies in a pandemic

by Courtney Napier November 30, 2020September 27, 2023
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Southern Sustenance

by Scalawag Editors November 20, 2020September 27, 2023
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This Durham trio wants you to pay Black farmers

by Kyesha Jennings November 16, 2020September 27, 2023
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Celebrity chefs cook up joy at the polls in the South

by Courtney Napier November 2, 2020September 27, 2023
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Growing pains

by Adjoa D. Danso October 16, 2020September 27, 2023
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Salt, Soil, & Supper: Let's talk Indigenous gumbo

by Xander Peters October 14, 2020September 27, 2023
Organizers in the Rio Grande Valley worked this summer to ensure people had access to food in neighborhoods with high rates of food insecurity. All photos by Ángela García.
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Love to the RGV from a new generation of activists

by Deana Ayers October 12, 2020September 27, 2023
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Sweet (and sticky) redemption

by Maurice Bailey & Nik Heynen September 29, 2020September 27, 2023
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COVID-19 hit Arkansas poultry workers at an 'alarming rate' as state and industry officials looked on

by Olivia Paschal August 24, 2020September 27, 2023
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Update: SOLD OUT! Buy Gravy's print issue centering voices of color, support marginalized food writers (& Scalawag)

by Scalawag Team August 6, 2020September 27, 2023
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The Remedy: The Costello family's 'next-best thing' spaghetti sauce

by Mike Costello July 14, 2020September 27, 2023
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White food media and the commodification of resistance

by Tunde Wey July 13, 2020September 27, 2023

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