Alejandro Figueroa
Food ReporterAlejandro Figueroa covers food insecurity and the business of food for WYSO through Report for America — a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms. Alejandro particularly covers the lack of access to healthy and affordable food in Southwest Ohio communities, and what local government and nonprofits are doing to address it. He also covers rural and urban farming
Alejandro is a 2021 graduate of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University, and while there he reported for The New Political, a student-run publication focused on politics and government. His reporting has been featured on NPR, The GroundTruth Project and the Ohio Newsroom.
Alejandro was born in a small coastal town in Puerto Rico and in 2014 he and his family moved to Columbus, Ohio. When he's not reporting, he enjoys going out on a hike and he sometimes daydreams about restoring an old pickup truck.
Email: afigueroa@wyso.org
Phone: 937-917-5943
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A recent Ohio State University study found 58% of beginning farmers face additional stressors and anxieties compared to conventional farmers. -
Here's a list of Dayton area nonprofits that will distribute hot meals and food boxes ahead of Thanksgiving 2023: -
Local leaders, farmers, and anti-hunger advocates talked solutions on addressing food insecurity locally at the 13th annual Montgomery County Food Summit. -
The Environmental Protection Agency began hazardous waste cleanup in Richmond, Indiana after a fire destroyed the My Way Trading plastic recycling warehouse in April. -
A team of local artists was recently selected to create a memorial to the nine victims who died in the August 2019 Oregon District mass shooting. -
Utility scale solar power is coming to Ohio. The innovative way it could be a boon for sheep farmersOhio has approved over two-dozen utility-scale solar farms across the state this year. That's led solar companies and livestock farmers to work together on what's called solar grazing, a form of agrivoltaics. -
According to a report published by the Environmental Working Group, over 600 Ohio schools near farms may face pesticide spray risks. Some congressional members aim to block state and local safeguards. -
Longtime Springfield Mayor Warren Copeland announced he will retire early on Thursday. In a statement, Copeland said he will focus on his health and family. -
The bill would expand the national Farm to School program and make it more accessible to schools and nonprofits. -
Honda's recent announcement revealed plans to debut the Civic hybrid in the United States by 2024, marking a significant step in the manufacturer's electric vehicle (EV) strategy, with Ohio set to produce two crucial components for this vehicle.
