The Importance of Food Justice

Food justice is a movement that draws on environmental justice, racial equality, and various social movements to address hunger in an equitable and comprehensive way. As a social justice organization that works to address hunger on a daily basis, food justice is an...

The Future of Climate Change is Here

The unprecedented is quickly becoming precedented.   Climate change is well on its way to creating an unprecedented housing and refugee crisis.  The devastating aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina, as well as this year’s fires in Los Angeles,...

The Aid Crisis in Gaza

How hunger and displacement in the Middle East mirrors the same issues back home.   When we think of fundamental human needs, shelter and food are two of the most basic ones. A safe, comfortable place to live and having enough food is a baseline metric for...

Public Schools, Public Good

A strong education system benefits everyone.    Every child deserves a high-quality education. Unfortunately, not all educations are created equally. Inequality in a variety of different spheres plagues the education system in the U.S., giving different students...

Culture, Colonization, and Hawai’i’s History

The Hawiian Islands have an extensive human history dating back to over a thousand years ago when Polynesians arrived by canoes. With them they brought livestock and seedlings, helping them to establish their new home.1 Throughout the centuries following their...

From Field to Landfill

How inequitable food systems cause harm.   Food is one of the most vital parts of life. It sustains us, gives us energy, and nourishes our bodies. It is a basic right and need for every human being. Unfortunately, food has become a commodity. The systems that...