Thank you Omnivore Books and Book Passage for an amazing weekend in San Francisco talking about Ruin Their Crops on the Ground - we covered everything from milk carts in the playground to Reservation Dogs to climate change to city-owned grocery stores in Chicago. Henry Holt & Company

Thank you The Guardian for publishing this excerpt about government cheese from Ruin Their Crops on the Ground. There are so many fascinating stories about this food phenomenon. theguardian.com/environment/ar… Henry Holt & Company

Join us at 12pm CT (1pm ET) for our #CRTSummerSchool homeroom today! Hosted by Black Mommy Activist, PhD🎙 with andrea_freeman in conversation with Kimberlé Crenshaw: Kimberlé Crenshaw #FreedomSummer2024

Orange, edible and in a block: a short history of US ‘guv’ment’ cheese (andrea_freeman - The Guardian) redef.com/item/66aa5d12b…

Incredible homeroom at today's #CRTSummerSchool African American Policy Forum ft andrea_freeman bridging the gap between 'food oppression'/ag policy and race, with Kimberlé Crenshaw. Sobering reminder from andrea_freeman: "[Gov] Repositories of unwanted foods are another link to the past."

Thank you for the opportunity African American Policy Forum. It was such a pleasure to talk with Kimberlé Crenshaw and the #CRTsummerschool community.

It was a beautiful night Skylight Books talking with @priscilla_ocen about topics ranging from incarceration to unwanted doctors' advice to modern warfare to warm chocolate chip cookies for breakfast. Henry Holt & Company #ruintheircropsontheground

Thank you Juju Chang ABC News for the great conversation about Ruin Their Crops on the Ground and food oppression. abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/… Henry Holt & Company

Thanks for the shout out to Ruin Their Crops on the Ground quillandquire

I am so excited to read The Wishing Pool after hearing @tananarivedue.bsky.social talk about it at @OctaviasBkshelf this weekend!

I recommended some of my favorite food books for Shepherd.com 📚 highlighting delectable work by Naa Oyo A. Kwate Dr. Bobby J. Smith II @kwazana and Marcia Chatelain. shepherd.com/best-books/foo…

Thanks for the great conversation!

Thank you for this wonderful conversation Mark Bittman bittmanproject.com/food-with-mark…

I’m so honored to be among the remarkable 2024 MacArthur Foundation Fellows and grateful for the spotlight I hope this award will shine on Black women’s visions & struggles for reproductive & family justice. #MacFellow 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Toronto, I would love to see you! eventbrite.ca/e/ruin-their-c…

Our 2024 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide is here! This year, we curated a list of over two dozen books perfect for reading, gifting, and inspiration. 📚✨⬇️ buff.ly/3CSfEcO

I couldn’t be more thrilled by this honor!

🌾#RuinTheirCropsOnTheGround by andrea_freeman has been nominated for a James Beard Media Award in the Food Issues and Advocacy category! This thought-provoking read exposes food as a tool of racial control in U.S. history, revealing ongoing policy-driven inequality.

Congratulations to author andrea_freeman for her James Beard Foundation Award win for Food Issues and Advocacy! 🎉 “Ruin Their Crops on the Ground” was featured in the our 2024 holiday book guide. Read about her award-wining book here. ⬇️ #JBFA buff.ly/ele8jbm

Andrea Freeman ’06 (andrea_freeman) won a James Beard Media Award and a Los Angeles Times Book Award for Ruin Their Crops on the Ground, which probes United States food policy and its role in advancing the nation’s racial hierarchy. law.berkeley.edu/spotlight/alum… #UCBerkeleyLaw