Nancy Matsumoto
@nancymatsumoto.bsky.social
Writer & editor: Agroecology, food, drink, saké. Japanese American & Nikkei culture. Co-author, James Beard award-winning “Rice, Water, Earth: Exploring the World of Japanese Craft Sake.” Tanka poetry translation editor, “By the Shore of Lake Michigan”
More in the plastic pollution beat:
How Much Plastic Can Kill a Sea Turtle? A New Study Has Answers. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
How Much Plastic Can Kill a Sea Turtle? A New Study Has Answers. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
How Much Plastic Can Kill a Sea Turtle? A New Study Has Answers.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
More in the plastic pollution beat:
How Much Plastic Can Kill a Sea Turtle? A New Study Has Answers. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
How Much Plastic Can Kill a Sea Turtle? A New Study Has Answers. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
Hi All! My latest "Reaping" Substack article is live. You, too, can up your single-use plastic reduction game!
Jackie Nuñez: Fighting to Turn off the Flood of Big Plastic at its Source open.substack.com/pub/nancymat...
Jackie Nuñez: Fighting to Turn off the Flood of Big Plastic at its Source open.substack.com/pub/nancymat...
Jackie Nuñez: Fighting to Turn off the Flood of Big Plastic at its Source
Plus, what we know about plastic pollution and the failed promise of plastics recycling
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Hi All! My latest "Reaping" Substack article is live. You, too, can up your single-use plastic reduction game!
Jackie Nuñez: Fighting to Turn off the Flood of Big Plastic at its Source open.substack.com/pub/nancymat...
Jackie Nuñez: Fighting to Turn off the Flood of Big Plastic at its Source open.substack.com/pub/nancymat...
Hey, New York friends, my book tour through the city + the Hudson Valley starts on Friday!
I’ll be at the venerable NYU department of nutrition and food studies to talk about “Reaping What She Sows.” Scan the QR code in the image below to register!!
#newbook
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
I’ll be at the venerable NYU department of nutrition and food studies to talk about “Reaping What She Sows.” Scan the QR code in the image below to register!!
#newbook
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Hey, New York friends, my book tour through the city + the Hudson Valley starts on Friday!
I’ll be at the venerable NYU department of nutrition and food studies to talk about “Reaping What She Sows.” Scan the QR code in the image below to register!!
#newbook
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
I’ll be at the venerable NYU department of nutrition and food studies to talk about “Reaping What She Sows.” Scan the QR code in the image below to register!!
#newbook
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
Thank you to #AGrowingCulture for featuring me and "Reaping What She Sows: How Women Are Rebuilding Our Broken Food System," in your latest OffShoot publication!
#womeninag
#altfoodsystem
#newbook
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
Women and the Alt Food System open.substack.com/pub/agrowing...
#womeninag
#altfoodsystem
#newbook
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
Women and the Alt Food System open.substack.com/pub/agrowing...
Women and the Alt Food System
A conversation with author Nancy Matsumoto
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Thank you to #AGrowingCulture for featuring me and "Reaping What She Sows: How Women Are Rebuilding Our Broken Food System," in your latest OffShoot publication!
#womeninag
#altfoodsystem
#newbook
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
Women and the Alt Food System open.substack.com/pub/agrowing...
#womeninag
#altfoodsystem
#newbook
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
Women and the Alt Food System open.substack.com/pub/agrowing...
Spotlight on Courtney Boyd Meyers, GreenWave.
Hi All! My latest "Reaping" Substack article, on the rise + fall of the regeneratively farmed kelp food products company #akua, part of the @greenwaveorg.bsky.social family, + what founder #courtneyboydmeyers would do differently if she had the chance.
Hi All! My latest "Reaping" Substack article, on the rise + fall of the regeneratively farmed kelp food products company #akua, part of the @greenwaveorg.bsky.social family, + what founder #courtneyboydmeyers would do differently if she had the chance.
Spotlight on Courtney Boyd Meyers, GreenWave
Lessons From the Front Lines of the Cut-throat Consumer Packaged Goods World
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Spotlight on Courtney Boyd Meyers, GreenWave.
Hi All! My latest "Reaping" Substack article, on the rise + fall of the regeneratively farmed kelp food products company #akua, part of the @greenwaveorg.bsky.social family, + what founder #courtneyboydmeyers would do differently if she had the chance.
Hi All! My latest "Reaping" Substack article, on the rise + fall of the regeneratively farmed kelp food products company #akua, part of the @greenwaveorg.bsky.social family, + what founder #courtneyboydmeyers would do differently if she had the chance.
Reposted by Nancy Matsumoto
#LaViaCampesina 's new #COP30 manifesto calls for
Urgent dismantling of the global neoliberal agrifood system
Agroecology to cool the planet
Climate reparations for just and sovereign transitions
Anchoring climate justice in law
viacampesina.org/en/2025/10/c...
