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Ashante Reese is Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, and she’s the Author of Black Food Geographies and co-editor of the recent collection Black Food Matters.

A Conversation With Ashanté Reese On “Racial Justice In The Wake Of Food Justice”

Kayte Young

What is possible when we listen to Black people’s food stories beyond an all encompassing narrative of lack?

Zion Moore (left) and Jason Rosales Harms are Senior Farmhands at the Next Generation Farmers Youth Program at the Lawrence Community Gardens on the far eastside of Indianapolis. Zion explains that the garden beds are built up in order to direct water into the paths if there's flooding.

Summer Youth Farm Camp, French Sorrel Recipe And More

Kayte Young

Hands-on learning in an East Indianapolis community garden builds skills for life.

Black Food Matters--A Conversation With Ashanté Reese

Kayte Young

What is possible when we listen to Black people’s food stories beyond an all encompassing narrative of lack?

Shane Bernardo tends to cucumber vines growing in a hoop house

Hoosier Young Farmers, Detroit Growers And Food Justice

Kayte Young

The cofounder of the Hoosier Young Farmers Coalition tells us what it means to be a young farmer today and grower Shane Bernardo talks about organizing around food justice in Detroit.

MeShorn T. Daniels stands in the parking lot of a temporarily boarded-up Kroger on 28th and West Broadway in Louisville, Kentucky on June 2, 2020.

Food Desert Or Food Apartheid?

Kayte Young

The term food desert implies that it’s naturally occurring--but is it?

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers with the South Carolina National Guard help distribute food in Abbeville, South Carolina in support of Second Harvest Food Bank, May 1, 2020.

From The Global Pandemic To The National Racial Reckoning--Food Is Central

Kayte Young

Food Justice Organizer and Urban Farmer Suzanne Babb talks with Earth Eats about what the pandemic is bringing to light about our emergency food systems and how we might choose a different path forward.

Chicken And Vegetables With Next Generation Farmers

Kayte Young

The Next Generation Farmers Youth Program at Lawrence Community Gardens in Indianapolis, takes farm-to-table learning to the next level--with a chicken processing workshop.