FARMING

UF/IFAS specialist and citrus growers scout the grove for insects. Beneficial insects are always around with the diversity of species and flowering in the cover crops. (Photo by Juanita Popenoe)

Can Cover Crops Save Florida’s Citrus?

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01.22.20

At Soul Fire Farm, a BIPOC-centered community farm, farmers learn regenerative methods such as heavy mulching and intercropping. Photo from Soul Fire Farm

Black Farmers Are Embracing Climate-Resilient Farming

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01.20.20

depressed farmer standing outside his barn, looking sad and hoping for smarter policy solutions

New Meatpacker Rules Won’t Support or Protect Farmers

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01.17.20

The Salmon Sisters: Emma Privat (left) and Claire Neaton.

The Salmon Sisters of Alaska are Fighting for a Healthy, Sustainable Fish Future

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01.15.20

NRCS conservationist Dan Durham, left, with Stephen Becklund, manager of the J Bar L Ranch near Twin Bridges, Montana. (Photo CC-licensed by NRCS Montana)

The Plant-Based Movement to Transition Farmers Away from Meat and Dairy Production

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01.13.20

Agricultural biodiversity is embraced through a collaboration between farmers in Nebraska and the Pawnee, who resided in the area before being displaced from their traditional homelands.

For a Sustainable Food System, Look to Seeds

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01.10.20

Lani Estill's sheep grazing at Bare Ranch. (Photo by Paige Green for NRCS)

In the Rush to Solve Climate Change with Lab-Based Foods, Don’t Write off Farming

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01.09.20

inspecing pawpaw fruit on the tree

Climate Change Could Make Pawpaws a Valuable Crop for Northern Farmers

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01.09.20

Kelly Placke of Star Bright Farms in Cuba City, Wisconsin.

On-Farm Solar Grows as Farmers See Economic Rewards—and Risks

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01.08.20

Laurel Jones and Larry Crowder outside the Bowdon Community Grocery.

What it Takes to Keep Independent Grocery Stores Open in Rural Communities

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01.07.20

young farmer of color inspecting the tomatoes he's growing

Students of Color See a Future in Agriculture, but Farming Is a Tougher Sell

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01.06.20

Candace Thompson standing in nature with edible plants

The New York Artist Reintroducing Wild, Edible Foods

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01.03.20

James Williams poses in the field at Ironbound Farm. (Photo by Kira Buxton)

The Formerly Incarcerated are Reviving Newark’s Cider Industry at Ironbound Farm

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01.02.20

collage of inspiring people civil eats profiled in 2019

Our Most Inspiring Profiles of 2019

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12.27.19

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Our Best Climate Coverage of 2019

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12.24.19

looking down a road into the future

Looking Back on a Decade of Our Food Reporting

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12.23.19

Rolando Herrera standing in the fields. (Photo credit: Rocco Ceselin)

Rolando Herrera Is Blazing a Trail for Latinx Winemakers

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12.18.19

cattle in a cafo feedlot

Public Health Experts Support a Ban on CAFOs. New Polling Suggests the Public Does, Too

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12.17.19