Posts tagged food
The Movement to Eradicate Environmental Racism

Most of us love delicious food, good company, a nice stroll through the park. These are some of the magical elements of life. Yet each year, such simple luxuries are altered dramatically by climate change, and for some of our nation’s communities, the impacts are deep.

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Farming a 'Carbon Smart' Future

We often villainize carbon dioxide, thinking of it as the enemy in our fight against climate change. But in doing so, we forget the essential role it plays in our ecosystem. Plants need CO2 to photosynthesize, and almost all other organisms depend on the energy from this process to live. If you look at anything living or once living—from a tree branch, to a celery stalk, to your own body—you are looking at something that is storing lots of carbon.


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Waste Hater: Alyssa Hernandez of No Hunger NOLA

Originally this was intended to be a profile of a stellar small business doing meaningful work and the woman behind it all - and that it still is, but now it is also a call for you to support those businesses in your community that need your patronage now more than ever as we contend with the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic

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