Urgent dismantling of the global neoliberal agrifood system
Agroecology to cool the planet
Climate reparations for just and sovereign transitions
Anchoring climate justice in law
viacampesina.org/en/2025/10/c...
COP 30: La Via Campesina’s Manifesto – Land and Rights for Those Who Cool the Planet!
https://viacampesina.org/en/2025/10/cop-30-la-via-campesinas-manifesto-land-and-rights-for-those-who-cool-the-planet
This manifesto is our roadmap at this decisive moment […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
https://viacampesina.org/en/2025/10/cop-30-la-via-campesinas-manifesto-land-and-rights-for-those-who-cool-the-planet
This manifesto is our roadmap at this decisive moment […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
#LaViaCampesina 's new #COP30 manifesto calls for
Urgent dismantling of the global neoliberal agrifood system
Agroecology to cool the planet
Climate reparations for just and sovereign transitions
Anchoring climate justice in law
viacampesina.org/en/2025/10/c...
Urgent dismantling of the global neoliberal agrifood system
Agroecology to cool the planet
Climate reparations for just and sovereign transitions
Anchoring climate justice in law
viacampesina.org/en/2025/10/c...
Reposted by Nancy Matsumoto
Read Connie Hunter of East Neuk Market Garden's blog on the SAP policy ask of targeted support for #marketgardens:
🪱 Why market gardens deliver public value
🫛 How current funding excludes these essential producers
🥔 A call to action for fairer system
👉 www.agroecology.scot/news/targete...
🪱 Why market gardens deliver public value
🫛 How current funding excludes these essential producers
🥔 A call to action for fairer system
👉 www.agroecology.scot/news/targete...
November 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Read Connie Hunter of East Neuk Market Garden's blog on the SAP policy ask of targeted support for #marketgardens:
🪱 Why market gardens deliver public value
🫛 How current funding excludes these essential producers
🥔 A call to action for fairer system
👉 www.agroecology.scot/news/targete...
🪱 Why market gardens deliver public value
🫛 How current funding excludes these essential producers
🥔 A call to action for fairer system
👉 www.agroecology.scot/news/targete...
Hey New York friends! I hope you can attend this book talk I'm doing on Nov. 19, 6 pm at @nysoclib.bsky.social. I'll be in conversation with @slowfoodhq.bsky.social NYC's Richa Mehta!
#reapingwhatshesows
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
#newbook
#reapingwhatshesows
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
#newbook
Nancy Matsumoto, Reaping What She Sows: How Women Are Rebuilding Our Broken Food System, with Richa Mehra of Slow Food NYC | The New York Society Library
A James Beard Award winner celebrates the women heroes who are fighting against the Big Food system—and asks the question: How should we eat? In this one-time-only event, Nancy Matsumoto converses wit...
www.nysoclib.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Hey New York friends! I hope you can attend this book talk I'm doing on Nov. 19, 6 pm at @nysoclib.bsky.social. I'll be in conversation with @slowfoodhq.bsky.social NYC's Richa Mehta!
#reapingwhatshesows
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
#newbook
#reapingwhatshesows
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
#newbook
Hey All! Please check out my appearance on the "Batch & Scale," a deep dive into how we fund a healthy, equitable, and regenerative food system. Host Katy Chang runs the great D.C.-based food and restaurant accelerator #EatsPlace.
#ReapingWhatSheSows
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
#newbookalert
#ReapingWhatSheSows
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
#newbookalert
Bridging the Food Divide: Investing in Equitable Access
Podcast Episode · Batch and Scale: the Healthy Food Financing Podcast · 2025-10-22 · 55m
podcasts.apple.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Hey All! Please check out my appearance on the "Batch & Scale," a deep dive into how we fund a healthy, equitable, and regenerative food system. Host Katy Chang runs the great D.C.-based food and restaurant accelerator #EatsPlace.
#ReapingWhatSheSows
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
#newbookalert
#ReapingWhatSheSows
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
#newbookalert
Let’s crochet-bomb ICE. 🧶
‘Craftivism’ draws knitters, crocheters to Portland ICE protests
Protesters can now get free crochet lessons outside the ICE building.
www.oregonlive.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Let’s crochet-bomb ICE. 🧶
Reposted by Nancy Matsumoto
With SNAP benefits delayed, many families are struggling to put food on the table. Local food shelves across the Twin Cities are open and ready to help —no shame, just support. Find a pantry near you:
www.hungersolutions.org/find-help/
#FoodJusticeMN #CommunityCare
www.hungersolutions.org/find-help/
#FoodJusticeMN #CommunityCare
Find Help - Hunger Solutions
How can we help you? Prefer to talk to a person? Call the HelpLine at 1-888-711-1151.
www.hungersolutions.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
With SNAP benefits delayed, many families are struggling to put food on the table. Local food shelves across the Twin Cities are open and ready to help —no shame, just support. Find a pantry near you:
www.hungersolutions.org/find-help/
#FoodJusticeMN #CommunityCare
www.hungersolutions.org/find-help/
#FoodJusticeMN #CommunityCare
“What policy alternatives do you think can make (global supply chains) less fragile? First…diversified sources of imports, local grain stores + decentralized processing such that one event does not turn into a disaster.”
