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As the editorially independent arm of The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, the Arts Paper seeks to celebrate, explore, and investigate the fine, visual, performing and culinary arts in and around New Haven.

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"Like Cutting Off Air:" As Hunger Rises, Advocates Push For Restored Emergency Food Funding

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A Food Justice Dream Takes Root On Shelton Avenue

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At CitySeed’s Dixwell Farmers Market, Alternative Economies Flourish

Stylz Mitchell and Olivia Mitchell. Tal Berkowitz Photos.

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Amid Federal Funding Cuts, A Food Pantry Persists

Lorrice Grant, executive director at Loaves and Fishes (in red) with some of Saturday's volunteers. Lucy Gellman Photo.

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Thanksgiving Turkey Drive Taps Into Community

Grayce Howe Photos.

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In Día del Maíz, A Recognition of Resistance

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"We're Coming Home:" Arts & Ideas Lifts Up Food Justice In Visionary Leadership Awards

Lucy Nalpathanchil and Leah Penniman. Judy Sirota Rosenthal Photo.

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Food Rescue Effort Fuels Democracy

Inez Alvarez and Lorrice Grant on Tuesday morning. Lucy Gellman Photos.

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Mobile Market Provides Produce To The Public

Kae Vargas. Alisha Martindale Photos.

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Veggies Flow, Relationships Grow At New Q House Farmers Market

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A Food Justice Advocate Grows CitySeed's Footprint

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Black Corner Store Builds Community In Dwight

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Fridge Haven Steps Up To Fight Food Insecurity

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With Mobile Market, Common Ground Brings Produce To The People

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With New Culinary Launchpad, Food Entrepreneurs Join Forces

The sampler package provided to viewers at home included za'atar rolls and keyk kadoo from Sanctuary Kitchen and a honey tart from Huneebee Project. Photo courtesy of Atticus Market.

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Stir The Pot Moves Culinary Community Online

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Pride Center Works To Keep The Community Fed

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Community Gardens Become A Lifeline

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Love Fed Cultivates A Movement

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Public Art Out, People In As Downtown Changes NPIP Funding Course

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The "Little Red Hen" Sprints Into Fall

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Summer Meals Rolls Into August

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ConnCAT's Café Gets A Facelift

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Joy and Justice in New Haven Gardens

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Haven’s Harvest Lifts Off

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Love Fed Kwanzaa Kindles Community

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APNH Gets A Pumpkin Pie Assist

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Sanctuary Kitchen Moves Outside

Karima El-Hamraoui and Abir. Lucy Gellman Photos. Abir was performing alchemy in The Hill. Her hands fluttered over a pile of red and white onion, fine salt and flaked sumac coating the slices. She spoke in quiet tones as she worked, recounting bits of information about her children. A family of sunflowers bobbed deferentially in the background.

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Murphy Holds The Line On SNAP

Chris Murphy: “We have a big fight ahead of us." Lucy Gellman Photos.

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Atticus Snags Its First “Whole Grain Ninja”

Atticus Bookstore and Cafe's new baker Josh Kanter: baker by day, whole grain ninja by night? Lucy Gellman Photos.

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Food Rescue Grows Its New Haven Presence

Lori Martin: "It troubles me every day that there is being food thrown away and we have people that could use food. That match we all can make together." Lucy Gellman Photos.

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Master Cooks “Stir The Pot”

The first "Stir The Pot" also included a discussion of Mikki Halpin’s “Practical Activism: If You Want To Do Something, Don’t Do Everything.” The essay is in Julia Turshen’s Feed The Resistance . Thomas Breen Photo.

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