Animal Ag

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.

Senator Cory Booker Says FDA Proposal Could Worsen Antibiotic Resistance

By Lisa Held

July 10, 2024

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)

Medically Important Antibiotics Are Still Being Used to Fatten Up Pigs

By Lisa Held

June 12, 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

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)

Despite Recent Headlines, Urban Farming Is Not a Climate Villain

By Lisa Held

April 3, 2024

Market Garden youth interns tend to small-crop production at the urban farm Rivoli Bluffs in St-Paul, Minnesota, Sept. 28, 2022. (USDA photo by Christophe Paul)

From Livestock to Lion’s Mane, the Latest From the Transfarmation Project

By Lisa Held

April 1, 2024

Craig Watts in his mushroom-growing shipping container.(Photo courtesy of Mercy for Animals)

In ‘Barons,’ Austin Frerick Takes on the Most Powerful Families in the Food System

By Twilight Greenaway

March 26, 2024

author austin frerick and the cover of barons, his new book about corporate consolidation, monopolies, food systems, and more. (Author photo by Kris Graves)

The Iowa Trout Stream at the Center of a Feedlot Fight

By Nina Elkadi

March 13, 2024

Fisherman Ted Fleener hunts for trout in Bloody Run Creek. (Photo credit: Larry Stone)

New Research Shows How the Meat Industry Infiltrated Universities to Obstruct Climate Policy

By Grey Moran

March 6, 2024

cattle in a feedlot that is generating a lot of greenhouse gas emissions

Regenerative Beef Gets a Boost from California Universities

By Naoki Nitta

March 4, 2024

Cattle graze along the California coast. (Photo credit: Denise Taylor, Getty Images)

Should a Plan to Curb Meat Industry Water Pollution Consider the Business Costs?

By Lisa Held

February 5, 2024

Investment Is Flowing to US Grass-fed Beef Again. Will It Scale Up?

By Lisa Held

January 31, 2024

Zach Jones of Impact Ag and ranch manager Race King speak to buyers during the tour of the Matador. (Photo credit: Lisa Held)

Op-ed: This Farm Bill Could Rein in Big Agriculture’s Lobbying Power

By Will Harris

January 17, 2024

Ranchers supervise grazing grass-fed cattle. (Photo courtesy of White Oak Pastures)

The Food System Is Having a Big-Screen Moment

By Lisa Held

January 10, 2024

a collage of food and farming documentary posters including the smell of money, food inc 2, farming while black and common ground

Our Best Climate Reporting of 2023

By The Civil Eats Editors

December 26, 2023

A USDA scientist examines sorghum plants. (USDA photo by Peggy Greb)

Can Virtual Fences Help More Ranchers Adopt Regenerative Grazing Practices?

By Lisa Held

November 27, 2023

A goat grazing with one of them virtual fencing collars on its neck. (Photo credit: Lisa Held)

Building a Case for Investment in Regenerative Agriculture on Indigenous Farms

By Kate Nelson

November 20, 2023

Jess Brewer gathers livestock at Brewer Ranch on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. (Photo courtesy of Intertribal Agriculture Council, www.indianag.org)

The FDA Is Still Not Tracking How Farms Use Antibiotics

By Lisa Held

November 8, 2023

Animal Welfare Advocates Want a Say in the Next Farm Bill

By Grey Moran

November 6, 2023

Photo Essay: Montana Meat Producers Carve Their Own Paths

By Anthony Pavkovic

October 25, 2023

Can Point Reyes National Seashore Support Wildlife and Ranching Amid Climate Change?

By Anna Guth

October 17, 2023

A herd of tule elk, overlooking Pierce Point Ranch and Tomales Bay.

As California Gets Drier, Solar Panels Could Help Farms Save Water

By Anna Guth

October 4, 2023

Sheep Grazing at the Cal Poly Gold Tree Solar Farm site. (Photo credit: Tony Tran)

GOP Lawmakers Move to Block New Animal Welfare Standards in Organic

By Lisa Held

September 26, 2023

a female farmer stands in the field with her organically raised sheep and looks off at the distance, wondering why congress would try to kill the Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards rule.

Animal Ag

How a Vermont Cheesemaker Helps Local Farms Thrive

Senator Cory Booker Says FDA Proposal Could Worsen Antibiotic Resistance

Bringing Back Local Milk, Ice Cream, and Cheese

Medically Important Antibiotics Are Still Being Used to Fatten Up Pigs

What Happened to Antibiotic-Free Chicken?

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Bird Flu May Be Driven By This Overlooked Factor

Despite Recent Headlines, Urban Farming Is Not a Climate Villain

From Livestock to Lion’s Mane, the Latest From the Transfarmation Project

In ‘Barons,’ Austin Frerick Takes on the Most Powerful Families in the Food System

The Iowa Trout Stream at the Center of a Feedlot Fight

New Research Shows How the Meat Industry Infiltrated Universities to Obstruct Climate Policy

Regenerative Beef Gets a Boost from California Universities

Should a Plan to Curb Meat Industry Water Pollution Consider the Business Costs?

Investment Is Flowing to US Grass-fed Beef Again. Will It Scale Up?

Op-ed: This Farm Bill Could Rein in Big Agriculture’s Lobbying Power

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The Food System Is Having a Big-Screen Moment

Our Best Climate Reporting of 2023

Can Virtual Fences Help More Ranchers Adopt Regenerative Grazing Practices?

Building a Case for Investment in Regenerative Agriculture on Indigenous Farms

The FDA Is Still Not Tracking How Farms Use Antibiotics

Animal Welfare Advocates Want a Say in the Next Farm Bill

Photo Essay: Montana Meat Producers Carve Their Own Paths

Can Point Reyes National Seashore Support Wildlife and Ranching Amid Climate Change?

As California Gets Drier, Solar Panels Could Help Farms Save Water

GOP Lawmakers Move to Block New Animal Welfare Standards in Organic