In other words, an alternative local + regional food system!
In other words, an alternative local + regional food system!
Every road, warehouse, and cold chain is a shield against famine. Investing in logistics is investing in life.
#Development #Resilience #FoodSystems
stratheia.com/food-insecur...
#Development #Resilience #FoodSystems
stratheia.com/food-insecur...
Food Insecurity and the Fragility of Global Supply Chains - Stratheia
Fragile supply chains and conflict have reversed a decade of progress against hunger, resilient food systems are now a security imperative.
stratheia.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“What policy alternatives do you think can make (global supply chains) less fragile? First…diversified sources of imports, local grain stores + decentralized processing such that one event does not turn into a disaster.”
In other words, an alternative local + regional food system!
In other words, an alternative local + regional food system!
Whole grains + whole grain baking, one of my favorite topics!!
New from @karmacooptoronto.bsky.social 's Chronicle
Whole Grains Versus Processed Grains: What’s the Difference?
By @nancymatsumoto.bsky.social , on behalf of the Food Issues Committee
www.karmacoop.org/news/whole-g...
Whole Grains Versus Processed Grains: What’s the Difference?
By @nancymatsumoto.bsky.social , on behalf of the Food Issues Committee
www.karmacoop.org/news/whole-g...
Whole Grains Versus Processed Grains: What’s the Difference? — Karma Co-op
Nancy Matsumoto digs into the difference between whole grains and processed white flour, and shares which are stocked at Karma Co-op.
www.karmacoop.org
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Whole grains + whole grain baking, one of my favorite topics!!
Reposted by Nancy Matsumoto
“I wanted to show how whatever sector of the food system you look at, you can see the same patterns repeat. It’s the same consolidation of many small and regional to a handful of giant corporations who are controlling our food system.”
Can‘t wait to read this timely book @nancymatsumoto.bsky.social
Can‘t wait to read this timely book @nancymatsumoto.bsky.social
In her new book, "Reaping What She Sows," author @nancymatsumoto.bsky.social documents the women who are working outside the industrial food system and creating short supply chains that consider factors other than profit.
Meet the Women of the ‘Alt Food System’
In ‘Reaping What She Sows,’ author Nancy Matsumoto documents the women designing food systems that benefit communities and the environment.
buff.ly
October 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
“I wanted to show how whatever sector of the food system you look at, you can see the same patterns repeat. It’s the same consolidation of many small and regional to a handful of giant corporations who are controlling our food system.”
Can‘t wait to read this timely book @nancymatsumoto.bsky.social
Can‘t wait to read this timely book @nancymatsumoto.bsky.social
Hi All! Here's my latest "Reaping" Substack article, on how to find your local alternative "alt" food system, regional grainsheds in the UK + good intel on London UK bakeries. Have at it!
#reapingwhatshesows
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
nancymatsumoto.substack.com/p/how-to-fin...
#reapingwhatshesows
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
nancymatsumoto.substack.com/p/how-to-fin...
How to Find Your Local Whole Grain Network
And why it matters!
nancymatsumoto.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hi All! Here's my latest "Reaping" Substack article, on how to find your local alternative "alt" food system, regional grainsheds in the UK + good intel on London UK bakeries. Have at it!
#reapingwhatshesows
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
nancymatsumoto.substack.com/p/how-to-fin...
#reapingwhatshesows
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
nancymatsumoto.substack.com/p/how-to-fin...
Thanks to the UK-based podcast Brave New Girl, and host Lou Hamilton, for having me on!
#reapingwhatshesows
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
#reapingwhatshesows
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
Nancy Matsumoto on Alternative Food Sytems | Brave New Girls podcast — Brave New Girl
Award-winning writer Nancy Matsumoto joins Brave New Girls podcast to explore regenerative food, women change-makers & how our choices heal the planet.
www.bravenewgirlmedia.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Thanks to the UK-based podcast Brave New Girl, and host Lou Hamilton, for having me on!
#reapingwhatshesows
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
#reapingwhatshesows
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
This is a great summary of “Reaping What She Sows,” my latest 📕, launching on October 28 & available for preorder now from your favorite bookseller!
