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By The Civil Eats Editors

September 3, 2024

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Civil Eats Welcomes Momo Chang as Senior Editor

By The Civil Eats Editors

August 26, 2024

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)

Can Seaweed Save American Shellfish?

By Alexandra Talty, Pulitzer Center Ocean Reporting Fellow

June 27, 2024

Donna Collins-Smith hauls out kelp lines for the Shinnecock Kelp Farmers on Shinnecock Bay. (Photo credit: Rebecca Phoenix)

A US Court Found Chiquita Guilty of Murder in Colombia. What Does the Ruling Mean for Other U.S. Food Corporations Abroad?

June 25, 2024

Workers unload green bananas for washing at the Santa Cruz banana plantation in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas, Mexico. The fruit from the plantation in the Mexican state of Chiapas is harvested year round and shipped to clients in Mexico and the United States, incluiding Chiquita, the leading American banana distributor. (Photo credit: John Moore/Getty Images)

Medically Important Antibiotics Are Still Being Used to Fatten Up Pigs

June 12, 2024

(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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.

Getting Schooled on Preserving and Storing Food With Civic Kitchen

By The Civil Eats Editors

May 20, 2024

Pantry of spices in a commercial kitchen at a restaurant

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

April 1, 2024

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

What the Latest Farm Census Says About the Changing Ag Landscape

February 21, 2024

Dairy farmer Lisa Kaiman walks with a herd of heifers on her 33 acre farm March 27, 2007 in Chester, Vermont. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Civil Eats Welcomes Sam Mogannam and Tracie Powell to Its Board of Directors

By The Civil Eats Editors

February 7, 2024

Sam Mogannam of Bi-Rite and Tracie Powell of the Pivot Fund.

Can Prescriptions for Produce-Focused Meal Kits Fight Diabetes?

January 22, 2024

A participant in the Healthy Food Rx program gets ready to prepare a recipe. (Photo credit: Abbott Fund)

A Culinary Worker Strike Could Reshape the Nation’s Restaurants

By Christina Cooke

October 30, 2023

Culinary workers, bartenders, and hotel attendants in Las Vegas picketing earlier this month outside eight casino resorts. (Photo courtesy of Culinary Workers Union Local 226)

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

October 17, 2023

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

California Leads the Way in Low-Carbon School Meals

September 19, 2023

Some Farmers Are Skipping Tomatoes and Eggplants. Their Reasons May Surprise You.

By Katherine Kornei

June 27, 2023

Farmer Caiti Hachmyer plants dry corn at Red-H Farm in Sebastopol, California. (Photo credit: Brooke Porter Photography)

The Struggle for Food Sovereignty in Immokalee, Florida

By Julia Knoerr

June 14, 2023

People wait in line for food at the annual Thanksgiving in the Park gathering where residents of the farm worker community of Immokalee are provided with a free Thanksgiving meal. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Apple TV’s ‘Extrapolations’ Connects Food, Agriculture, and Climate Change

April 20, 2023

Eiza González and Tobey Maguire in the New Year's dinner episode of

A Radical Seed-Breeding Project Could Help Southern Farmers Adapt to Climate Change

By Daniel Walton

April 18, 2023

Zoe Adjonyoh, author of Zoe's Ghana Kitchen, stands in the field during a 2021 visit to see the okra variety trial. (Photo courtesy of Chris Smith)

These Farmers Recharged Groundwater by Catching Atmospheric Rivers

April 17, 2023

Agriculture - Standing water in a blooming almond orchard cause by excessive rain / near Manteca, California, USA.

Young Oyster Farmers Struggle as Working Waterfronts Disappear

By Bridget Shirvell

April 3, 2023

Imani Black sits on her boat at sunset. (Photo courtesy of Imani Black)

Paraquat, the Deadliest Chemical in US Agriculture, Goes on Trial

March 22, 2023

A tractor spraying paraquat on the Cox ranch. (Photo courtesy of Shirley Cox)

For Melon Farmers, Insects’ Benefits May Outweigh Their Costs

January 31, 2023

A two-spotted long horn bee visits a watermelon flower (Photo credit: Ashley Leach)

Can This Beef Cooperative Become ‘the West’s Largest Climate-Smart Ranching Program’?

By Caroline Tracey

January 10, 2023

Pratt Family Beef in Idaho is a member of Country Natural Beef. (Image courtesy of Country Natural Beef)

How a St. Louis Spice Drive Offers Refugees a Taste of Home

By Kristi Eaton

November 11, 2022