Leah Penniman

Nov 13, 2024 | civileats.com | Leah Penniman

Civil Eats has covered the U.S. food system for nearly 16 years. In that time, we’ve been at the forefront of reporting on the policies—some arcane, some mundane—that impact everyone’s most basic daily need: food. From the farm bill to food justice to deep coverage of how the pandemic cratered our food system, we’ve pursued complicated and often underreported stories while lifting up underrepresented voices.

Feb 5, 2024 | aliciakennedy.news | Monica White |Leah Penniman |Annette Aurélie Desmarais |Vandana Shiva

This is the text of a talk I gave at Bates College on January 15. Its immediate influences while I was writing it were two fellow newsletters: Jon Randell Smith’s “What We Talk About When We Talk About Food Security” and Raechel Ann Jolie’s “girl culture panic & the failures of feminism.” I will write next week about how I write and prepare differently for speaking versus being read. When we hear the phrase “food justice,” do we imagine a dining table filled with abundant foods?

Nov 13, 2023 | bioneers.org | Leah Penniman

By Leah Penniman Leah Penniman, the author of Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Decolonizing Land, Food, and Agriculture, is a farmer, author, food sovereignty activist and a winner of the prestigious James Beard Leadership Award. As a young mother, Penniman and her family lived in an Albany, NY neighborhood that experienced “food apartheid”—a system that segregates those with access to nutritious food and those denied that access.

Jul 18, 2023 | rethinkingschools.org | Leah Penniman

Dijour Carter refused to get out of the van parked in the gravel driveway at Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, New York. The other teens in his program emerged, skeptical, but Dijour lingered in the van with his hood up, headphones on, eyes averted. There was no way he was going to get mud on his new Jordans and no way he would soil his hands with the dirty work of farming. I didn’t blame him.

Apr 24, 2023 | yesmagazine.org | Leah Penniman

Opinion Advocates for ideas and draws conclusions based on the author/producer’s interpretation of facts and data. Leah Penniman encourages us to recognize Earth as teacher, text, and kin. Why you can trust us Editor’s note: This is the first installment of the next iteration of Murmurations, the monthly column originated by adrienne maree brown for YES! in 2021.