‘We wanted to work the land with our kids’: the Black US farmers reclaiming the soil
Co-published with The Guardian. A fledgling movement towards Black-owned farms seeks to address the lack of land ownership and fresh food in many communities of color.
The New York Farmers Responding to Food Insecurity
Co-published with Civil Eats. Small-scale farmers in Ithaca respond to hunger through nimbleness, innovation, and mutualism. If the recently introduced FEED Act passes Congress, the model could …
Trump’s Online SNAP Program Helps Amazon and Walmart, But Leaves Rural People Behind
Co-published with In These Times. The government’s online food assistance program doesn’t include independent grocers and ignores the gaps in rural infrastructure.
North County Family Left In Hardship After Losing Breadwinner To COVID-19
Co-published with KPBS. As families throughout San Diego County confront the impact of the pandemic, some communities struggle more than others to see the light at the …
Weights and Measures
Co-published with Believer Magazine. I’ve managed to keep the lights on, but I flinch every time they flicker.
The Food of my Youth
Co-published with The New York Review of Books. When you are always on the run, from the bill collectors or the Man, or people in suits …
The Difference Between Being Broke and Being Poor
Words by Erynn Brook | Illustrations by Emily Flake
Co-published with Longreads. It’s a recognition that comes in the aisle of a grocery store.
How I Learned to Be Hungry
Co-published with The Nation. America’s nutrition conundrum can mean swinging between two extremes of bad eating.