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Maximina Hernández Reyes pictured at MR. Farms.

How a Community Gardener Grew Food for Her Family, Quit Her Job at McDonald’s, and Started a Farm

By Elizabeth Doerr

August 20, 2024

Garbage bags full of waste, including compostable waste, pile up on the streets of new york city.

Can New York City Treat Its Food Scraps As More Than Trash?

By Doug Bierend

July 15, 2024

Ira Wallace (left) and Sariyah Benoit sit together in Spelman College’s Victory Garden. (Photo credit: Heirloom Gardens Project)

Oral History Project Preserves Black and Indigenous Food Traditions

By Liz Susman Karp

June 4, 2024

Hands holding compost in new york city. (Photo credit: Angelica Ang)

Mayor Eric Adams Scrapped NYC’s Compost Project. Here’s What Will Be Lost.

By Angelica Ang

May 14, 2024

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Mateo Kehler of Jasper Hill Farm in Greensboro, Vermont. (Photo credit: Jake Price)

How a Vermont Cheesemaker Helps Local Farms Thrive

By Jake Price

September 4, 2024

By paying top dollar for milk and sourcing within 15 miles of its creamery, Jasper Hill supports an entire community.

Our Reporting Is Now Free for Everyone

By The Civil Eats Editors

September 3, 2024

Project 2025 Calls for Major Cuts to the US Nutrition Safety Net

By Grey Moran

August 28, 2024

A sign alerting customers about SNAP food stamps benefits is displayed at a Brooklyn grocery store on December 5, 2019 in New York City. Earlier that week, the Trump administration announced stricter requirements for food stamps benefits that would have cut support for nearly 700,000 poor Americans. (Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images)

Is Recycled Plastic Safe for Food Use?

By Meg Wilcox

August 27, 2024

Civil Eats Welcomes Momo Chang as Senior Editor

By The Civil Eats Editors

August 26, 2024

On Cape Cod, the Wampanoag Assert Their Legal Right to Harvest the Waters

By Emma Glassman-Hughes

August 21, 2024

Freshly caught and harvested Quahog clams from Cape Cod.

Tim Walz’s Bipartisan Approach to Agriculture and Conservation

By Georgina Gustin, InsideClimate News

August 19, 2024

A New Book Dives Deep Into the Climate and Health Impacts of Gas Stoves

By Lisa Held

August 14, 2024

Rob Jackson and the cover of his book, Into the Clear Blue Sky

On TikTok, A Revival of Black Herbalism

By Lacey Herbert

August 13, 2024

Carmen Adams is a registered herbalist, community health nurse, and founder of Innergy Med Group, a practice that provides wellness plans that integrate holistic and herbal solutions. (Photo courtesy of Carmen Adams)

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