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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The state attorney general reached a $1 million settlement with Dollar General after the attorney’s office received several complaints for allegedly advertising goods for one price but charging a higher price at the register. -
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Ohio office recently announced an effort to preserve upland bird habitats in response to a steady decline in those habitats over the past several years. -
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The City of Dayton will sell wastewater plant biogas to a private natural gas firm, aiming for a 50% carbon reduction and $1M in annual net revenue. -
Construction will start on a new Greene County jail October 27. The $76 million dollar facility will replace the old county jail in downtown Xenia on East Market Street. -
Rebuilding Together Dayton has served the Miami Valley for nearly 30 years with home repairs for low-income seniors. On Thursday, the nonprofit fixed three houses in the Edgemont neighborhood. -
USDA policy change could allow more Ohio schools to serve free meals, but advocates say it may not be financially feasible for many schools. -
Ohio farmers to see unprecedented increase in farmland values in 2024, up to 100%. -
Ohio agricultural economists say many beginning farmers are finding it challenging to enter the agricultural market. -
More collaboration and accessible agricultural programs were key topics at this year's Black Farming Conference at Central State University on Saturday.
