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Political Ecology of the World Food System

  The Importance of Standing Together Against Injustice Anywhere “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” those are the now iconic words from the deeply moving letter from Birmingham jail written by MLK Jr. in 1963. While those words are powerful by themselves, just as powerful is the sentence which follows it: “We are Read More…

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AME Farm and Garden Initiative: Growing Together to Strengthen Community

The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the critical importance of robust local food systems for resilience, sustainability, and community well-being. In 2021, the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church International Health Commission launched the AME Farm and Garden Initiative in response to rising food insecurity at both local and national levels. This initiative aims to connect, catalog, and Read More…

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I’m a Black vegan. Why don’t you see more of us?

People of color are more likely to be vegan. But the animal rights movement still has a white face. by Noella Williams Mark Harris for Vox; Photos by Alexandra Genova for Vox, Getty Images Noella Williams is a Brooklyn-based freelance culture writer whose writing has appeared in Marie Claire, Teen Vogue, the Washington Post, and elsewhere. Read More…

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In 2020: US lost 11 million acres of farmland to development in past 2 decades

Almost 31 million acres of farmland, double the amount previously documented, were lost to development from 1992 to 2012. (Blake Gumprecht/Forum News Service) In 2020: In the last 20 years, more than 11 million acres of US farmland have been converted, fragmented or paved over by development projects, according to a new report by the Read More…

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RETAIL DECLINE: Walmart has shut down 9 stores so far this year

RETAIL DECLINE: Walmart has shut down 9 stores so far this year   Laura Harris A retail analyst’s prediction eight years ago about the retail apocalypse turned out to be true, as Walmart recently announced the shuttering of nine “underperforming” stores in four states this year alone.The first two stores to close this year wer e in California, with Read More…