Environmental journalist covering food + ag systems/food + water insecurity/climate science #SEJ Kids science author repped by @essiewhite.bsky.social #scbwi Clumsy on land https://lelanargi.com/ Signal: LelaNargi.67https://bsky.app/profile/lelanargi.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lelanargi.bsky.social/post/3mu5slufo522sWith restrictive covenants, supermarket chains have made food deserts out of untold numbers of communities. But states and municipalities are starting to pass bans on the practice + there's interest in moving the needle federally. Read more in my latest for @theguardian.com https://bit.ly/4ydriGR28 Aug 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:6b22cspckrx3bfusvzi25xt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5slufo522shttps://bsky.app/profile/lelanargi.bsky.social/post/3mqaclo5nwc24Anyone with book-loving kids looking to fill an hour on July 14, please (virtually) join me at the NYPL for a reading of Miss Betti: What Is This?, along with a fun craft and a chance to ask me questions. Hope to see you there! https://globallib.nypl.org/blog/2026/07/07/kidslive-author-talk-lela-nargi09 Jul 2026 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:6b22cspckrx3bfusvzi25xt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqaclo5nwc24https://bsky.app/profile/lelanargi.bsky.social/post/3mpc6w3vm2s27Anyone who writes about agriculture in the U.S. has butted their head up against farmers who won't say the words "climate change." In my latest for @foodprintorg.bsky.social, political ecologist Margiana Petersen-Rockney explains why https://foodprint.org/blog/margiana-petersen-rockney-on-farmers-resistance-to-climate-change/27 Jun 2026 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:6b22cspckrx3bfusvzi25xt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpc6w3vm2s27