Each hurricane season, eastern North Carolina braces for the worst. But emergency planning, response and recovery efforts neglect a major marginalized population: rural Latinos.
Category: Food & Agriculture
Posted inArkansas, COVID-19, Food & Agriculture, Justice, Public Health
COVID-19 pounded Arkansas poultry workers as government and industry looked on
Emails obtained by Facing South reveal that as workers and community advocates begged for the closure of poultry plants, government and company officials worked closely to present a united front — and keep them open.
Posted inClimate, Delta, Food & Agriculture, Justice, Mississippi
Replanting roots in a Southern food desert
Farmers, activists and city planners nationwide are pivoting in light of the pandemic’s impact on food access. In Mississippi, that also means restoring a fraught connection with land.
Posted inCOVID-19, Economies, Food & Agriculture, Immigration, Justice, North Carolina, Public Health
‘They didn’t tell us anything’: North Carolina poultry plant workers say Butterball isn’t protecting them from COVID-19
As the virus spreads through meatpacking plants across the U.S., immigrant communities struggle to get answers from the company or state about cases at a Mount Olive facility.
Posted inCulture, Food & Agriculture, Indigenous Affairs
‘Absolutely discriminatory’: Access to federal agriculture resources lacking in Indian Country
The Longs are multigenerational Indigenous farmers in the South. Like most farmers, they need on-the-ground support from extension agents.
Posted inAlabama, Climate, Economies, Food & Agriculture, Gulf Coast, Water
With Gulf Coast ecosystems under threat, the seafood industry’s next generation adapts
Oyster aquaculture could support Gulf Coast’s struggling seafood industry, but warming waters and pollution may slow its success.
Posted inAppalachia, Economies, Food & Agriculture, Kentucky, Land
Kentucky farmers gamble on the South’s first organic hemp cooperative
The rapidly growing hemp industry could be a boon for farmers who once relied on tobacco.