North Carolina residents, researchers, and farmers say the rapidly growing industry distracts from a massive hog waste problem—and the public health risks that it causes.
Category: Food & Agriculture
Posted inCOVID-19, Food & Agriculture, Immigration, Justice, North Carolina, Public Health
As N.C. poultry plants failed to curb COVID-19, Latina workers stood in the gap
With little to no protection from their employers or the state during the pandemic, a mother-daughter community health worker duo has helped launch and lead vaccination events.
Posted inCOVID-19, Economies, Food & Agriculture, Immigration, North Carolina, Public Health
Farm cooperatives allow Latinos to grow and sell food on their own terms
In an industry benefiting white farmers, Tierra Fértil roots a growing Latino community in Henderson County, N.C.
Posted inCOVID-19, Food & Agriculture, Immigration, Justice, North Carolina, Public Health
N.C. has vaccinated over 13,000 farmworkers. Advocates are making it happen.
COVID-19 outbreaks seized the farmworker community last year. The state is finally stepping up with the help of nonprofits and local health departments.
Posted inCOVID-19, Food & Agriculture, Immigration, Justice, North Carolina, Public Health
‘You can’t take that from me’: A former North Carolina farmworker’s fight for protection
Yesenia Cuello was raised a first-generation American near the tobacco field where she toiled as a kid. Now she’s leading a fight for the protections she needed. This story is published in partnership with Enlace Latino NC. Léalo en Español en Enlace Latino NC. When Yesenia Cuello was 17, she took a photo. In it, […]
Posted inFlorida, Food & Agriculture, Gulf Coast, Justice
How Pensacola’s Black grocers are providing access to fresh, affordable food
In a county with high rates of food insecurity, longtime residents are working to fill the gaps.
Posted inClimate, Culture, Food & Agriculture, Land
The role of kudzu in architecture, cuisine, and culture
Before it took over Southern landscapes, the invasive vine was once called the “savior of the South.” Artists, designers, and chefs are trying to render it useful. Slithering and snaking skyward, wrapped around the trunks of ancient oak trees, up telephone poles, and over hillsides, kudzu’s bristly, yellow-green vines and heart-shaped leaves look innocuous enough. […]