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Category: Food & Agriculture

Posted inFood & Agriculture

How a farmers market supports Louisiana growers before, during, and after disasters

by Autumn Jemison March 21, 2023March 21, 2023

At the Crescent City Farmers Market in New Orleans, vendors preach good food, help each other through disasters, and seek connection.

Posted inDisaster Recovery

Can community gardens bring rural and urban farmers together after disasters? Q&A with Sprout NOLA’s Terence Jackson

by Autumn Jemison December 12, 2022December 12, 2022

Farmers face many challenges trying to grow quality food in the midst of rapid climate change, storms, and economic instability. Jackson sheds light on how community gardens can create a network for rural and urban farmers to build local food systems in their communities.

Posted inInfrastructure

N.C. releases general biogas permit despite environmental justice concerns

by Cameron Oglesby July 12, 2022September 8, 2022

The permit allows farms to bypass individual water quality review and public hearing processes when installing an anaerobic digester.

Posted inPublic Health

‘This plan is a lie’: Biogas on hog farms could do more harm than good

by Cameron Oglesby March 24, 2022March 30, 2022

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.

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

by Victoria Bouloubasis July 9, 2021January 14, 2022

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

by Victoria Bouloubasis June 25, 2021January 14, 2022

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.

by Victoria Bouloubasis May 28, 2021January 14, 2022

COVID-19 outbreaks seized the farmworker community last year. The state is finally stepping up with the help of nonprofits and local health departments.

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