{"id":54828,"date":"2023-12-27T01:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T09:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civileats.com\/?p=54828"},"modified":"2023-12-21T13:49:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T21:49:30","slug":"our-best-food-justice-stories-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2023\/12\/27\/our-best-food-justice-stories-of-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Best Food Justice Stories of&nbsp;2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/div><div class=\"post-simple post-capital-letter\"><p> <a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/category\/food-justice\">Food justice<\/a> reporting has been a cornerstone of Civil Eats&#8217; coverage since we launched 15 years ago. The food system bears a disproportionate impact on communities of color, ranging from the farmworkers struggling to feed themselves even as they harvest the nation&#8217;s produce to the BIPOC farmers who are often shut out from crucial financing and other resources. <\/p><\/div><div class=\"post-simple\">\n<p>This year, we further explored how people are working toward food justice in their communities. We told the compelling story of the Fee-Fo-Lay Caf\u00e9 in Wallace, Louisiana, which galvanized local residents to defend the small town from industrial development. We detailed how a Minneapolis neighborhood is working to turn a former Superfund site into a community-owned indoor urban farm and hub. And we brought you the story of the Ujamaa Farmer Collective, which is helping historically underserved farmers in California gain land access through cooperative ownership.<\/p>\n<p>We believe it is critical to highlight stories like these and the intersectionality of food through the prism of social and economic justice. We are committed to elevating the voices of people who produce our food, as well as those who are affected by its production. Here is our best <a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/category\/food-and-policy\/food-justice\/\">food justice reporting<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_50946\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50946\" class=\"size-large wp-image-50946 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"http:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FarmLink-2-700x466.jpg\" alt=\"Johanna Willingham (left), who manages Georgia FarmLink on behalf of ALT, and Jean Young (right), the first incubator farmer at ALT\u2019s Williams Farm Incubator Program, walk the greenhouse at Williams Farm. (Photo credit: Oisakhose Aghomo)\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-50946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-50946 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FarmLink-2-700x466.jpg\" alt=\"Johanna Willingham (left), who manages Georgia FarmLink on behalf of ALT, and Jean Young (right), the first incubator farmer at ALT\u2019s Williams Farm Incubator Program, walk the greenhouse at Williams Farm. (Photo credit: Oisakhose Aghomo)\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FarmLink-2-700x466.jpg 700w, https:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FarmLink-2-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FarmLink-2-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FarmLink-2-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FarmLink-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/noscript> Photo credit: Oisakhose Aghomo<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2023\/03\/02\/forging-pathways-to-land-access-for-bipoc-farmers-in-georgia\/\">Forging Pathways to Land Access for BIPOC Farmers in Georgia<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nEmerging tools are helping young and beginning BIPOC farmers find farmland and navigate the confusing legal process needed to acquire and manage it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2023\/03\/08\/how-the-long-shadow-of-racism-at-usda-impacts-black-farmers-in-arkansas-and-beyond\/\">How the Long Shadow of Racism at USDA Impacts Black Farmers in Arkansas\u2014and Beyond<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nCotton Belt farmers have been waiting on long-overdue debt relief to right historic wrongs. But some see court battles, legislation, and red tape as a continued sign of systemic discrimination.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2023\/03\/28\/how-a-louisiana-cafe-became-home-base-for-environmental-justice\/\">How a Louisiana Caf\u00e9 Became Home Base for Environmental Justice<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nSister-run Fee-Fo-Lay Caf\u00e9 in Wallace serves t-cakes and helps organize Black residents to fight against industrial pollution and preserve their cultural heritage.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2023\/04\/25\/can-sean-shermans-bipoc-foodways-alliance-dismantle-white-supremacy-over-dinner\/\">Can Sean Sherman\u2019s BIPOC Foodways Alliance Dismantle White Supremacy Over Dinner?<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nChef Sean Sherman and food writer Mecca Bos have launched a new nonprofit to bring together people of color and their white allies to share meals, recipes, and stories of resistance.