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Victoria Namkung

Victoria Namkung is a California-based journalist who covers food systems, the environment and Asian America.

July 2024

  • The Pine and the Palm along highway 99 in Madera, California.

    A beloved palm and pine tree mark California’s center. Now they’re being cut down

    Local residents are mourning the planned removal of the trees, symbols of the state’s northern-southern divide

June 2024

  • A woman and child's hands make pizza dough from scratch

    Our unequal earth
    Amid rising US food prices, what should we be cooking from scratch?

  • Neil Wiesblott at his tool library on Vashon Island, Washington on May 3, 2024

    My DIY climate hack
    Chainsaws for all! I live on a rural island where we share all our tools

May 2024

  • woman in wedding veil

    My DIY climate hack
    Wedding without waste: how I got married without the usual 400lb of trash

    Big events generate big waste, and weddings are among the most egregious offenders. Cindy Villaseñor found a way to do things differently
  • DIY-CLIMATE-GREGORY<br>CLIVE, IOWA - APRIL 20, 2024: Jim Gregory poses for a portrait with his pedal-powered work station at his home in Ames, Iowa on Thursday, April 25, 2024. 
CREDIT: KC McGinnis for The Guardian

    My DIY climate hack
    I invented a pedal-powered home office. Now I exercise – and save energy – at my desk

    An Iowa cyclist wanted to stay active while spending all day at his desk. He found the perfect solution
  • Los Angeles, California— Beverly Lofton poses for a portrait in her garden in the View Park neighborhood of Los Angeles on Friday, April 26, 2024.  Mrs. Lofton turned her front yard into a microfarm with the help of Crop Swap LA, a local group that creates edible food gardens to combat food insecurity and food apartheid. Photographs by Gabriella Angotti-Jones

    My DIY climate hack
    I swapped my south LA lawn for a verdant microfarm – now I feed the neighborhood

    The 67-year-old’s switch was a bold move in a city ruled by cars and concrete, and where the impact of extreme heat and water shortages are acutely felt

April 2024

  • Guardian Eggs Title Illo

    Our unequal earth
    Egg labels, egg-splained: from cage-free to free-range, how to eat ethically and economically

    Egg cartons are labeled with all sorts of descriptors in the US, making grocery shopping a confusing experience. Experts tell us what these labels mean and how to shop

February 2024

  • Composite of two studio images. On the left is a pile of half-eaten food and clean recycling, and on the right is a picture of a bag of something called 'Pulp Chips,' which are small, orange-ish square.

    Our unequal earth
    From trash to table: will upcycled food save the planet?

    Nearly 40% of all food grown annually in the US goes unsold or uneaten. These companies are getting salty about food waste

December 2023

  • Patrick Makuakāne in a baseball cap and a lei.

    ‘Hula is my church’: how Patrick Makuakāne is reinvigorating Hawaii’s traditional dance

  • An image of three cookbooks laid on a table

    Our unequal earth
    Give the gift of food: chefs share their favorite cookbooks of 2023

November 2023

  • People wait in line in New York City to receive free food on 6 May 2023.

    Our unequal earth
    UN hunger expert: US must recognize ‘right to food’ to fix broken system

    Some states have implemented free school meals, and Maine has a constitutional amendment to guarantee the ‘unalienable right to food’

October 2023

  • illustration of different people's faces on a variety of types of screens

    Our unequal earth
    No recipe for success: what happens to TV cooking stars after the show?

    Shows like Chopped seem like career-making opportunities, but when entertainment comes first, even winners can struggle

June 2023

  • Illustration of a local farm being harvested by and for school children

    Our unequal earth
    ‘A gastronomic experience’: the US schools serving local veggies and edible flowers over frozen food

  • Illustration of an urban microfarm.

    Our unequal earth
    ‘Everything is natural and tastes so good’: microfarms push back against ‘food apartheid’

January 2023

  • A boat crew during a trip to check on the wreck of what is believed to be a 17th century Dutch East India Company (VOC) ship in Mentawai Islands, Indonesia.

    Shipwrecked
    ‘Almost at war’: shipwreck hunters battle it out for sunken treasure

    Questions of ownership – and whether shipwrecks are being explored or plundered – are causing deep divides among the people who dedicate their lives to unearthing the ocean’s hidden loot

November 2022

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    Our unequal earth
    Wasted food, hungry Americans – is donating surplus produce a solution?

    Gleaning, the act of harvesting unused or surplus produce and distributing it to food insecure people is one solution to the interconnected challenges of hunger and food waste

October 2022

  • Wildtype’s salmon nigiri topped with finger lime.

    Our unequal earth
    ‘Fishless fish’: the next big trend in the seafood industry

    ‘Alternative seafood’ is having a moment, with the rise of companies like BlueNalu and Wildtype, which has the backing of Leonardo DiCaprio

September 2022

  • Clark County School District Reopens With In-person Learning, First Day of School<br>LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - AUGUST 9: Students eat breakfast as they arrive for the first day of school at Matt Kelly Elementary Community School in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 9, 2021. (Photo by Bridget Bennett for the Washington Post)

    Our unequal earth
    ‘The kids are just happier’: could California’s universal school meal program start a trend?

    Parents, teachers and anti-hunger advocates hail new free-meal system, saying it improves academic performance and wellbeing

August 2022

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    As Gen Z Asian Americans come of age, the vast majority feel they don’t belong

  • A yellow robot and a vertical farming pole

    Our unequal earth
    Are indoor vertical farms really ‘future-proofing agriculture’?

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