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30 Reasons to Support Civil Eats on #GivingTuesday 2021

November 30, 2021

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Our 2021 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide

By The Civil Eats Editors

November 29, 2021

As part of our holiday food and farming book roundup, a collage of book covers

Could a Rapid Test For Antibiotics Bring Transparency to the Meat Supply Chain?

By Lisa Held

November 23, 2021

Packaged pieces of meat on a supermarket showcase

After Years of Pushing for Prairie Strips, This Ecologist Won a MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant

By Nathan Beacom

November 22, 2021

Lisa Schulte Moore. (Photo credit: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)

University Ag Schools Turn to Big Ag Dollars as Private Donations Dry Up

By Seth Bodine and Katie Peikes, Harvest Public Media

November 19, 2021

Meet the African Farmer Growing Rice in New York’s Hudson Valley

By Nancy Matsumoto

November 18, 2021

Nfamara's son Malick, center, with Naveen and Malaya Hoyte, Malick's cousins. (Photo by Jake Price)

Could Climate Change Make Food Less Nutritious?

By Greta Moran

November 16, 2021

Beans May Be the ‘Food of the Future,’ but U.S. Farmers Aren’t Planting Enough

By Lisa Held

November 15, 2021

dried beans and a scooper. Photo by Jasmine Waheed on Unsplash

Public Interest Groups Urge the EPA to Regulate Factory Farm Emissions

By Liza Gross, Inside Climate News

November 12, 2021

Hogs are raised on an Iowa farm on July 25, 2018. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

In the Arid Southwest, Growing Seeds for Climate Resiliency

By Jonnah Perkins

November 9, 2021

Laura Parker in her production field at High Desert Seeds. (Photo credit: Jonnah Perkins)

Losing Danone Contracts Compounds the Dairy Crisis for Small Farms in the Northeast

By Lisa Held

November 8, 2021

Swiss Belted dairy cows heading out to pasture on a small dairy farm in vermont that's currently weathering the organic dairy crisis

What the Meat Industry Can Learn from the Downfall of Belcampo

By Beth Hoffman

November 4, 2021

COVID Was Far Worse for Meatpacking Workers Than Previously Reported

By Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest

November 2, 2021

workplace food industry - factory butchery for the production of sausages - butcher cuts meat

Can Hatch Green Chiles Survive the Climate Crisis?

By Wufei Yu, High Country News

October 29, 2021

Workers harvest green chile around Hatch, New Mexico.

Delta Fresh Foods Is Bringing Food Security to Northern Mississippi

By Nadra Nittle

October 27, 2021

picking lettuce in mississippi as part of delta fresh foods work

Don Lewis Is Reviving the Grain Economy in New York’s Hudson Valley

By Liz Susman Karp

October 25, 2021

In Tucson, ‘Barrio-Supported Agriculture’ Feeds the Latino Community

By Lourdes Medrano, YES! Magazine

October 22, 2021

Tuscon's first locally sustainable and organic food truck sponsored by the Flowers and Bullets Collective.

Op-ed: The Flood of Climate Disasters Has the Food System Reeling. It’s Time to Act.

By Twilight Greenaway

October 20, 2021

Flood damaged soybeans are seen on a farm on June 18, 2008 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Photo by David Greedy/Getty Images)

Pollinators Could Win When the Infrastructure Bill Passes

By Matt Kelly

October 18, 2021

A newly widened stretch of Interstate 5 in Washington has been planted with Wildflower Pollinator Mix. The blooms will change as the seasons change. (Photo CC-licensed by the Washington Department of Transportation)

Fast Food and Grocery Giants Promise to Sell ‘Better’ Chicken—Is It Enough?

By Lisa Held

October 14, 2021

Farm grass field with chicken in foreground on poatrol with trees and barns in the background under and overcast sky.

Journalist-Turned-Cattle Farmer Beth Hoffman on the Impossible Math of Starting a Farm

By Twilight Greenaway

October 12, 2021

Methane From Agriculture Is a Big Problem. We Explain Why.

By Lisa Held

October 6, 2021

a farmer looks at his beef cows and wonders how they produce so much methane.

Climate Anxiety Takes a Growing Toll on Farmers

By Gosia Wozniacka

October 5, 2021

Female organic farmer standing in field on foggy fall morning harvesting squash

‘Fruits of Labor’ Provides an Intimate Look at the Life of a Teenage Farmworker

By S.e. smith

October 4, 2021

Ashley Pavon, a Mexican-American teenager in California and the subject of

How an Ancient Potato Could Thrive in a Changing Climate

By Alastair Lee Bitsóí, Yale Climate Connections

October 1, 2021

digging up some four corner potatoes from the soil in utah

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30 Reasons to Support Civil Eats on #GivingTuesday 2021

Our 2021 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide

Could a Rapid Test For Antibiotics Bring Transparency to the Meat Supply Chain?

After Years of Pushing for Prairie Strips, This Ecologist Won a MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant

University Ag Schools Turn to Big Ag Dollars as Private Donations Dry Up

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Meet the African Farmer Growing Rice in New York’s Hudson Valley

Could Climate Change Make Food Less Nutritious?

Beans May Be the ‘Food of the Future,’ but U.S. Farmers Aren’t Planting Enough

Public Interest Groups Urge the EPA to Regulate Factory Farm Emissions

In the Arid Southwest, Growing Seeds for Climate Resiliency

Losing Danone Contracts Compounds the Dairy Crisis for Small Farms in the Northeast

What the Meat Industry Can Learn from the Downfall of Belcampo

COVID Was Far Worse for Meatpacking Workers Than Previously Reported

Can Hatch Green Chiles Survive the Climate Crisis?

Delta Fresh Foods Is Bringing Food Security to Northern Mississippi

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Don Lewis Is Reviving the Grain Economy in New York’s Hudson Valley

In Tucson, ‘Barrio-Supported Agriculture’ Feeds the Latino Community

Op-ed: The Flood of Climate Disasters Has the Food System Reeling. It’s Time to Act.

Pollinators Could Win When the Infrastructure Bill Passes

Fast Food and Grocery Giants Promise to Sell ‘Better’ Chicken—Is It Enough?

Journalist-Turned-Cattle Farmer Beth Hoffman on the Impossible Math of Starting a Farm

Methane From Agriculture Is a Big Problem. We Explain Why.

Climate Anxiety Takes a Growing Toll on Farmers

‘Fruits of Labor’ Provides an Intimate Look at the Life of a Teenage Farmworker

How an Ancient Potato Could Thrive in a Changing Climate