Articles by Staff Writer Frida Garza
Frida Garza is a staff writer covering food and agriculture at Grist. She was previously an editor at the Guardian U.S., where she launched and led a series on environmental and climate justice, as well as reported on the intersections of food, climate, and labor. Prior to that, Frida was a senior staff writer at Jezebel. Her writing has appeared in the Texas Monthly, ELLE.com, VICE, and other places.
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![Volunteer wearing high visibility vest and face mask carries bag of apples to someone's car]()
![Volunteer wearing high visibility vest and face mask carries bag of apples to someone's car]()
An unlikely line of defense during heat waves: Food banks
Food pantries and meals-on-wheels organizations are taking on a new role during climate emergencies.
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![A person stands on a city street wearing a helmet and talking to another person, also helmeted, on a bike, with another bike with a red bag with the letters GH on it in the foreground]()
![A person stands on a city street wearing a helmet and talking to another person, also helmeted, on a bike, with another bike with a red bag with the letters GH on it in the foreground]()
NYC’s food delivery workers are sweltering in the heat — and demanding more protection
"We risked our health for the delivery companies during COVID, and now we are doing it again."
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![Frontal view of a large piece of John Deere farming equipment harvesting a field of soybeans]()
![Frontal view of a large piece of John Deere farming equipment harvesting a field of soybeans]()
Here’s how much cropland could be freed up if Americans ate half as much meat
A national flexitarian diet would reduce the amount of U.S. farmland by roughly the size of South Dakota.
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![A large industrial room with a 'Food Bank' sign against the wall contains long metal tables with six very large red mesh bags of brown potatoes on them]()
![A large industrial room with a 'Food Bank' sign against the wall contains long metal tables with six very large red mesh bags of brown potatoes on them]()
How food banks prevented 1.8 million metric tons of carbon emissions last year
Redistributing food before it’s tossed or wasted doesn’t just fight hunger — it also fights climate change.
