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Articles by Tory Field

More Than Just Food: Connecting Farm to Community

Tory Field July 23, 2013 Tory Field

Just Food in New York City is doing what its name suggests: working to make the food system more just. It does this, first, by making community supported agriculture (CSAs), farmers’ markets, and gardens, more accessible and affordable in the city. Second, it helps small farmers survive, and even thrive, in the process.

Small Farms Fight Back: Food and Community Self-Governance

Tory Field July 8, 2013 Tory Field

Heather Retberg stood on the steps of the Blue Hill, Maine town hall surrounded by 200 people. “We are farmers,” she told the crowd, “who are supported by our friends and our neighbors who know us and trust us, and want to ensure that they maintain access to their chosen food supply.”

The Revolution Is Going to Be Fought With the Hoe: Agriculture and Environment in New Mexico

Tory Field July 1, 2013 Tory Field

“We’re surrounded by agricultural land but we have no food security. Right now we’re strapped to the global market,” said Miguel Santistevan, a New Mexican farmer and biologist. “Some people are trying to figure out how to set themselves free and are showing other people."

Saru Jayaraman, co-founder of Restaurant Opportunities Center

Consumers Join the Movement for Food Workers’ Rights

Tory Field June 25, 2013 Tory Field

“We are trying to have workers become as trendy as local and organic has become in the industry,” Saru Jayaraman, co-founder of Restaurant Opportunities Center, told us. “It’s going to take the three stakeholders - workers, good employers, and consumers - working together to actually change things."

The Awakening That’s Happening Around Local, Sustainable Food

Tory Field June 19, 2013 Tory Field

“People are realizing that we can’t rely on the industrial food system much longer. The awakening that’s happening is our greatest opportunity,” says New Mexican farmer and activist Miguel Santistevan. This awakening has sparked the revival of local, sustainable food systems.

Putting the Culture Back in Agriculture: Reviving Native Food and Farming Traditions

Tory Field June 10, 2013 Tory Field

"At one point 'agriculture' was about the culture of food. Losing that culture, in favor of an American cultural monocrop, joined with an agricultural monocrop, puts us in a perilous state..." says food and Native activist Winona LaDuke.

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