Across America, food animal vets are in short supply. This steady decline threatens the entire food system. Can it be reversed?
Posts by Jennifer Cole
On the Ground With Food Banks Decolonizing Food
When food charities offer culturally relevant foods they not only supply sustenance but build trust.
On the Ground Exploring a Community’s Food Assets with Maps
If a picture paints a thousand words, then a food map speaks volumes about the gaps in a community’s food ecosystem.
On the Ground With Grocery Stores Changing the Way We Shop
When $1,000 is spent at a food co-op, it’s estimated that $1,604 is generated back into the local economy and food system.
On the Ground With Grocery Stores Redefining How Local Food is Produced
Harvested fresh from the parking lot. How grocery stores are breaking down supply chains by growing their own hyper-local produce.
Spotlight On a Community-Supported Fishery
Skipper Otto, a community-supported fishery in Vancouver, is impacting how seafood is valued—one catch at a time.
On the Ground With Apps Preventing Food Waste
A more productive scroll? Food waste apps aim to deliver food where it’s needed, and divert waste from landfills with ease
Meet the Farmer Training Indigenous Youth and Revitalizing a Culture of Food Sovereignty
An Indigenous-led training hub, Tea Creek, in northern B.C. may be an answer to Canada’s looming farmer shortage.
On the Ground With the Farms Feeding Hospitals and Their Patients
Food can be medicine. That’s why some hospitals are teaming up with farms—or starting their own—to make fresh food part of patient care.
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