Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
QNotes
L'Monique King
15 October 2021
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Food trucks alleviate food insecurity in food deserts and contribute to economic mobility in the Black community. A variety of local vendors benefit from the success of food trucks while consumers have easy access to ...
Belt Magazine
Randiah Green
7 October 2021
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Programs like Motor City Match and Grown in Detroit help entrepreneurs launch Black-owned food businesses in Detroit. The businesses sell healthy foods in neighborhoods often lacking in nutritious options or in the in...
9 September 2021
Columbia, Maryland, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Low-income communities of color have less access to nature, they experience "nature deprivation" at a rate three times higher than white people. Regular access to the outdoors improves respiratory health, physical fit...
29 August 2021
Gwagwalada, Nigeria
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated hunger and malnutrition of vulnerable children by crippling livelihoods and orphaning children. Two communities have responded by donating land solely devoted to growing crops to ...
15 August 2021
Bellingham, Washington, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
A third of surveyed college students experience food insecurity, the rate is even higher at Western Washington University. To address the issue that university has unfolded a number of responses; food pantries, meal d...
4 August 2021
Raipur, Chhattisgarh, British Indian Ocean Territory
Text
800-1500 Words
In the district of Bijapur, a town in India, there was a malnutrition rate of 40 per cent in 2019. In order to tackle the problem officials identified the areas with high malnutrition and directed their efforts to tho...
29 July 2021
Rhode Island, United States
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1500-3000 Words
After the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted seafood supply chains, several organizations in the New England region took steps to connect fishermen’s catches with the local community. For example, the Rhode Island–based nonp...
27 July 2021
Oregon, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Lettuce Grow teaches gardening skills to 200 incarcerated people per year in 16 Oregon prisons and juvenile detention centers. The teaching includes college-level courses and hands-on gardening on prison grounds, whic...
14 July 2021
Kansas, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
As the COVID-19 pandemic hit and grocery store shelves became bare, many consumers sought to purchase meat directly from farmers. The Shop Kansas Farms group on Facebook has more than 148,000 members with about 800 pr...
27 June 2021
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Multi-Media
Over 3000 Words
Black, urban farmers have formed a grassroots "ecosystem" to grow and distribute fresh, affordable produce in St. Louis neighborhoods where food insecurity and gun violence go hand in hand. Heru Urban Farming is a sta...
15 June 2021
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In 2014, the community organization Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha piloted a community-based Food Buying Club in Philadelphia. This initiative allowed local residents to buy food in bulk at wholesale prices. The...
10 June 2021
New York, New York, United States
Video
Under 3 Minutes
The food-supply business is known for exploitative pay and poor working conditions. But Brooklyn Packers, a Black-owned cooperative launched in 2016, pays its owner-workers and vendors fair wages and is founded on tra...
25 May 2021
Los Angeles, California, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
A startup in California called Crop Swap LA is converting unused front yards into community gardens that can grow crops like kale, rainbow chard, and tomatoes as a way to feed neighbors. Community members can pay for ...
24 May 2021
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Multi-Media
5-15 Minutes
The Wild Basket allows community members of Temiskaming First Nation to gain traditional knowledge about native food sources and foraging techniques while re-connecting to the land and their roots. The initiative also...
Afro News
PK Semler
21 May 2021
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Residents of Baltimore County now have access to fresh produce from First Fruits Farm. Located in a food desert, the farm has provided “over 18 million pounds of fresh locally produced vegetables picked by some 10,000...
19 May 2021
Dallas, Texas, United States
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1500-3000 Words
At Aunt Bette's Community Pantry in Dallas, people receiving donated food are treated with dignity and given choices that can have both psychological and nutritional benefits. A client-choice food pantry mimics a groc...
18 May 2021
Dallas, Texas, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Lack of transportation can make centralized food pantries inaccessible to those who need the help. So Crossroads Community Services in North Texas partners with more than 100 community groups, including churches, publ...
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Ella Westlake
13 May 2021
Stockholm, Sweden
Text
1500-3000 Words
Urban Oasis, a vertical farm in Sweden uses innovative technology to grow crops in shelf-like structures that aims to maximize output and be more sustainable in its agricultural practices. Instead of soil, it uses nut...
3 May 2021
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
As a way to bring the community together and promote healing in Southeast Washington, D.C., residents created a garden known as Project Eden. Their garden has grown to a plot of land that grows roots, legumes, fruits,...
May-June 2021
United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
In the U.S., a movement of Black farmers is trying to reclaim their legacy as agrarians. Only 1.7 percent of farms were run by Black farmers according to the U.S. Census of Agriculture. Black farmers are forming colle...
27 April 2021
Austin, Texas, United States
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1500-3000 Words
An Austin city resolution allows community gardens to be built on public lands, enabling residents who don’t own land to access fresh and nutritious food. The Fresh for Less Mobile Market even delivers food to custome...
Grady Newsource
Grace Townsend
20 April 2021
Monroe, Georgia, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In a community with a food insecurity rate of 11%, Walton Wellness provides dozens of families with a steady supply of fresh produce grown by volunteers incarcerated at the county jail. The program aims to go beyond s...
17 April 2021
Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
The Wave Foundation distributed sustainable and fresh food during the pandemic on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The Portland nonprofit is a sustainability coalition that works with communities to better understand ...
9 April 2021
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Broadcast TV News
Under 3 Minutes
A community garden in Baltimore, Maryland, is providing about 2,500 pounds of fresh produce per season to neighborhood food pantries. Anyone is welcome to help themselves at the unfenced garden which is run by The 6th...
Honolulu Civil Beat
Ku'u Kauanoe
4 April 2021
Oahu, Hawaii, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Coconuts are making a comeback in Hawaii through the Uluniu Project, which will be distributing more than 400 seedlings in Oahu. The once-native tree provided a nutritious and staple food source as well as sustainable...
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