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Category: Justice

Posted inJustice

A year after N.C. fertilizer plant fire, slow progress towards bilingual emergency information

by Victoria Bouloubasis April 19, 2023April 19, 2023

Winston-Salem residents, researchers, and city officials are working to create more tools to reach Spanish speakers.

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

Kentucky communities aim to rebuild sustainably after floods intensify housing crisis

by Emily Hudson February 6, 2023February 3, 2023

Local organizations join hands to help people who lost homes during flooding in four hardest hit counties in southeast Kentucky.

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 inPublic Health

How we worked with an environmental justice group to create brochures on pollution in eastern N.C.

by Lyndsey Gilpin and Cameron Oglesby August 10, 2022September 8, 2022

Community leaders in Sampson County say the cumulative impacts of industry aren’t discussed enough. So we made a printed pamphlet about it.

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 inAppalachia

Virginia landfill ordered to close, but air pollution is still making people sick

by Sarah Wade July 1, 2022July 1, 2022

Bristol, Va. must plan for the site’s permanent closure and follow an expert panel’s suggested improvements. Community members have demanded some of them for months.

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