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Sep 10, 2025 - USDA’s staffing cuts, scuttled conservation programs, and misdirected crop insurance are hitting farmers hard. 

Oct 8, 2025 - Editor’s note: In honor of our 15th anniversary, we removed our paywall in September 2024.  Civil Eats Membership: A network for passionate supporters...

Feb 6, 2025 - As climate change intensifies, restaurant staff face uncontrollable and even unsafe conditions with no heat protections.

Nov 5, 2025 - After more than a century, these shellfish have reappeared in Damariscotta River. Their return is a boon—and a warning of a changing climate.

Oct 9, 2024 - Civil Eats’ board of directors is made up of highly regarded individuals focused strategically on media, philanthropy, investment, and food issues. Emilio...

Oct 15, 2025 - Willie Nelson launched the festival in 1985 to save family farms. Amid corporate consolidation, it’s now a platform for populist organizing.

Nov 12, 2025 - Activist Robin Greenfield, author of 'Food Freedom,' offers suggestions on how to connect with and strengthen your community through food.

Dec 16, 2020 - Coronavirus is hitting the meat industry hard. It’s impacting workers in meatpacking facilities, many of whom are getting sick and dying. Unlock the Full...

Apr 10, 2025 - How the agrichemical industry is shaping public information about the toxicity of pesticides, how they’re being used, and the policies that impact the health...

Sep 19, 2024 - Progressive state legislators often find themselves in a David-and-Goliath battle against the conventional ag industry. One organization is helping them to...

Oct 6, 2025 - Successful gardening projects need land, dedicated people, sun, water, money, and infrastructure. Best of all, anyone can start one.

Nov 25, 2025 - While it remains seasonal in poultry, the disease is spreading in dairy cows and infecting hundreds of other species—including a few humans.

Sep 29, 2025 - Despite federal roadblocks, an ambitious agroforestry program is feeding people, cleaning the air, and helping offset climate change.

Aug 22, 2025 - Incubator farms have helped refugees grow food and launch businesses. Budget cuts are forcing these programs are being forced to scale back.

Caleb Hampton is a journalist based in Davis, California. He works as an assistant editor at the newspaper Ag Alert, which is published by the California Farm...

Jun 10, 2024 - In his new book, the Iowa native and competition expert exposes the system that has allowed seven families, including those behind Cargill, JBS, Driscoll’s,...

Oct 9, 2025 - Amid Trump’s tariffs, funding freezes, and food assistance cuts, newcomers from food and farming backgrounds are entering congressional races.

Jun 26, 2025 - This five-part series deeply reports on an often unprotected, unseen workforce. Our investigation offers a deep dive into worker risks, including acute...

Nov 21, 2025 - Recent actions in North Carolina and across the country represented a significant escalation of enforcement in food spaces.

Nov 30, 2018 - A proposed line speed increase from 140 to 175 birds per minute at chicken-processing plants would reverse the efforts of labor and animal welfare advocates.

Feb 6, 2025 - Plenty of restaurants want to share the message about their genuinely climate-conscious practices, but diners often don’t want to hear it.

Nov 12, 2025 - The world's biggest meat company, a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, is leading food-company efforts in global climate talks.  

Melissa Dai is Investigate Midwest’s 2025 summer reporting intern. She’s a rising senior at Northwestern University, where she’s pursuing a career in...

May 23, 2023 - The company’s on-site care system is emblematic of risk-management practices that disadvantage workers farther down the supply chain.

Feb 19, 2026 - Civil Eats is a news source for critical thought about the American food system. Read our latest reporting on U.S. food and agriculture.

Oct 27, 2025 - The Civil Eats Food Policy Tracker is your daily, go-to source for actions taken by the President, federal agencies, and Congress that directly relate to or...

Dec 2, 2025 - As part of our mission to help people get informed about critical issues in the food system, Civil Eats has developed an educational curriculum that...

Oct 8, 2025 - Many of the president’s top officials at USDA, EPA, HHS, and FDA have connections to chemical, agribusiness, or fossil fuel interests.

Sep 29, 2025 - Civil Eats is hiring! And we are always looking for pitches and ideas from experienced reporters and people with unique stories to tell.

Nov 12, 2025 - A food pantry in the city's Outer Richmond district continues to serve its community years after its pandemic origins.

Sep 23, 2025 - Amid ongoing development and investment, the state faces a quandary over how (and whether) to develop its farmland.

Ben Brownlow is a farmer and writer working at the intersection of solution-focused agriculture, ecological restoration, and cooperative models for food...

Nov 12, 2025 - 
It’s not clear when the Trump administration will release SNAP payments. These alternatives offer food support in the meantime.



Feb 8, 2019 - A series of new reports shows how climate change is intertwined with the world’s worsening health, and suggests changes in the global food production system.

Nov 3, 2025 - Perdue, Butterball, and Costco are among the companies that break food safety rules. Industry reps say contaminated chicken is not a danger.

s.e. smith is a Northern California-based journalist who’s appeared in publications such as The Nation, The Washington Post, and Rolling Stone. In their...

Apr 29, 2022 - BIPOC farmers and advocates say the latest trend in agriculture is built on an age-old pattern of cultural theft and appropriation.

Nov 19, 2025 - Many of the agency’s changes align with industrial agriculture requests.

Nov 12, 2020 - Food safety advocates say the move, despite COVID-19 risks and longstanding worker safety concerns, is due to industry influence at the agency.

Feb 6, 2025 - By rethinking their menus and supplier relationships, chefs can manage the impact of weather on supply chains.

