MEDIA
About Mai
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"The Seeds Worth Saving", Proof, 2022.
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![Mai Strolling through Field of Grain]()
"Don’t Forget Your Roots," Patagonia, 2021
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![Berkeley Food Institute UC Berkeley]()
"Farming for Everyone," Berkeley Food Institute, 2018
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"How Food Can Turn a 'Place' into a 'Home'", Organic Valley, 2019
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Cherry Bombe “Food for Thought: San Diego” Jan. 28, 2020
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![Mai Nguyen Grist]()
"Grist 50 Catalyst by Samin Nosrat," Grist 50, 2018
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"2024 Leadership Award", James Beard Foundation, 2024.
Grain
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"In Wine Country, One Radical Farmer..."San Francisco Chronicle, 2022
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"Grains and Revolution: Community Grains Project", CRAFT Chatham University, 2020
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![NMedina Grain Milling Artwork]()
"The Differences Between White Flour and Whole Wheat Flour ." Eater, 2022
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![Mai Nguyen Wheat Field]()
"Flour Power," Yes! Magazine, 2019
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![Mai Tabling]()
"Heart and Grain", National Young Farmers Coalition, 2017
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"How the California Grain Campaign...", LA Times, 2016
Climate Change Mitigation through Food Sovereignty
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A grain farmer applies Buddhist principles to preserve the land — and maximize taste
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How farmers are turning to tradition as they face climate change
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The Counter on Drought
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"Sustainable Farming with Farmer Mai," Mochi Magazine
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The Food Change, “Preserving Biodiversity”
Land Justice
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HEAL "Growing the Foundations of Land Justice"
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![Mark Bittman Food Podcast]()
Mark Bittman Food Podcast
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Civil Eats “California will help…”
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Commonweal "Carving Out Space for BIPOC Farming"
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Cal Ag Roots: Bringing Justice and Land Equity to California Farmers of Color
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Culinary Institute of America "Menus of Change" Talk
Farmer Advocacy
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![Opinion/ What ‘Minari’ is doing for Asian American farmers like me | CNN 2024-05-15 12-50-42]()
CNN, "What ‘Minari’ is doing for Asian American farmers like me" 2021
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Time Magazine, 2021
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2021 Civil Eats: Minari
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Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art “CULINASIA: Asian American Farmers Look Back to Go Forward”
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NBC “Young Asian Americans turn to farming as a means of cultural reclamation” 2019
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![AAPI Farmer Closeup Eater]()
EATER, “BOK CHOY ISN’T ‘EXOTIC,’" 2019
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![Farmer Mai grains cape]()
Civil Eats on Farmer Equity Act, 2017
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![Mai Nguyễn closeup]()
Modern Farmer, "Essentials for Essential Workers" 2022
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Civil Eats: Relief Fund
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![Pea Shoots Closeup]()
Edible Education: Nikiko Masumoto, Mai Nguyen, Jocelyn Jackson, Sita Bhaumik
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![Future of Women Panel of Farmers and Restauranteurs]()
San Diego Magazine, "Five Things We Learned from the Future of Women Panel"
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![Farmer Mai Nguyễn]()
Cal Ag Roots: "Digging Deep with Mai Nguyen"
Democratic Ownership
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San Diego Food Systems Alliance “Introduction to Worker Cooperatives, Food and Farming Edition”
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San Diego Food Systems Alliance “Recap: Intro to Cooperatives for Small Scale Farmers, Fishermen, and Business Owners”
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Civil Eats, "The Co-op Farming Model Might Help Save America’s Small Farms"
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US Federation of Worker Cooperatives, "Everything Co-op" Episode with Mai Nguyen
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NIFTI "Cooperative Farming, Best Practices and Challenges”
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![Rural Coop Magazine Mai Nguyen]()
USDA Rural Cooperatives Magazine, 2017
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Solidarity Research Center, "Introducing Cooperatives"
"Mai is very personable and amazing at what they do. They bring a holistic approach to our workshop sessions. Working with Farmer Mai makes me feel empowered and knowledgable."
— KEITH HUDSON, UJAMAA FARMER COLLECTIVE