Nicole Caruth
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Nicole J. Caruth is a Baltimore-based journalist who writes about food, health, and environmental justice. Learn more at www.nicolecaruth.com.

Farmers of Color Offer Community Wellness at ‘Healing Farms’

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September 3, 2025

Hector Lopez and Phoebe Gooding at the center of their 1.3-acre urban permaculture farm, Hawk’s Nest Healing Gardens, in Durham, NC. (Photo credit: Nicole J. Caruth)

This Queer Couple Supports LGBTQ+ and BIPOC Farmers’ Mental Health

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May 14, 2025

A Black woman farmer wearing an orange tank top and khaki pants walks through a field of farmland with brown cows in the background

For Farmers, Fitness Programs Can Improve Mental Health, Too

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February 4, 2025

A group of farmers practice lifting up heaving crates

Southern Black Farmers Sow Rice and Reconciliation

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December 17, 2024

A Debut Southern Cookbook Challenges Simplified Notions of Black Cuisine

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December 2, 2024

a collage image of a book cover named Our South, and an image of an African American woman chef cooking in a kitchen

For Farmers and Ranchers Grappling With Mental Health, This Fourth-Generation Farmer Offers Help That Works

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November 1, 2024

an image on the left of a man with grey beard and hair, and a book cover on the right called

‘Shelf Life’ Peeks Into the Nooks and Crannies of the Cheesemaker’s World

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July 30, 2024

Can Cooking in Community Slow Dementia and Diabetes?

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July 1, 2024