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Brienne Allan pouring a beer at notch brewery. (Photograph by Iaritza Menjivar, provided by Brienne Allan)

Craft Beer Faces a Gender and Race Reckoning

October 19, 2021

An industry that has long touted its equity and progressive values is finally being forced to address its ‘white dudes with beards’ problem.

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)

Op-ed: How Food Became the Perfect Beachhead for Gentrification

By Pascale Joassart-Marcelli, The Conversation

October 15, 2021

Food trucks at GenR: LA Force For Change I Am Not A Weapon Exhibition, hosted by Generation Rescue and the International Rescue Committe, on June 19, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Samantha Trauben/Getty Images for International Rescue Committee)

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.

A Native-led Land Trust Is Working to Empower Indigenous Youth Through Kelp Farming

By Judy Bankman

October 13, 2021

Sugar kelp remnants from Native Conservancy's test site in Simpson Bay, Prince William Sound. (Photo By Tesia Bobrycki)

Keeping a Detailed Record of the Changing Climate Could Save This Tribe’s Foodways

By Megan Mucioki

October 8, 2021

The RACCA team in the field. (Photo courtesy of Megan Mucioki)

Op-ed: The Pandemic Didn’t ‘End Hunger’—It Exposed Systemic Racism Instead

By Ashanté Reese

October 7, 2021

low angle view of african american man with scarf on face holding placard with racism is a pandemic lettering against blue sky

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

Planting a Life—and a Future—After Prison at Benevolence Farm

By Stephanie Parker

September 30, 2021

Keia Blount in the fields at Benevolence Farm. (Photo courtesy of Keia Blount)

Did the First UN Food Systems Summit Give Corporations Too Much of a Voice?

By Greta Moran

September 29, 2021

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 25: Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov addresses the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on September 25, 2021 in New York City. More than 100 heads of state or government are attending the session in person, although the size of delegations are smaller due to the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz - Pool/Getty Images)

Is the Pork Industry Using Food Justice to Stall California’s New Animal Welfare Law?

By Lisa Held

September 27, 2021

Young Asian father grocery shopping with cute little daughter in supermarket, they are shopping for fresh meat

Fires Fuel New Risks to California Farmworkers

By Liza Gross, Inside Climate News

September 24, 2021

CALEXICO, CA - JANUARY 22: Farmworkers pick broccoli in a field on January 22, 2021 in Calexico, California. President Joe Biden has unveiled an immigration reform proposal offering an eight-year path to citizenship for some 11 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally as well as green cards to upwards of a million DACA recipients and temporary protected status to farmworkers already in the United States.(Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)

Op-ed: Giant Meat and Dairy Companies Are Dominating the Plant-Based and Cellular Meat Market

By Philip H. Howard

September 22, 2021

Graphic: Investments in cellular meat and fish firms by top sectors

Are Biogas Subsidies Benefiting the Largest Industrial Animal Farms?

By Lisa Held

September 20, 2021

‘In the Struggle’ Chronicles the Roots of California’s Food Justice Movement

By Nancy Matsumoto

September 16, 2021

From left: food justice and farmworker justice Ernesto Galarza, Janaki Jagannath, and Isao Fujimoto

Can Aquaculture Help Women Secure a New Foothold in the Seafood Industry?

By Kate Olson

September 14, 2021

Emily Selinger, right, and Amanda Moeser, both raise oysters in the tidal flats of Casco Bay. While they each have their own companies, they often collaborate and support one another.

Civil Eats TV: Women in Wool

By The Civil Eats Editors

September 13, 2021

Lora Kinkaid holding a sheep before shearing.

The Next Chapter for Farm to School: Milling Whole Grains in the Cafeteria

By Hannah Wallace

September 10, 2021

Harvesting Hard Red Spring wheat variety Summit 515 at Whitehead Elementary school in Woodland, California – the second school to grow wheat as part of the Wheat 2 Schools project.

USDA Offers Farmworkers and Meatpacking Workers $600 in COVID Relief

By Lisa Held

September 9, 2021

Portrait of female butcher using digital tablet with face mask at a meatpacking plant

Op-ed: The Ban on Chlorpyrifos and the Power of Community Organizing

By Margaret Reeves and Ángel García

September 2, 2021

a sign warning in english and spanish about pesticides being applied

California Eyes Vote-from-Home Rules for Farmworker Union Elections

By Grace Gedye, CalMatters

September 1, 2021

CALEXICO, CA - JANUARY 22: Farmworkers pick bok choy in a field on January 22, 2021 in Calexico, California. President Joe Biden has unveiled an immigration reform proposal offering an eight-year path to citizenship for some 11 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally as well as green cards to upwards of a million DACA recipients and temporary protected status to farmworkers already in the United States.(Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)

Op-ed: The Increase in SNAP is Welcome. Now Let’s Reform the Entire Benefits System

By Rae Gomes

August 30, 2021

Concerns About Workplace Safety as Meatpacking Plants Recruit Foreign Visa Workers

By Luis Velazquez, Investigate Midwest

August 27, 2021

a meatpacking plant worker uses a saw to cut through a slab of meat

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Craft Beer Faces a Gender and Race Reckoning

Pollinators Could Win When the Infrastructure Bill Passes

Op-ed: How Food Became the Perfect Beachhead for Gentrification

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

A Native-led Land Trust Is Working to Empower Indigenous Youth Through Kelp Farming

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Keeping a Detailed Record of the Changing Climate Could Save This Tribe’s Foodways

Op-ed: The Pandemic Didn’t ‘End Hunger’—It Exposed Systemic Racism Instead

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

Planting a Life—and a Future—After Prison at Benevolence Farm

Did the First UN Food Systems Summit Give Corporations Too Much of a Voice?

Is the Pork Industry Using Food Justice to Stall California’s New Animal Welfare Law?

Fires Fuel New Risks to California Farmworkers

Op-ed: Giant Meat and Dairy Companies Are Dominating the Plant-Based and Cellular Meat Market

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Are Biogas Subsidies Benefiting the Largest Industrial Animal Farms?

‘In the Struggle’ Chronicles the Roots of California’s Food Justice Movement

Can Aquaculture Help Women Secure a New Foothold in the Seafood Industry?

Civil Eats TV: Women in Wool

The Next Chapter for Farm to School: Milling Whole Grains in the Cafeteria

USDA Offers Farmworkers and Meatpacking Workers $600 in COVID Relief

Op-ed: The Ban on Chlorpyrifos and the Power of Community Organizing

California Eyes Vote-from-Home Rules for Farmworker Union Elections

Op-ed: The Increase in SNAP is Welcome. Now Let’s Reform the Entire Benefits System

Concerns About Workplace Safety as Meatpacking Plants Recruit Foreign Visa Workers