Lela Nargi
I'm a writer and editor
Food Systems/Agriculture, Social Justice, Environment, Science. lelanargi.com, @LelaNargi, linkedin.com/in/lelanargi
ambrook.com
A Requiem for Rhubarb?
In which we contemplate what it will take to get Americans to love this surprisingly unpopular sour vegetable.
Fifteen of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s federally funded gene banks are common-sensical repositories, housing plants that thrive in the regions where they’re located: bananas in Puerto Rico, onions in Geneva, New York. But the 16th bank, the Western Regional Plant Introduction Center in Pullman, Washington, is weird no matter how you slice it. Like its brethren, its 14,000 se...
foodprint.org
Restoring Native foodways requires returning land. What happens when it’s contaminated?
FoodPrint, Jun 2025
knowablemagazine.org
How farmers can help rescue water-loving birds
Knowable Magazine, May 2025 (Reprinted in the Tucson Sentinel, Popular Science, Environmental Health News, Yale Climate Connections, KIRO 7 News Seattle, WFTV, The Good Men Project)
ambrook.com
Everything I Never Learned About USDA’s Climate-Smart Commodities Program
Ambrook Research, Apr 2025
foodprint.org
Dr. Bronner’s dumped its B Corp certification. Was it the right move?
FoodPrint, Feb 2025
foodprint.org
What could massive cuts to SNAP benefits mean for the U.S. economy – and for all of us?
FoodPrint, Feb 2025
