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Related Some children have just returned part-time to the school where Michael Gasper works, and he is busy. Gasper is the district’s supervisor of nutrition services in Holmen, Wisconsin, a small community just north of La Crosse, with six schools and 3,800 students. His team is coordinating both in-school meals and meal delivery for students in remote learning, while also running a vibrant farm to school program. And on this mid-February day, Gasper is preparing his newly remodeled kitchen for the delivery of 40 boxes of locally produced hamburger and Italian sausage. Like most other dis...

News News Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Baking Homemade Bread Becomes a Public Good Community Loaves volunteers Megan Adams, left, and her mother, Shera Adams, donate their loaves to St. Leo’s Food Bank in Tacoma, Washington. Photo from Community Loaves The Seattle-based Community Loaves project enlists home bakers to help those facing food insecurity during the pandemic. Feb 25, 2021 The irony hit Katherine Kehrli, the associate dean of Seattle Culinary Academy, when one of the COVID-19 pandemic�...

Related Annastasia Mullen has been expanding her home garden in Des Moines, Iowa, since 2015. After starting with three raised beds in her backyard, she rented three more in a community garden nearby and started planting flowers in addition to produce like tomatoes, peppers, leafy greens, and root vegetables. When COVID-19 caused food system disruptions last spring, Mullen felt driven to grow more food than ever before and share it with her neighbors. “In a small way, it was something I could do to contribute at a time when a lot of things were feeling uncertain,” she said. But she was s...

This story first appeared on Civil Eats. Valarie Mckenzie struggled to control her anger early in her life and was kicked out of her home at 18. She roamed everywhere from Grand Rapids, Michigan to Atlanta, Georgia, but spent most of her time living in downtown Minneapolis, where she slept on public benches and in bus shelters. The city's unrelenting bright lights, which she constantly tried to escape, reminded her of exactly what she lacked: a safe and warm place to sleep at night. Late last summer, when she was 24, things began to change for Mckenzie. An outreach worker introduced her to Ca...

In Mexico’s vibrant forests, locals adapt to a year without tourists Ecotourism and conservation efforts go hand-in-hand. What happens when the tourists disappear? ByAnnelise Jolley Email When she was 10 years old, Ana Moreno watched buses full of tourists pull into her village. They had come to see the monarch butterflies, which arrive in flurries each November and stay the winter in the Sierra Madre’s forested peaks. Moreno watched the monarch enthusiasts pour from buses, chattering to each other. She thought to herself, “How is it possible that I don’t speak English?” Moreno went...