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Allensworth, California (Photo credit: Wayne Hsieh via Flickr)

This Pastor Wants to Recreate a Black Farming Paradise in California

By Tiffani Patton, Nexus Media

September 23, 2022

Dennis Hutson aims to champion Black-led sustainable agriculture. First, he has to adapt to the climate crisis.

Op-ed: Is There Plastic in Your Soda? Beverage Companies Must Go Beyond Recycling

By Roopa Krithivasan

September 22, 2022

a worker stands in front of a massive pile of plastic bottles destined to be recycled

The Field Report: Big Questions Linger About The White House Conference on Hunger

By Lisa Held

September 20, 2022

Hydroponics Help Urban Schools Grow Food Year-Round

By Lisa Held

September 13, 2022

Harvesting greens at Teens for Food Justice. (Photo credit: Jessica DiMento)

Meet the Researchers ‘Decolonizing Botany’ to Save Our Food Supply

By Mark Schapiro, Inside Climate News

September 9, 2022

Researchers explain pearl millet pollination techniques in India. Credit: Michael Major/Crop Trust

Why Aren’t Federal Agencies Enforcing Pesticide Rules That Protect Farmworkers?

By Lisa Held

September 7, 2022

Aerial view of farmer spraying growing chilli plant in field. - stock photo

Agrihoods Promise Fresh Food and Community. Can They Add Equity to the List?

By Greta Moran

September 6, 2022

A rendering of the proposed Santa Clara Agrihood. (Public records filing, City of Santa Clara)

The Heat Wave Crushing the West Is a Preview of Farmworkers’ Hot Future

By Anne Marshall-Chalmers

September 2, 2022

farm worker harvesting grapes in the midst of a climate change driven heat wave

What a Rancher Rebellion Means for California’s Water

By Rachel Becker, CalMatters

September 2, 2022

Jim Scala, a rancher in Siskiyou County, looks out over his dry stock pond in Montague on Aug. 29, 2022. Scala and others defied a state order to stop pumping water from the Shasta River. (Photo credit: Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters)

How to Garden Through Climate Change

By Naomi Starkman

September 1, 2022

Op-ed: Catch Shares Enable Wealthy Landlords to Gobble Up Local Fisheries

By Ryan Bradley

August 31, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO - OCTOBER 17: Fresh Red Snapper lies on ice at the San Francisco Fish Company October 17, 2006 in San Francisco, California. A study by the Institute of Medicine found that eating fresh seafood twice a week is healthy for your heart and may reduce the risk of heart disease. The study also says that eating fish twice a week also outweighs the risk of exposure to mercury and other dangerous contaminants. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Most Farmworkers Speak Spanish, but Pesticide Safety Labels Are Often Only Printed in English

By Anne Marshall-Chalmers

August 30, 2022

Farmworker spraying pesticides on a farm in Jordan. Photo CC-licensed by Seersa Abaza, IWMI.

This Group Has Rerouted 250 Million Pounds of Food From Landfills to Feed People in Need

By Lindsey Margaret Allen

August 17, 2022

Felipe Maldonado, a Wholesale Recovery Program Driver with Food Forward, loads a pallet of recovered food at the Los Angeles Wholesale Produce Market. (Photo credit: Vanessa Bly)

As Drought Hits Farms, Investors Lay Claim to Colorado Water

By Jennifer Oldham

August 10, 2022

illustration of a farmer with a no-RWR sticker on their tractor, in the San Luis valley of Colorado. Illustration by Sarah Gilman.

The Field Report: What the Historic Climate Bill Means for Farmers and the Food System

By Lisa Held

August 9, 2022

Are Criollo Cattle a Regenerative Solution to a 1,200-Year Megadrought?

By Jacqueline Covey

August 8, 2022

22 Solutions-Focused Stories on the Food System in 2022

By The Civil Eats Editors

August 1, 2022

Abby Barrows pulling up one of her experimental oyster bags made of metal and wood at Long Cove Sea Farm. (Photo credit: Greta Rybus)

California Takes a Step Toward Restricting Bee-Killing Pesticides

By Rachel Becker, CalMatters

July 22, 2022

Close-up of honey bee pollinating almond blossom in Northern California almond orchard. California contributes over 80% to the worldwide almond market with many of those almonds being grown in Butte County.

From Farmland to Frac Sand

By Lisa Held

July 19, 2022

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

Op-ed: To Fight the Drought, Cities Should Pay Farmers to Get Smarter About Irrigation

By Robert Glennon, The Conversation

July 14, 2022

A farm worker carries an irrigation pipe on November 17, 2016 in San Luis, Arizona. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

The Field Report: In DC, Lawmakers Push ‘Common Sense’ Food Waste Solution

By Lisa Held

July 13, 2022

Food donations are piled up on a table in the wake of a natural disaster.

How Foreign Private Equity Hooked New England’s Fishing Industry

By Will Sennott, New Bedford Light

July 8, 2022

A fisherman emptying a net after a haul of seafood in Massachusetts.

What the Story of DDT, America’s Most Notorious Chemical, Can Teach Us Today

By Gosia Wozniacka

July 6, 2022

elena conis and the cover of her book about ddt, how to sell a poison

Op-ed: With Food Prices on the Rise, Is a ‘Bean New Deal’ the Answer?

By Matthew Miles Goodrich, The Nation

July 1, 2022

A man working in the garden planting beans and legumes

California Dairy Uses Lots of Water. Here’s Why It Matters.

By Twilight Greenaway

June 30, 2022

A milk tanker drives by a dairy feedlot in California.

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This Pastor Wants to Recreate a Black Farming Paradise in California

Op-ed: Is There Plastic in Your Soda? Beverage Companies Must Go Beyond Recycling

The Field Report: Big Questions Linger About The White House Conference on Hunger

Hydroponics Help Urban Schools Grow Food Year-Round

Meet the Researchers ‘Decolonizing Botany’ to Save Our Food Supply

Today’s food system is complex.

Why Aren’t Federal Agencies Enforcing Pesticide Rules That Protect Farmworkers?

Agrihoods Promise Fresh Food and Community. Can They Add Equity to the List?

The Heat Wave Crushing the West Is a Preview of Farmworkers’ Hot Future

What a Rancher Rebellion Means for California’s Water

How to Garden Through Climate Change

Op-ed: Catch Shares Enable Wealthy Landlords to Gobble Up Local Fisheries

Most Farmworkers Speak Spanish, but Pesticide Safety Labels Are Often Only Printed in English

This Group Has Rerouted 250 Million Pounds of Food From Landfills to Feed People in Need

As Drought Hits Farms, Investors Lay Claim to Colorado Water

The Field Report: What the Historic Climate Bill Means for Farmers and the Food System

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Are Criollo Cattle a Regenerative Solution to a 1,200-Year Megadrought?

22 Solutions-Focused Stories on the Food System in 2022

California Takes a Step Toward Restricting Bee-Killing Pesticides

From Farmland to Frac Sand

Op-ed: To Fight the Drought, Cities Should Pay Farmers to Get Smarter About Irrigation

The Field Report: In DC, Lawmakers Push ‘Common Sense’ Food Waste Solution

How Foreign Private Equity Hooked New England’s Fishing Industry

What the Story of DDT, America’s Most Notorious Chemical, Can Teach Us Today

Op-ed: With Food Prices on the Rise, Is a ‘Bean New Deal’ the Answer?

California Dairy Uses Lots of Water. Here’s Why It Matters.