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Lisa Held is Civil Eats’ senior staff reporter and contributing editor. Since 2015, she has reported on agriculture and the food system with an eye toward sustainability, equality, and health, and her stories have appeared in publications including The Guardian, The Washington Post, and Mother Jones. In the past, she covered health and wellness and was an editor at Well+Good. She is based in Baltimore and has a master's degree from Columbia University's School of Journalism.

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

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

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

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

Study Finds ‘Forever Chemicals’ Are Increasingly Common in Pesticides

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

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

Senator Cory Booker Says FDA Proposal Could Worsen Antibiotic Resistance

A farmworker feeds cows in a barn.

Are Companies Using Carbon Markets to Sell More Pesticides?

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

Medically Important Antibiotics Are Still Being Used to Fatten Up Pigs

(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Can AI Help Cut Plastic Waste From the Food System?

Pesticide Industry Could Win Big in Latest Farm Bill Proposal

What Happened to Antibiotic-Free Chicken?

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