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
#reapingwhatshesows
#womeninag
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
#reapingwhatshesows
#womeninag
In her new book, "Reaping What She Sows," author @nancymatsumoto.bsky.social documents the women who are working outside the industrial food system and creating short supply chains that consider factors other than profit.
Meet the Women of the ‘Alt Food System’
In ‘Reaping What She Sows,’ author Nancy Matsumoto documents the women designing food systems that benefit communities and the environment.
buff.ly
October 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This is a great summary of “Reaping What She Sows,” my latest 📕, launching on October 28 & available for preorder now from your favorite bookseller!
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
#reapingwhatshesows
#womeninag
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
#reapingwhatshesows
#womeninag
Reposted by Nancy Matsumoto
Imagine a world where our food systems are transformed - one where we #waste less and feed more people, all while protecting our planet.
Welcome to #agroecology!
🔗: bit.ly/3EpRLab
#Trees4Resilience #WorldFoodDay
Welcome to #agroecology!
🔗: bit.ly/3EpRLab
#Trees4Resilience #WorldFoodDay
October 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Imagine a world where our food systems are transformed - one where we #waste less and feed more people, all while protecting our planet.
Welcome to #agroecology!
🔗: bit.ly/3EpRLab
#Trees4Resilience #WorldFoodDay
Welcome to #agroecology!
🔗: bit.ly/3EpRLab
#Trees4Resilience #WorldFoodDay
The latest from the Craven Oligarchs Club: The Justice Department asked Meta to take down a Facebook group where members shared information about ICE agents in Chicago. The tech company complied.
Via @nytimes.com
Via @nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The latest from the Craven Oligarchs Club: The Justice Department asked Meta to take down a Facebook group where members shared information about ICE agents in Chicago. The tech company complied.
Via @nytimes.com
Via @nytimes.com
Hi All! Please check out my CBC Sunday Magazine Thanksgiving interview about my forthcoming book #ReapingWhatSheSows, and how to support food for the 99%
Pub date Oct. 28!
@melvillehouse.bsky.social #foodsystems #altfoodsystem #shortsupplychains #direct #transparent #newbook
Pub date Oct. 28!
@melvillehouse.bsky.social #foodsystems #altfoodsystem #shortsupplychains #direct #transparent #newbook
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
www.cbc.ca
October 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Hi All! Please check out my CBC Sunday Magazine Thanksgiving interview about my forthcoming book #ReapingWhatSheSows, and how to support food for the 99%
Pub date Oct. 28!
@melvillehouse.bsky.social #foodsystems #altfoodsystem #shortsupplychains #direct #transparent #newbook
Pub date Oct. 28!
@melvillehouse.bsky.social #foodsystems #altfoodsystem #shortsupplychains #direct #transparent #newbook
Reposted by Nancy Matsumoto
Expand your winter squash palette beyond the classic Butternut with these varieties! Which is your favorite?
October 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Expand your winter squash palette beyond the classic Butternut with these varieties! Which is your favorite?
Thank you, Paul!!
Tune into CBC Sunday Morning at 9:30 to hear @nancymatsumoto.bsky.social discuss her new book Reaping What She Sows, about how to heal our broken food system.
October 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Thank you, Paul!!
Hi All! My latest “Reaping” Substack is live:
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
#climateweeknyc
#reapingwhatshesows
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
#climateweeknyc
#reapingwhatshesows
Notes from Climate Week NYC
Glimmers of hope from the front lines of the climate fight.
open.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Hi All! My latest “Reaping” Substack is live:
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
#climateweeknyc
#reapingwhatshesows
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
#climateweeknyc
#reapingwhatshesows
@pbsnews.org recognizing pawpaw power! Favored by Indigenous tribes, grown by George Washington. Now found in pawpaw lattes. But they neglect to say it's also indigenous to to Ontario, Canada!
#foodsystems #indigenousfoods #pawpawforthepeople
@pauldecampo.bsky.social
#foodsystems #indigenousfoods #pawpawforthepeople
@pauldecampo.bsky.social
The pawpaw: America's forgotten native fruit finds new popularity
Apples, oranges and bananas are sold in abundance in supermarkets throughout the country. But some say the most American fruit is one you’ll likely never see in the produce department, and it’s one yo...
www.pbs.org
October 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
@pbsnews.org recognizing pawpaw power! Favored by Indigenous tribes, grown by George Washington. Now found in pawpaw lattes. But they neglect to say it's also indigenous to to Ontario, Canada!
#foodsystems #indigenousfoods #pawpawforthepeople
@pauldecampo.bsky.social
#foodsystems #indigenousfoods #pawpawforthepeople
@pauldecampo.bsky.social