Kenyan women are taking to the water, Asia is looking into more sustainable packaging, and anti-immigration laws are failing to gain support.
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: A Flesh-Eating Parasite Puts Farmers On Alert, Amazon Protection at Risk, and Seaweed Farm Shows Promising Early Signs
This week, the first human case of a flesh-eating parasite is detected in the U.S., a protection for the Amazon rainforest is put under threat, and a new seaweed farm in the EU shows promising early signs.
Immigrant Workers Need Us to Recognize Their Humanity, Not Just Their Labor
Immigrant workers fuel the U.S. food system, but harmful policies put their livelihoods, dignity, and humanity at risk.
“We Have to Move Away From this Notion that Agriculture Is Unskilled Labor,” Says Jenet DeCosta
During a conversation about farm workers and immigration policy, speakers emphasize that “we can’t forget the individuals that provide us with our food.”