ENVIRONMENT

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Our 2019 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide

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12.03.19

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20 Reasons to Support Civil Eats on #GivingTuesday

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12.03.19

farmer harvesting cranberries

Climate Change Is Making the Future of Cranberry Growing Uncertain

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11.28.19

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The Packaging Industry Takes on PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ in our Food Supply

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11.25.19

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Civil Eats to Be Included in the U.S. Library of Congress

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11.21.19

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EPA Weakens Safeguards for Weed Killer Atrazine, Linked to Birth Defects  

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11.20.19

aerial view of center pivot irrigation in New Mexico

High Plains Farmers Race to Save the Ogallala Aquifer

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11.18.19

Cory Booker in silhouette. Photo CC-licensed by Sean Davis

Will 2020 Mark the Rise of a Vegan Voting Bloc?

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11.14.19

Japanese Beef cattle. Photo by japanexterna.se

As Beef Comes Under Fire for Climate Impacts, the Industry Fights Back

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11.08.19

Eric Jackson in Cherry Hill. (Photo by Jesse James DeConto)

Baltimore is at the Vanguard of a National Black Vegan Movement

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11.05.19

regenerative agriculture photo - a businessman holding soil and packaged foods from big food companies

Big Food is Betting on Regenerative Agriculture to Thwart Climate Change

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10.29.19

Filling a bulk container at Waitrose UNpacked. (Photo courtesy of Catherine Conway)

US Supermarkets Are Doing Bulk Food All Wrong

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10.28.19

A farmer walking through a wheat field in the sunset

The World Food Prize Should Help Farmers Fight Climate Change

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10.17.19

Jason Grimm feeds his chickens on his farm, Grimm Family Farm, near North English, Iowa. (USDA photo by Preston Keres)

How States are Helping Farmers Adopt Sustainable Practices

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10.16.19

Prairie Strips on Larry and Margaret Stone's farm near Traer, IA. Strips were frost seeded in January 2016 and this photo was taken in July 2017, showing the first year of growth.

Planting Native Prairie Could Be a Secret Weapon for Farmers

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10.15.19

The Rise of America’s Favorite Berry

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10.10.19

Kaisel’s vintage John Deere tractor was destroyed in the fire. He has since replaced it.

California Farmers Face a Long Road to Recovery After Wildfires

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10.08.19

hand harvesting a dry-farmed grapevine field

Can Dry Farming Help Save California’s Vineyards?

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10.03.19