Food + Policy

Eva Dawn Burk stands on the bank of the Tanana River in late April in her home village of Nenana, Alaska. Burk is a graduate student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, who is developing biomass-heated greenhouses for rural Native communities. (Photo credit: Brian Adams, High Country News)

A Native-led Initiative Seeks to Spur an Agricultural Revolution in Rural Alaska

By Max Graham, High Country News

July 29, 2021

A grassroots project to build biomass-heated greenhouses aims to alleviate food insecurity in the communities most affected by it.

These Big Food Companies Get Failing Grades on Political Spending Transparency

July 28, 2021

a bunch of tyson food products in a supermarket

James Rebanks: There Are No Winners in American Farming

By James Rebanks

July 26, 2021

James Rebanks stands amongs his sheep on his farm. (Photo credit: Stuart Simpson, Penguin Books)

Kelp at the Crossroads: Should Seaweed Farming Be Better Regulated?

July 20, 2021

kelp farming

On Pine Ridge Reservation, a Garden Helps Replace an 80-mile Grocery Trip

By Nadra Nittle

July 19, 2021

Rose Fraser harvesting potatoes in a garden on the Pine Ridge Reservation. (Photo courtesy of the Oyate Teca Project)

Farmer Co-ops Are Giving Latinx Communities Room to Grow

By Victoria Bouloubasis

July 15, 2021

Delia Jovel and Latinx farmerss, members of Tierra Fertil Co-op, plant seeds and examine their crops on June 13, 2021 in Herdersonville, NC. (Photo by Juan Diego Reyes)

Just a Few Companies Control the Meat Industry. Can a New Approach to Monopolies Level the Playing Field?

July 14, 2021

Cattle crowd inside a feedlot operated by JBS Five Rivers Colorado Beef on August 22, 2012 in Wiley, Colorado.

Farmers Will Soon Have the Right to Repair their Tractors

July 13, 2021

farmer driving his john deere tractor around the farm, hoping it doesn't break because at the time of this photo he didn't have right to repair his farm equipment

A Farmer-Owned Local Food App Stands Out from the Venture Capital-Backed Crowd

July 12, 2021

a farmer sells local food direct to consumers after making the sale through a smartphone app

How Gleaning Could Reshape the Farm Economy

By Natalie Peart, YES! Magazine

July 9, 2021

Gleaners at Salvation Farms in Morristown, Vermont. (Photo from Salvation Farms)

Connecting Ranchers with Land Stewards Could Be Key to Less Disastrous Wildfires

July 8, 2021

goats grazing down wildfire fuel in northern california

Dr. Robert Bullard: ‘We Don’t Have 40 Years’ to Fight for Climate Justice

By Ray Levy Uyeda

July 7, 2021

Robert Bullard leads a delegation from HBCUs during the People's Climate March.

Chef Francesca Hong Is Proving that Food Is Political

By Esther Tseng

July 6, 2021

Francesca Hong stands in front of the Wisconsin state capitol building as part of efforts to protest political gerrymandering.

Op-ed: The Revolutionary Power of Food

By Robert Egger

July 2, 2021

revolutionary fist holding a fork

In St. Louis, Tosha Phonix is Growing Food Justice

By Hannah Wallace and Tosha Phonix

July 1, 2021

Tosha Phonix stands outside the goat pen.

The Food System’s Carbon Footprint Has Been Vastly Underestimated

June 30, 2021

a tractor full of carrots is being loaded and transported from a field to a warehouse

Narsiso Martinez is Painting the Plight of Farmworkers

By Nadra Nittle

June 28, 2021

Narsiso Martinez's work,

Op-ed: New Orleans Chefs Can Help the Gulf Coast Brace for Extreme Weather

June 25, 2021

Chef Dana Honn (left) and others walking on new land created as part of a Gulf restoration project. (Photo courtesy of the National Wildlife Federation)

Earl Blumenauer Wants to Ban Bee-Killing Pesticides. Is Congress Listening?

June 24, 2021

bees are crawling around a hive and trying to steer clear of pollinator-killing neonic pesticides

Renegade Biologist Alexandra Morton Is Fighting for the Future of Wild Salmon

By Cinnamon Janzer

June 23, 2021

Alexandra Morton bringing in nets in the the Broughton Archipelago, in British Columbia. (Photo courtesy of Alexandra Morton, Salmon Coast Field Station)

Will the U.S. Finally Take a Holistic Approach to Ending Child Hunger?

June 22, 2021

three children eating federally subsidized school meals

Op-ed: I Grew Up Hungry. Let’s Finally Commit to Feeding Our Children.

By Bobbi Dempsey

June 22, 2021

a hungry child sits at a table with just a tiny amount of food looking a little bit haunted

The Museum Building an Incubator for Native Food Businesses

June 21, 2021

Grown by farmers with The Cultural Conservancy, Seneca Onëo white corn is braided for drying prior to shelling for seed and grinding for flour. Photo by Mateo Hinojosa, TCC

Op-ed: COVID Took More Than Native Lives. It Also Took Our Foodways.

By Ruth Hopkins

June 17, 2021

Ruth Hopkins' father, hunting with his nephews. (Photo courtesy of Ruth Hopkins)

Andi Murphy Joins Civil Eats as Indigenous Foodways Fellow

By The Civil Eats Editors

June 15, 2021

andi murphy in a kitchen with a knife and squash