Trump's New SNAP Affects More Than Food Security

The Trump administration's Agriculture Department approved a revised Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that will leave 3 million citizens without access to food. If SNAP is supposed to “do right and feed everyone,” it’s not easy to justify the purpose of the program’s revision.

the farm bill, food politics, food insecurityLiz MistickDecember 9, 2019snap program, trump administration, snap work requirements, food insecurity, food deserts usa, All_ebt, 2020 election, online purchase pilotComment

Winter is Coming, California Keeps Burning. What Can Be Done?

The CA landscape has endured the wrath of wildfires for years. While Californians expect wildfires to a degree, climate change has introduced a new species of fire, one that is a destructive and dangerous force of nature. But when I think about society’s relationship to our planet, it seems our our greed, hatred, and ignorance has blinded us from cultivating a collective human purpose to save the dying Earth.

environmentLiz MistickNovember 5, 2019Paris Climate Agreement, 2020 election, greenhouse gas, climate crisis, california wildfires, clean air act, air pollution, PG&E, sonoma complex fires, carr fireComment