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51804\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51804\" class=\"size-large wp-image-51804 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"http:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/230510-black-farmer-fund-food-justice-sovereignty-urban-farming-community-local-food-1-Big-Dream-Farm-credit-Jared-Davis-top-700x467.jpg\" alt=\"Black Farmers working in the fields at Big Dream Farm. (Photo credit: Jared Davis)\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-51804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-51804 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/230510-black-farmer-fund-food-justice-sovereignty-urban-farming-community-local-food-1-Big-Dream-Farm-credit-Jared-Davis-top-700x467.jpg\" alt=\"Black Farmers working in the fields at Big Dream Farm. (Photo credit: Jared Davis)\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/230510-black-farmer-fund-food-justice-sovereignty-urban-farming-community-local-food-1-Big-Dream-Farm-credit-Jared-Davis-top-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/230510-black-farmer-fund-food-justice-sovereignty-urban-farming-community-local-food-1-Big-Dream-Farm-credit-Jared-Davis-top-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/230510-black-farmer-fund-food-justice-sovereignty-urban-farming-community-local-food-1-Big-Dream-Farm-credit-Jared-Davis-top-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/230510-black-farmer-fund-food-justice-sovereignty-urban-farming-community-local-food-1-Big-Dream-Farm-credit-Jared-Davis-top-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/230510-black-farmer-fund-food-justice-sovereignty-urban-farming-community-local-food-1-Big-Dream-Farm-credit-Jared-Davis-top.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/noscript> Photo credit: Jared Davis<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2023\/05\/10\/this-fund-is-investing-20-million-to-help-black-farmers-thrive\/\">This Fund Is Investing $20 Million to Help Black Farmers Thrive<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nFarmer-activists Karen Washington and Olivia Watkins created the Black Farmer Fund to boost Black farmers, agricultural businesses, and food entrepreneurs in the Northeast with tools, training, and cash.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2023\/05\/18\/this-community-garden-helps-farmworkers-feed-themselves-now-its-facing-eviction\/\">This Community Garden Helps Farmworkers Feed Themselves. Now It\u2019s Facing Eviction.<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nThe members of Tierras Milperas in Watsonville, Calif. are struggling to maintain access to their garden. Similar stories are unfolding across the country.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_52021\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52021\" class=\"size-large wp-image-52021 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"http:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/230524-black-women-restaurants-owners-workers-labor-racism-rights-justice-1-black-women-cooking-class-jemima-code-2-700x617.jpg\" alt=\"A group of Black women lead a cooking class; a banner above the chalkboard reads, &quot;Cease to be a drudge, Seek to be an artist,&quot; credited to Mary McLeod Bethune. (Photo courtesy of The Jemima Code and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University)\" width=\"700\" height=\"617\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-52021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-52021 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/230524-black-women-restaurants-owners-workers-labor-racism-rights-justice-1-black-women-cooking-class-jemima-code-2-700x617.jpg\" alt=\"A group of Black women lead a cooking class; a banner above the chalkboard reads, &quot;Cease to be a drudge, Seek to be an artist,&quot; credited to Mary McLeod Bethune. (Photo courtesy of The Jemima Code and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University)\" width=\"700\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/230524-black-women-restaurants-owners-workers-labor-racism-rights-justice-1-black-women-cooking-class-jemima-code-2-700x617.jpg 700w, https:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/230524-black-women-restaurants-owners-workers-labor-racism-rights-justice-1-black-women-cooking-class-jemima-code-2-350x308.jpg 350w, https:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/230524-black-women-restaurants-owners-workers-labor-racism-rights-justice-1-black-women-cooking-class-jemima-code-2-200x176.jpg 200w, https:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/230524-black-women-restaurants-owners-workers-labor-racism-rights-justice-1-black-women-cooking-class-jemima-code-2-768x677.jpg 768w, https:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/230524-black-women-restaurants-owners-workers-labor-racism-rights-justice-1-black-women-cooking-class-jemima-code-2.jpg 1362w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/noscript> Photo courtesy of The Jemima Code and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2023\/05\/24\/op-ed-black-women-architects-of-the-american-kitchen-deserve-a-rightful-place-in-the-sun\/\">Op-ed: Black Women, Architects of the American Kitchen, Deserve a Rightful Place in the Sun<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nA chef and food writer takes a hard look at the Mammy stereotype, the rare outliers who have achieved recognition for their cooking, and the inequity that still prevents most Black women from owning restaurants.