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Don’t Have Enough on Your Plate? Connecting High Rates of COVID-19 to Food Apartheids
Don’t Have Enough on Your Plate? Connecting High Rates of COVID-19 to Food Apartheids

COVID-19 has given us enough on our plates. But what about people who don’t have enough food on theirs to face it? The risk of food insecurity is higher among low-income populations in communities known as food deserts. In addition to these socioeconomic factors, food apartheid causes significant public health problems. In this two part article series, Summer Journalism Fellow Charlotte Ehlers draws connections between food insecurity, its related underlying public health issues, and higher rates of COVID-19 in affected communities.

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US, Journalism Fellowship, News & AnalysisCharlotte Ehlersfood apartheids, food, COVID19, Houston, urban farming, farms, food insecurity, cost, delivery, grocery, health, public health, socioeconomic disparities, affordable, healthy, neighborhood, disparity, inequity, economy, economic
Making Global Food More Sustainable: A Conversation with Nick Halla, SVP International of Impossible Foods
Making Global Food More Sustainable: A Conversation with Nick Halla, SVP International of Impossible Foods

Reflecting on his experiences growing up in an agricultural family and studying renewable energy in grad school, Nick Halla shares his thoughts on the success and expansion of the Impossible Burger, how consumers can push the food industry to become more environmentally friendly, and Impossible Foods’s mission to help people around the world access better food with lower environmental impact.

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Interviews, LifestyleRichard Yangfood, sustainability, environment, Nick Halla, Impossible Burger, Impossible Foods, eco, grocery, product chain, environmental impacts, agriculture, career