Janelle Carlson

May 23, 2024 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Abdullahi Lawal |Meredith Klenkel |Janelle Carlson |Alison Stine

Fossil fuel companies have long been recognized as major contributors to the climate crisis. Their operations, including extraction, refining, and distribution of fossil fuels, have led to unprecedented levels of carbon dioxide and other pollutants in the atmosphere, exacerbating global warming. Despite mounting evidence and calls for action, these corporations have often prioritized short-term profit over long-term environmental sustainability.

May 13, 2024 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Janelle Carlson |Meredith Klenkel

From Wisconsin dairy farmers to the ranchers of the Dakotas, small, local producers face a myriad of challenges that may culminate in them, quite literally, losing the farm. But a unique approach to school lunches that involves using local farms to produce food for children regardless of their families’ economic status may hold the key to their sustainability.

May 2, 2024 | juancole.com | Janelle Carlson |Juan Cole

Bayreuth, Germany (Special to Informed Comment- Feature) – Lisa Hajjar has compared what is happening in Gaza to the Killing Fields of Cambodia. Yet where she argues that “Unlike the Khmer Rouge, the Israeli government’s exterminationist policy is not fueled by an ideological vision to remake Gaza anew. Total destruction is the goal.” As has been made evident by many Israeli social media posts and government officials, the goal is to remake Gaza minus the Palestinians.

Jan 18, 2024 | dirty-spoon.com | Janelle Carlson

by Janelle CarlsonJanelle’s essay is featured in episode 46 of The Dirty Spoon Radio Hour. We don’t just make food. Food makes us. This is the wisdom behind the old maxim  “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” More recently, we are learning or relearning, perhaps, that food can also make us sick as research into the negative impacts of ultra-processed food is beginning to show its links to illnesses like diabetes, cancer and depression.