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Farmers' market

The World

In Italy’s markets, this popular yogurt made by migrants tastes great, and has a side of resilience and hope

Culture

For years, Suleman Diara picked mandarins in southern Italy for $0.05 a case. But one day, Diara, a refugee from Mali, received documents granting him asylum in his new country. So he bought a few buckets of milk that changed his life. Meet the founder of Barikama, the first African yogurt cooperative in Italy, popular with the farmer’s market scene in Rome.

Paul C. Lo is the first Hmong-American federal judge in history. He came to Colorado when he was 11 years old.

The first Hmong American judge didn’t always acknowledge his roots

Lifestyle & Belief

Author finds Americans eating healthier — despite higher food prices

Business, Economics and Jobs

Somerville, Mass., aims to reinvent itself to improve community health

Health & Medicine

Some Chinese buying organic to avoid food contamination — but is it enough?

Development & Education

More access to healthy foods for low-income Americans

Health & Medicine

A Boston program encourages low-income residents to eat healthier by giving them incentives to buy food at farmers markets.

L.A.’s loneliest farmer’s market

Business, Economics and Jobs

Building a farmer’s market in the Crenshaw neighborhood of Los Angeles was a good start, but getting people to shop there is proving difficult.

The World

Why Some Chinese Worry That Buying Organic Isn’t Good Enough

Global Politics

Middle-class Chinese worried about food safety in their country are starting to buy organic. But in a culture where you can get fake organic certificates, some worry that buying organic isn’t good enough.

Mergers in the Organic Food Industry

Reporter Nathan Johnson takes us to a farmers’ market in Santa Cruz, California to help explain how the organic food industry is booming and why the small, local farmers who began the trend are getting squeezed out of the market.