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Missouri

Mobile food markets gain traction in St. Louis

Utah

The Fierce Politics of Dust

DUCK CREEK VILLAGE, Utah – On a sunny afternoon in June 2019, in southern Utah’s remote alpine hamlet...

Dec 16, 2021
Georgia

Atlanta’s urban farms make a stand against food redlining

ATLANTA – In the heart of Atlanta, 61-year-old Wayne Ricketts spends his days rooting up weeds, harvesting the...

Nov 19, 2021
California

San Bernardino residents’ quest for fresh, healthy food as COVID-19 persists

SAN BERNADINO, Calif. – Around 11 a.m. Cyrilene begins organizing the kitchen at the Highland Senior Center, as...

Nov 19, 2021
Missouri

St. Louis community gardens, food pantries head off COVID-19 food catastrophe 

ST. LOUIS, Mo. —On a crisp late summer morning, 65-year-old Army veteran Nancy Vonner walked the five blocks...

Nov 19, 2021
California

Lavish weddings are back, but vendors are struggling with costs, labor shortages—and tracking down tents

Matt Rowland has been planning events on the North Coast of California for almost 40 years. But the...

Nov 12, 2021
Ohio

No chicken nuggets, no PB&J: Supply chain issues are on the menu at schools across the country

DAYTON, Ohio — It’s 5 a.m. on a Tuesday in September and the cafeteria staff at Centerville City...

Nov 03, 2021
Wisconsin

Vet shortages are the latest wrinkle in the pandemic puppy boom

WAUSAU, Wis.—The lobby of Kronenwetter Veterinary Care in Kronenwetter, a Wisconsin village of about 8,000 people, is empty....

Nov 02, 2021
Utah

Why the tourism boom at national parks is leaving local workers homeless

SPRINGDALE, Utah — Just outside Zion National Park, a community of local tourism industry workers is forced to...

Oct 26, 2021
Ohio

Local restaurants face a new obstacle in the worker shortage: an applicant pool of mainly teenagers

ASHLAND, Ohio - Sales have surpassed pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels at Uniontown Brewing, a staple in Ashland, Ohio, known...

Oct 21, 2021
West Virginia

COVID-19 has shut down some of West Virginia’s biggest fall fairs and festivals. How one town is coping

ELKINS, W.Va. - Every few years, psychiatrist G.H. Dornblazer leaves Charlotte, North Carolina, in his rearview mirror, taking...

Oct 21, 2021
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