Environment

Jay Ruskey's Good Land Organics coffee farm in Goleta, California. (Photo credit: Alex Nye)

We Can Grow Coffee in California. But Should We?

By Lindsay Campbell

September 21, 2021

Agriculture experts question whether a drought-stricken state should be using water to grow premium coffee. FRINJ coffee is trying to make that case.

Are Biogas Subsidies Benefiting the Largest Industrial Animal Farms?

September 20, 2021

Hogs in a CAFO animal operation

‘In the Struggle’ Chronicles the Roots of California’s Food Justice Movement

By Nancy Matsumoto

September 16, 2021

From left: food justice and farmworker justice Ernesto Galarza, Janaki Jagannath, and Isao Fujimoto

Could Climate Change Put an End to Arizona’s Alfalfa Heyday?

September 15, 2021

Stacks of rectangle hay bales stacked high in the Mohave Valley Arizona

Can Aquaculture Help Women Secure a New Foothold in the Seafood Industry?

September 14, 2021

Emily Selinger, right, and Amanda Moeser, both raise oysters in the tidal flats of Casco Bay. While they each have their own companies, they often collaborate and support one another.

EPA to Revise Outdated Water Pollution Standards for Slaughterhouses

September 13, 2021

Closeup motion blur of storm water runoff flowing through metal drainage culver under road. January storms brought heavy rain and flash flooding to Illinois - stock photo

Is the Future of Big Dairy Regenerative?

By Gosia Wozniacka

September 8, 2021

A rancher on a dairy farm leading cattle to be milked.

The Nation’s First Regenerative Dairy Works with Nature to Heal the Soil—at Scale

By Gosia Wozniacka

September 7, 2021

Blake Alexandre checking on the vitality of the soil on Alexandre Family Farm.

Op-ed: The Ban on Chlorpyrifos and the Power of Community Organizing

By Margaret Reeves and Ángel García

September 2, 2021

a sign warning in english and spanish about pesticides being applied

As Their Wells Dry Up, California’s Small Farms Seek Emergency Relief

August 18, 2021

A worker uses a tractor to pull an uprooted almond tree at a farm near Mendota, California. As the California drought continues, Central California farmers are hiring well drillers to seek water underground for their crops.

‘Salmon is Life’: For Native Alaskans, Salmon Declines Pose Existential Crisis

August 12, 2021

Two people observing sockeye salmon in a stream. (Photo credit: Jonny Armstrong)

Building an Alternative Supply Chain for Shiitake Mushroom Growers

By Doug Bierend

August 11, 2021

shiitake mushrooms growing on a shiitake log

Hybrid Rye is Helping Farmers Fight ‘Superweeds’ Without Herbicide

By Brian DeVore

August 10, 2021

Farmer Tom Franzen talks about the way hybrid rye competes with giant ragweed during a 2016 farm tour. (Photo by Brian DeVore)

A New Indigenous-led Student Movement Is Protecting Sacred Waters

By Libby Leonard

August 9, 2021

A member of the Hoopa Valley High School Water Protectors Club speaks at a 2020 rally to shut down the Delta Tunnels Project. (Photo courtesy of Wingspan Media)

20 Solutions-Focused Food and Agriculture Stories for your Summer Inspiration

By The Civil Eats Editors

August 2, 2021

A queer farmer at Rock Steady Farm.

Canada Makes a Move to Conserve Wetlands and Store Carbon

By Stephanie Wood, The Narwhal

July 30, 2021

canada cattle grazing in manitoba on grasslands

As Carbon Markets Reward New Efforts, Will Regenerative Farming Pioneers Be Left in the Dirt?

By Virginia Gewin

July 27, 2021

GC Ellis standing outside a gate on G-Bar-C Ranch with cattle in the background.

Agroforestry Is Key to Cleaning Up Waterways and the Chesapeake Bay

By Sarah Derouin, Mongabay

July 23, 2021

A new multifunctional riparian buffer planting at Village Acres Farm in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania. They planted a combination of silvopasture-supporting trees, high-shade trees near the water, and underplantings that can be used by florists or harvested for profitable crops. (Image courtesy of Angela Brubaker)

Jesse Frost Wants to Help Produce Farmers Stop Tilling Their Soil

By Twilight Greenaway

July 22, 2021

Rough Draft Farm

Excess Fertilizer Causes a New Challenge: Low Crop Yields During Drought

By Rebecca Dzombak

July 21, 2021

wheat harvest drought

Kelp at the Crossroads: Should Seaweed Farming Be Better Regulated?

July 20, 2021

kelp farming

Dr. Robert Bullard: ‘We Don’t Have 40 Years’ to Fight for Climate Justice

By Ray Levy Uyeda

July 7, 2021

Robert Bullard leads a delegation from HBCUs during the People's Climate March.

The Food System’s Carbon Footprint Has Been Vastly Underestimated

June 30, 2021

a tractor full of carrots is being loaded and transported from a field to a warehouse

Can Land Conservation and Dual-Use Solar on Farms Coexist?

June 29, 2021

Umass grad student Kristin Oleskwwicz harvests vegetables growing under PV arrays at a test plot at the UMass Crop Animal Research and Education Center in South Deerfield, Massachusetts. (Photo CC-licensed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

Op-ed: New Orleans Chefs Can Help the Gulf Coast Brace for Extreme Weather

June 25, 2021

Chef Dana Honn (left) and others walking on new land created as part of a Gulf restoration project. (Photo courtesy of the National Wildlife Federation)