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Nancy Matsumoto is a freelance writer and editor who covers agroecology, food, sake, and Japanese arts and culture. She has been a contributor to The Wall Street Journal, Time, The Toronto Globe and Mail, NPR’s The Salt, and TheAtlantic.com, among other publications. She is the co-author of Exploring the World of Japanese Craft Sake: Rice, Water, Earth, and blogs on that topic here.

‘For the Culture’ Is a Joyful Celebration of Black Women and Femmes in Food

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September 28, 2023

Civil Eats TV: Women Brewing Change at Sequoia Sake

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October 3, 2022

Olivia Kamei Myrick crafting sake at Sequoia Sake in San Francisco.

Meet the African Farmer Growing Rice in New York’s Hudson Valley

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November 18, 2021

Nfamara's son Malick, center, with Naveen and Malaya Hoyte, Malick's cousins. (Photo by Jake Price)

‘In the Struggle’ Chronicles the Roots of California’s Food Justice Movement

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September 16, 2021

From left: food justice and farmworker justice Ernesto Galarza, Janaki Jagannath, and Isao Fujimoto

Why Ken Meter Is on a Mission to Build Community Food Webs

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May 7, 2021

A farmstand selling community-grown food. (Photo CC-licensed by Suzie's Farm)

An Intergenerational Juneteenth Gathering Shows How the Black Food Sovereignty Discussion has Shifted

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June 24, 2020

Collage of Black leaders speaking about liberation, land justice, and food sovereignty for Black communities. Photos courtesy of A Growing Culture.

Investment in Regenerative Agriculture Connects the Dots Between Soil and Plate

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September 17, 2019

Dorn Cox, research director at Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment. (Photo courtesy of OpenTEAM)

Inside the Push to Bring Racial Equity to Land Grant Universities

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May 30, 2018

Photo CC-licensed by Phil Roeder.

Dan Barber’s Seed Company Seeks to Sow the ‘Democratization of Flavor’

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February 27, 2018

Row 7 founders Matthew Goldfarb (left), Michael Mazourek (center), and Dan Barber (right). (Photo credit: Johnny Autry)

Sustainable Meat Supporters and Vegan Activists Both Claim Bullying

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January 10, 2017

vegans versus meat eaters
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