FARMING

Civil Eats’ 2018 Holiday Book Gift Guide

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12.03.18
pollinators on the edge of a field

Hold the Soy, Save the Pollinators

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11.30.18
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20 Reasons to Support Civil Eats on #GivingTuesday

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11.27.18

While Small Dairy Farms Shut Down, This Mega-Dairy Is Shipping Milk to China

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11.27.18
Floor-malting the wheat at Blue Ox Malthouse.

Maine Is Scaling Up its Local Grain Economy

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11.26.18
Herders cultivating fodder or animal feed that is more resilient to extreme weather changes, using plants that adapt to droughts. The Strengthening Carbon Financing for Regional Grassland Management is promoting climate smart agricultural activities. (Photo credit: Asian Development Bank)

Natural Climate Solutions, Including Farm Conservation, Can Reduce Global Warming

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11.23.18
Velvet Button, spokeswoman for Ramona Farms and daughter of the owners, discusses how the tepary bean grows and is harvested. (Photo By Tayler Brown/Cronkite News)

Native American Farmers are Growing a Sustainable Market

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11.21.18
tractors driving across a large consolidated farm field

For a New Generation of Farmers, Accessing Land is the First Step Toward Tackling Consolidation

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11.20.18
hand reaching for organic produce at the supermarket

The Organic Food Industry Forges Its Own Path to Expand Growth

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11.14.18
John Lemondes shearing one of his Rambouillet sheep. (Photo © James Bemus.)

This Veteran Learned the Value of American Wool in the Army. Now He’s Raising His Own Sheep.

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11.12.18
soybeans dicamba

Beyond Damaging Crops, Dicamba is Dividing Communities

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11.08.18
A chicken processing plant worker on the line. (Photo credit: Earl Dotter for the Northwest Arkansas Workers' Justice Center.)

Workers Fear Injury as Administration Clears Way for Faster Chicken Slaughter

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11.07.18
Dairy farm photo by Darinburt on Istockphoto.

What’s Behind the Crippling Dairy Crisis? Family Farmers Speak Out.

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11.05.18
Lagoons outside a factory farm in North Carolina. Photo CC-licensed by Waterkeeper Alliance.

A New EPA Rule Would Allow Factory Farms to Avoid Reporting Air Pollution

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11.02.18
Lisa Engelbert on the farm. Photo by Lela Nargi

Organic Dairy Farmers Kevin and Lisa Engelbert On a Movement They Helped Shape

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10.31.18

Reckoning with Opioids in Farm Country

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10.30.18

From a Family of Farmers, Paulette Jordan Hopes to Be the Nation’s First Native American Governor

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10.26.18

A Decade Later, Another ‘Cage-Free’ Measure is on the California Ballot

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10.25.18