Farming

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

Civil Eats Welcomes Momo Chang as Senior Editor

By The Civil Eats Editors

August 26, 2024

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

Maximina Hernández Reyes pictured at MR. Farms.

Farm Stops Create New Markets for Small Farms

By Paige Hodder

August 12, 2024

The Argus Farm Stop on W. Liberty Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo courtesy of Argus Farm Stop)

17 Food and Ag Approaches to Tackling the Climate Crisis

By The Civil Eats Editors

August 5, 2024

Sheep graze among the dormant grapevines at Dodon. (Photo credit: Tom Croghan, Dodon)

Hunger Doesn’t Take a Summer Break. Neither Do School Food Professionals.

By Lisa Held

July 29, 2024

Cafeteria workers at Lockerman Middle School work in an assembly line to pack bags filled with three days of meals. (Photo credit: Colin Marshall)

A Community of Growers

By Angelica Ang

July 23, 2024

A youth worker at East New York Farms' youth farm carries a tray of seedlings into the farm. (Photo credit: Angelica Ang)

Republican Plans for Ag Policy May Bring Big Changes to Farm Country

By Lisa Held

July 22, 2024

A drone photograph of a corn field in Madison County, Ohio, with a grain silo in the background. (Photo credit: Hal Bergman, Getty Images)

Tracking Tire Plastics—and Chemicals—From Road to Plate

By Virginia Gewin

July 16, 2024

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

By Doug Bierend

July 15, 2024

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

Senator Cory Booker Says FDA Proposal Could Worsen Antibiotic Resistance

By Lisa Held

July 10, 2024

Are Companies Using Carbon Markets to Sell More Pesticides?

By Lisa Held

July 9, 2024

a tractor sprays pesticides on a field while hazard symbols fade into the distance. (Civil Eats illustration)

Bringing Back Local Milk, Ice Cream, and Cheese

By Naoki Nitta

July 2, 2024

Foggy Bottoms Boys co-owner Cody Nicholson-Stratton pictured with his son. (Photo courtesy of Foggy Bottoms Boys)

Look What Nicola Twilley Found in the Fridge

By Naoki Nitta

June 24, 2024

Nicola Twilley and the cover her new book, Frostbite. (Author photo credit: Rebecca Fishman)

Our Summer 2024 Food and Farming Book Guide

By The Civil Eats Editors

June 20, 2024

a collage of notable summer books on food and farming

Medically Important Antibiotics Are Still Being Used to Fatten Up Pigs

By Lisa Held

June 12, 2024

Op-ed: Neonicotinoid Pesticides Keep Killing Pollinators. Here’s How We Can Help.

By Elizabeth Hilborn

June 11, 2024

Two bees pictured on an apple tree on a farm in Watsonville, California.

On Farms, ‘Plasticulture’ Persists

By Grey Moran

June 5, 2024

Rows of plastic-covered strawberry plants.

Oral History Project Preserves Black and Indigenous Food Traditions

By Liz Susman Karp

June 4, 2024

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

Pesticide Industry Could Win Big in Latest Farm Bill Proposal

By Lisa Held

May 29, 2024

What Happened to Antibiotic-Free Chicken?

By Lisa Held

May 22, 2024

hickens gather around a feeder at a farm on August 9, 2014 in Osage, Iowa. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images

Climate Solutions for the Future of Coffee

By Anne Connor

May 21, 2024

A farmer harvests coffee beans in a plantation along the Mekong River in Thailand. (Photo credit: Sutiporn Somnam, Getty Images)

Bird Flu May Be Driven By This Overlooked Factor

By Grey Moran

May 15, 2024

Snow Geese fly over Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo credit: Yiming Chen, Getty Images)

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

By Angelica Ang

May 14, 2024

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

Farming

How a Vermont Cheesemaker Helps Local Farms Thrive

Our Reporting Is Now Free for Everyone

Civil Eats Welcomes Momo Chang as Senior Editor

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

Farm Stops Create New Markets for Small Farms

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17 Food and Ag Approaches to Tackling the Climate Crisis

Hunger Doesn’t Take a Summer Break. Neither Do School Food Professionals.

A Community of Growers

Republican Plans for Ag Policy May Bring Big Changes to Farm Country

Tracking Tire Plastics—and Chemicals—From Road to Plate

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

Senator Cory Booker Says FDA Proposal Could Worsen Antibiotic Resistance

Are Companies Using Carbon Markets to Sell More Pesticides?

Bringing Back Local Milk, Ice Cream, and Cheese

Look What Nicola Twilley Found in the Fridge

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Our Summer 2024 Food and Farming Book Guide

Medically Important Antibiotics Are Still Being Used to Fatten Up Pigs

Op-ed: Neonicotinoid Pesticides Keep Killing Pollinators. Here’s How We Can Help.

On Farms, ‘Plasticulture’ Persists

Oral History Project Preserves Black and Indigenous Food Traditions

Pesticide Industry Could Win Big in Latest Farm Bill Proposal

What Happened to Antibiotic-Free Chicken?

Climate Solutions for the Future of Coffee

Bird Flu May Be Driven By This Overlooked Factor

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