Welcome: Land & Labor is a work-in-progress. During the summer of 2020, I am working to populate these pages with resources as I take inventory of what we, collectively, have learned up to this moment and what we continue to learn every day. Feel free to send suggestions and feedback to landandlabor@gmail.com or through this Google Form.

Welcome to Land & Labor,

a curated resource guide to the U.S. food system that centers land and labor in the context of power and inequality.

 

The food-related media on this site are categorized and curated in a way that empowers readers to critically examine their relationship to the inequalities inherent to American food production and consumption.

Without a guiding framework, it’s easy to get lost in and discouraged by food systems news.

Land & Labor offers a method for understanding what we read, watch, and listen to that encourages everyone to recognize oppressive structures in the food system. Learn more by reading about the thesis behind Land & Labor.

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As cases mounted, meatpacker JBS kept people on crowded factory floors // “They have so much money and so much knowledge of everything,” Crystal Rodriguez says. “Why didn’t they help protect us?” (read the article →
The sign in the background image reads “Field workers were designated as essential during the pandemic. I am thankful and proud to feed the country, but we also need essential benefits.” (listen to the 9 minute radio segment → link i
“Experts say saving seeds is an important piece of the food sovereignty puzzle” (read the article → link in bio) LAND Seeds are pretty magical: a neat packet with all of the nutrients and genetic material necessary to grow a new pla