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a collage of covers of 2023 food and farming books

Our 2023 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide

By The Civil Eats Editors

December 5, 2023

We’ve made a list and checked it twice: Here are more than two dozen books to read, gift, and cook from.

Can Agriculture Kick Its Plastic Addiction?

December 4, 2023

Strawberries sit in rows covered in agricultural plastic.

This #GivingTuesday, Help Us Celebrate Our Successes

By The Civil Eats Editors

November 28, 2023

prize winning squash for giving tuesday!

Food Insecure Veterans Are Less Likely to Seek Help

By Anne Marshall-Chalmers, The War Horse

November 9, 2023

Lt. Col. Ryan M. Miedema, 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion commander, helps soldiers unload a large donation to Feed Our Vets in Watertown, New York, 2016. Jeff Cook, president of the board of directors for Feed Our Vets’ Watertown location, said they are a 100% volunteer run organization that serves local veterans in need with food, socialization, and hope. Photo by Spc. Thomas Scaggs, courtesy of the U.S. Army.

The FDA Is Still Not Tracking How Farms Use Antibiotics

November 8, 2023

Cattle in a feedlot.

Tribes Are Building Food Sovereignty With Help From the Nation’s Largest Hunger-Relief Group

October 31, 2023

Cheyenne Majenty of Helping Hands for Hualapai hopes a new program through Feeding America will help the tribe develop greater food sovereignty through community gardens. (Photo credit: Joel Gonzalez)

Will a Food and Ag Focus at COP28 Distract From the Fossil Fuel Economy?

October 16, 2023

United Arab Emirates oil field with rigs and pumps at sunset. (Photo credit: Anton Petrus, Getty Images)

AI Is Writing Books About Foraging. What Could Go Wrong?

By Claudia Geib

October 10, 2023

Foraging book covers

How Do School Meals in the US Stack Up Against Other Countries?

By Katie Rodriguez

October 3, 2023

PFAS Shut Maine Farms Down. Now, Some Are Rebounding.

By Kirsten Lie-Nielsen

October 2, 2023

Upland Grassroots Hemp Farming

Without Federal School-Meal Support, Lunch Shaming May Be Back on the Menu

September 25, 2023

Op-ed: 4 Solutions to Make Urban Ag Policies More Equitable

By Anthony Nicome

September 21, 2023

Ronald White (left) and Willington Rolle work in the Roots in the City urban garden in Miami's Overtown neighborhood on October 21, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The 2-acre lot, which was once a blighted area, features collard greens, citrus trees, papayas, and an assortment of vegetables. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Changes to WIC Benefits Would Cut Food Access for Millions of Parents

September 12, 2023

a young parent feeds an infant food that they bought using their wic benefit

The Organic Urban Farm Growing Healthy Food for One of Chicago’s Most Underserved Neighborhoods

By Cassie M. Chew

September 5, 2023

Harvesting Tomatoes at Growing Home. (Photo courtesy of Growing Home)

Photo Essay: How DC Central Kitchen Tackles Hunger, From Food Trucks to Training Programs

August 30, 2023

The EPA Ignored the Endangered Species Act for 50 Years. That’s Changing, But Is Time Running Out?

August 22, 2023

On a foggy morning in a farm field this bird hopes to snag crawling or swimming for a tasty breakfast.

How Alaska Natives Lost the Right to Fish Sacred Salmon

August 14, 2023

An Alaska Native subsistence fisherman steers his boat loaded with salmon on the Yukon River.

Congress Puts Federal Support for Urban Farming on the Chopping Block

August 7, 2023

Falani Spivey at the Urban Incubator Farm. (Photo credit: Lisa Held)

A Fight for Salmon Fishing Rights Connects Indigenous Peoples Across the Pacific Ocean

July 26, 2023

Members of the Raporo Ainu Nation observe asir cep nomi, an Ainu ceremony that marks the fish’s annual migration back to the island’s major rivers and tributaries. (Photo credit: Centre for Environmental and Minority Policy Studies)

An Indigenous-Led Team Is Transforming a Minneapolis Superfund Site into a New Urban Farm

July 18, 2023

As the Salton Sea Shrinks, Agriculture’s Legacy Turns to Dust

By Virginia Gewin

July 17, 2023

Salton Sea area of Imperial County, California, with farmland and the farm towns of Niland, Brawley, Westmorland, and others. (Photo credit: Raquel Lonas, Getty Images)

Food Insecurity Is Common in the US Military. Will Congress Vote to Expand Benefits?

By Gabriel Pietrorazio

July 10, 2023

San Diego hosted a food distribution at Pechanga Arena last June. (Photo credit: Victoria Pearce, Feeding San Diego)

For Many Kids, a Boost to Summer School Meals Is a ‘Game Changer’

By Anne Marshall-Chalmers

July 5, 2023

Tyden Brownlee, 5, picks up a free school lunch at Olympic Hills Elementary School in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)

How Focusing on Care Can Change Our Relationship to Food

July 3, 2023

Op-ed: Saving This Fish Means Saving Our Tribe’s Future

By Ron Montez Sr. and Jeanine Pfeiffer

June 28, 2023

Ron Montez Sr. stands at an impassible culvert on Adobe Creek, singing to hitch pooling in the waters below. (Photo credit: Jeanine Pfeiffer)