Food & Farming

Southside Community Land Trust’s New Providence Headquarters to Invest in Healthy Food

History Shows U.S. Food System Leaves Behind People of Color

Rhode Island’s Top Crop is Sod, But Would Prime Farmland Be Better Used to Grow Food?

Massive Greenhouse Proposal Pits Need for Local Food Production Against Town’s Rural Character

PROVIDENCE — Fatema Maswood recalls her mother’s stories about family lands in North Africa on which her grandfather and those who came before him farmed, and how they lost them to colonization.

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Drought Stresses Christmas Trees and Those Who Grow Them

Local Indigenous People Gather to Reclaim Their Culture Through Food Sovereignty

Federal Program to Supply Food Banks Chops Local Growers in Latest Round of Contracts

NEWPORT, R.I. — Starting this fall, Veggie Days won’t be just a summertime occurrence. Though the program usually runs from June through early October, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center now plans to offer produce year-round.

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What it Takes to be a Black Farmer: Continuing a Legacy and Combating Systemic Racism

For Some, Asking for Help is Biggest Hurdle in Overcoming Food Insecurity

Peas, Stat! Community Gardens on Front Lines of Food Security

Soups kitchens and food pantries are feeling the strain of the coronavirus crisis as social services confront Rhode Island’s rising joblessness and demand for food.

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