Gravy

In restaurants, economics and sexual harassment are intimately entwined. Restaurants, along with hotels, have the highest rates of sexual harassment of any industry. For  a  tipped worker ,  in particular, how and how much one gets paid can determine how empowered  one feels to respond against harassment. We delve into why restaurants pay servers just $2.13 per hour and how that affects how they deal with bad clients. And  we look at why money might not be the only culprit when it comes to harassment.     

For much of the 19 th  Century, Carolina Gold rice was a favorite of American rice growers, before disappearing in the early 20 th  Century. Brought back to life in the 1980s, it  again  occupies a much beloved, if niche, place in the South's canon of heirloom ingredients.  Now,  Hagood   Coxe ,  a daughter of a Carolina Gold farmer , wants to make sake, a Japanese rice wine, out of the grain.

Is prison food causing problems for public health? Gravy investigates.

Cooperative extension is a century-old government program that places agricultural agents in counties to educate and work with farmers. But for years, agents failed to show up for Native American communities.

Community canneries–facilities, often subsidized by local government, where people can in bulk–are closing. With groceries easily available even in rural communities, there's less need. And with busy schedules, people have less time for the labor-intensive process of canning their own food. But people who continue to use the still-operational canneries, like Arnold and Donna Lafon, find community and pride in the practice.