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Since 2009, the Civil Eats editorial team has published award-winning and groundbreaking news and commentary about the American food system, and worked to make complicated, underreported stories—on climate change, the environment, social justice, animal welfare, policy, health, nutrition, and the farm bill— more accessible to a mainstream audience.

This #GivingTuesday, Help Us Celebrate Our Successes

prize winning squash for giving tuesday!

The Long Reach of the Walmart-Walton Empire

a gritty image of a produce section with dollar bills mixed in, showing the intertwined financial and food focuses of Walmart and the Walton Family

As the Climate Crisis Escalates, Here Are 18 Food and Ag Solutions

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)

Our Summer 2023 Food and Farming Book Guide

Civil Eats Investigation Series Wins a James Beard Award

A Milk with Dignity worker in a barn. (Photo courtesy of Migrant Justice)

Our Best Op-eds and Commentary of 2022

Indian farmers shout anti-government slogans during a protest against new farm laws in December 2020. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)

Our Best Food & Farm Labor Reporting of 2022

A girl walks with street food vendors calling for legalization of their trade during a march on May Day, on May 1, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. David McNew/Getty Images)

The Year in Civil Eats Investigations, 2022

An overhead view of US Silica's frac sand mine in La Salle County, Illinois. This mine is in front of Diane and Phil Gassman's home. (Photo courtesy of Ted Auch)

Our Best Food Access Reporting of 2022

A USPS postal worker leaves the line at the CoPO pantry. The price of fuel oil increased by 43.6 percent over the past 12 months, while food rose 7.9 percent. As the war drags on in Ukraine, prices for food are expected to continue to rapidly climb.

Our Best Climate Reporting of 2022

Harvesting corn at Estrem Farms in Nerstrand, Minnesota.