Apr 28, 2025 - Kelp can both reduce greenhouse gas emissions and remedy their impact on the environment. With very little regulatory oversight, and funding rushing in for...

Apr 28, 2025 - Seaweed farms on both coasts are beginning to take hold, tapping into decades of painstaking science, and could help shellfish thrive in waters affected by...

Apr 28, 2025 - We talk with Elizabeth Sturcken for an up-close look at the sustainability alliance between the environmental nonprofit and the retail behemoth.

Apr 28, 2025 - Breakthrough genetic research at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute could save the world’s vanishing kelp forests—and support American kelp farming, too.

Apr 28, 2025 - While most retailers dealt with congested ports and unprecedented shipping prices, Walmart chartered its own ships, increased sales, and used its market gains...

Mar 1, 2023 - “I always take pictures of produce in the grocery store,” says Leach. “Watermelon is always the one that looks a little more loved.” Unlock the Full...

Nov 18, 2025 - Amid escalating food costs and cuts to food assistance, collecting surplus food offers an age-old solution. 

Jillian is a fourth year Environmental Studies and Geography student at the University of California, Santa Barbara with a passion for sustainable eating and...

Nov 18, 2022 - Government incentives are driving larger, more crowded CAFOs—while protections for the workers inside lag behind.

Sep 24, 2025 - University of Iowa professor Silvia Secchi says the current Census of Agriculture is inaccurate and could skew federal policy.

Jun 8, 2023 - The Beard Award judges recognized our five-part series tnat takes a deep dive into the risks facing animal ag workers and the corporate behavior that can...

Oct 28, 2025 - Experts say the chemical’s continued use will likely harm hundreds of endangered species, rendering some extinct.

Jun 9, 2025 - A nonprofit delivers food to Asian seniors, sourcing from Asian-owned restaurants, grocery stores, and farms.

Mar 6, 2019 - Economist Austin Frerick argues that anti-trust regulations addressing agricultural consolidation could solve the farm crisis.

Alexina Cather, MPH, is the Director of Policy and Special Projects at Wellness in the Schools. 

Apr 28, 2025 - As seaweed farms develop on both coasts and begin to contribute to America’s blue economy, much depends on infrastructure.

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Jun 10, 2024 - A state project to restore riparian buffers is an agroforestry win-win for ecological outcomes and community well-being and livelihoods.

Nov 25, 2025 - Part of the funding deal that ended the impasse includes policies that delay food safety rules and restricts regulations on sodium.

Oct 31, 2018 - A quarter-acre of land in Oakland, California is about to return to Native hands, bringing a sense of place and healing to the Ohlone people.

Nov 19, 2025 - More than a quarter of U.S. farmers rely on the Affordable Care Act, but despite the government shutdown, tax credits are set to expire.

Sep 23, 2025 - The Altadena Community Garden in Los Angeles was a rare space for the neighborhood. Its gardeners are determined to reclaim it.

Nov 12, 2025 - One in eight Americans rely on food assistance. For families with complex medical challenges, these programs are non-negotiable lifelines.

Jun 11, 2024 - Above and belowground, perennial crops including wheat, grasses, trees, and more provide habitat and nutrition to creatures that help make ecosystems whole.

Nov 24, 2025 - Lawmakers are pushing back with legislation that would repeal cuts to food aid made in the One Big Beautiful Bill, but there is no clear path to pass it.

Sep 8, 2025 - Despite MAHA promises to reduce chemical exposures, experts warn the Trump administration is approving a wave of ‘frightening’ pesticides.

Oct 1, 2025 - Community canneries can bring people together, encourage food sovereignty and healthy local food systems, and even mitigate climate change.

Apr 28, 2025 - Many programs meant to help farmers address climate change are now owned by companies that sell chemicals, which could boost practices that depend on...

Oct 1, 2025 - As government cuts and the current shutdown threaten food safety and food access across the country, journalists need timely information about how communities...

Oct 22, 2025 - With no access to local ag-related offices, critical loans, or disaster assistance, farmers are facing even more stressors.

Feb 6, 2025 - These restaurants are going beyond composting and reducing energy, water use, and packaging, all of which contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.

Nov 17, 2025 - A Q&A with Lexy Close of the Appalachian Producers Cooperative, who says the new facility could revive the area’s local meat economy.

Sep 30, 2025 - The researcher has been studying food and chronic disease prevention for years. Now she’s a leading fact-checker in a national conversation.

Jul 12, 2023 - A 2022 Civil Eats investigation found that a budget rider that prohibits OSHA from spending money to ​regulate small farms leaves most animal-ag operations...

Jun 21, 2023 - A growing number of farms are seeking out pollinator-friendly certifications, but the two programs offering certification—run by the Xerces Society and...

Apr 28, 2025 - The Walton Family Foundation invested in a Honduran lobster fishery, targeting its sustainability and touting its success. Ten years later, thousands of...

Nov 12, 2025 - In New York City, Community Kitchen, a nonprofit, serves healthy, high-quality restaurant food to all, regardless of income.

Nov 18, 2025 - The president also announced multiple trade deals, which could change the USDA’s plans to compensate farmers for tariff losses.

Nov 4, 2025 - While the Supreme Court considers the legality of Trump’s tariffs, the economy in farm country is faltering.

Nov 12, 2025 - From food-matching programs to volunteer opportunities and co-op memberships, here are some strategies to help stretch a food budget.

Apr 2, 2025 - The Open Door Senior Center in Manhattan welcomes community elders in an effort to stave off loneliness and hunger.