Amal Ahmed is a freelance reporter currently based in Vancouver, Washington. She spent several years covering environmental and climate issues in Texas, where she was born and raised. Her work has been published in a variety of outlets, such as the Texas Observer, Texas Monthly, Grist, Popular Science, and City Lab
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Rebuilding Food Security After a Wildfire
It’s an ironic twist that the climate crisis is fueled in part by the food system in the U.S.—namely the land use and emissions from concentrated livestock operations—and so many of the climate effects are felt first and worst by farmworkers and their communities.
January 13, 2025
