Changing Lives One Meal at a Time
Today, seven out of 10 Mexicans are overweight, and nearly a third of the population is clinically obese. Even in farming communities, access to fresh produce is often out of reach.
For over two decades, the Multicultural Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture (MESA) has promoted community food systems through educational programs and...
A big part of being a farmer is coming up with new ideas to respond to the conditions on your land. And particularly good ideas are worth sharing. But for small-scale and subsistence farmers in the global south, a lack of resources makes it hard to coordinate, organize and share their hard-won innovations with one another. Now, a new project from nonprofit organization A Growing Culture aims to change that by making it easier for small-scale farmers to document their innovations and help spread their good ideas.
Sexual violence, discrimination and toxic work environments are common among women farmworkers, who are often reluctant to discuss abuses they experience on the job. Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noreste (PCUN), Oregon's farmworker union, is hoping to change that by helping farmworkers learn their rights and connecting them to local resources. Its Healing Circle is an example.
Like most cities, Detroit faces specific challenges when it comes to the health of its residents. According to the 2018 Detroit Community Health Assessment published by the Detroit Health Department, 38 percent of them live in poverty — the highest of any major U.S. city. Poverty affects quality of life in a variety of ways. One of those is nutrition.
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