Andrea Freeman

Nov 11, 2024 | winnipegfreepress.com | Andrea Freeman

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Nov 10, 2024 | theconversation.com | Andrea Freeman

Join us for a live podcast recording at the Canadian launch of RUIN THEIR CROPS ON THE GROUND — on Thursday, Nov. 14 from 7-9 p.m. at Another Story Bookshop in Toronto. Free to attend. RSVP here. In conversation with Vinita Srivastava, host of the Don’t Call Me Resilient podcast. Editor’s note: This article is adapted from RUIN THEIR CROPS ON THE GROUND: America’s Politics of Food, from the Trail of Tears to School Lunch by Andrea Freeman. Published by Metropolitan Books/Raincoast.

Jul 31, 2024 | theguardian.com | Andrea Freeman

During the Depression, when milk supply exceeded demand, the US government bought milk to keep its price stable and support dairy farmers. Then, trying to find a way to store or get rid of the surplus, it started stockpiling cheese, which lasts longer than milk. The government bought so much cheese that it eventually filled every cold storage in the country. But there was still more excess milk.

Jul 24, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Andrea Freeman

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Jul 24, 2024 | lithub.com | Andrea Freeman

Frybread, sometimes called “die bread” or a “weapon of health destruction,” has multiple origin stories, and they all involve oppression and perseverance. In one rendition, the federal government’s Indian agents in charge of providing rations stored flour carelessly, allowing weevil larvae to infest it. No other food was available, so Indigenous cooks fried the flour in hot lard to kill the larvae. With this stroke of genius, they salvaged the flour and created the first frybread.