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2023\/06\/01\/rhythms-of-the-land-preserves-the-untold-stories-of-black-farmers\/\">\u2018Rhythms of the Land\u2019 Preserves the Untold Stories of Black Farmers<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nFilmmaker and cultural anthropologist Gail Myers discusses the making of her documentary, the oppressive history of sharecropping, and power of seed saving for Black farmers.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2023\/07\/18\/an-indigenous-led-team-is-transforming-a-minneapolis-superfund-site-into-a-new-urban-farm\/\">An Indigenous-Led Team Is Transforming a Minneapolis Superfund Site into a New Urban Farm<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nCassandra Holmes is working to bring fresh, local food to the Little Earth of United Tribes community in East Phillips. Now, the city has brokered a deal that could rehabilitate the former Superfund site and engage young residents.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_52828\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52828\" class=\"size-large wp-image-52828 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"http:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230726-ainu-japan-fight-salmon-fishing-rights-connects-indigenous-peoples-across-pacific-700x467.jpg\" alt=\"Members of the Raporo Ainu Nation observe asir cep nomi, an Ainu ceremony that marks the fish\u2019s annual migration back to the island\u2019s major rivers and tributaries. (Photo credit: Centre for Environmental and Minority Policy Studies)\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-52828\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-52828 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230726-ainu-japan-fight-salmon-fishing-rights-connects-indigenous-peoples-across-pacific-700x467.jpg\" alt=\"Members of the Raporo Ainu Nation observe asir cep nomi, an Ainu ceremony that marks the fish\u2019s annual migration back to the island\u2019s major rivers and tributaries. (Photo credit: Centre for Environmental and Minority Policy Studies)\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230726-ainu-japan-fight-salmon-fishing-rights-connects-indigenous-peoples-across-pacific-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230726-ainu-japan-fight-salmon-fishing-rights-connects-indigenous-peoples-across-pacific-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230726-ainu-japan-fight-salmon-fishing-rights-connects-indigenous-peoples-across-pacific-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230726-ainu-japan-fight-salmon-fishing-rights-connects-indigenous-peoples-across-pacific-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/civileats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/230726-ainu-japan-fight-salmon-fishing-rights-connects-indigenous-peoples-across-pacific.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/noscript> Photo credit: Centre for Environmental and Minority Policy Studies<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2023\/07\/26\/a-fight-for-salmon-fishing-rights-connects-indigenous-peoples-across-the-pacific-ocean\/\">A Fight for Salmon Fishing Rights Connects Indigenous Peoples Across the Pacific Ocean<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nFor Japan\u2019s Indigenous Ainu people, salmon is king. With inspiration from Indigenous groups in Washington state, the Ainu are reclaiming their historical fishing rights.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2023\/09\/05\/the-organic-urban-farm-growing-healthy-food-for-one-of-chicagos-most-underserved-neighborhoods\/\">The Organic Urban Farm Growing Healthy Food for One of Chicago\u2019s Most Underserved Neighborhoods<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nFor two decades, the 1.5-acre Growing Home farm grew fresh produce for restaurants and surrounding communities. Now it\u2019s focused on feeding its neighbors with support from across the city.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2023\/10\/24\/california-will-help-bipoc-collective-cultivate-land-access-for-underserved-farmers\/\">California Will Help BIPOC Collective Cultivate Land Access for Underserved Farmers<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nWith a recent grant from the state of California, Ujamaa Farmer Collective hopes to provide farmers of color with land to start or grow farming businesses.<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, we further explored how people are working toward food justice in their communities. We told the compelling story of the Fee-Fo-Lay Caf\u00e9 in Wallace, Louisiana, which galvanized local residents to defend the small town from industrial development. 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