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Counting Calories Makes Zero Sense

While the concept of calories provides a convenient way of packaging all our food and health concerns into one unit of measurement, there is no way it can contextualize in any meaningful way the value of food for individual human beings.

By The Editors Published September 20, 2024

The Unseen Role of Prisons in Our Food System

Our legal system is complicated, with roots in racial capitalism that drive mass incarceration; there’s also a mix of incentives within the prison network that promote various versions of convict leasing, agricultural labor programs, and coercive labor practices. And while the definitive numbers on prison labor in agriculture have been largely mysterious, we’ve recently learned more about which states, brands, and producers benefit most from this phenomenon.

By The Editors Published May 9, 2024

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