Health

A woman chef stands in her new york city restaurant wearing a mask during the covid pandemic

Is There a Light at the End of the COVID Tunnel for NYC Restaurants?

By Michelle Lee

April 16, 2021

Restaurateurs, chefs, and policymakers reflect on their experiences at the epicenter of the pandemic.

A Food Program for Women and Children Is About to Get More Federal Support

April 13, 2021

a woman and child shop for groceries using wic and snap at the supermarket during the pandemic

Hungry Seniors Need More Than Just Access to Food

April 12, 2021

a senior receives a meal delivery from a courier to fight hunger and food insecurity

Michael Moss on How Big Food Gets Us Hooked

By Bettina Elias Siegel

April 9, 2021

michael moss author photo and the cover of hooked

Op-ed: ‘Model Minority’ Stereotype Obscures the Food Insecurity Asian Americans Face

April 8, 2021

two asian americans wait outside a restaurant in Chinatown, San Francisco

Civil Eats TV: Planting with Purpose at Urban Tilth

By The Civil Eats Editors

April 6, 2021

Doria Robinson in the fields at Urban Tilth's North Richmond Farm

A Path to Citizenship Is on the Horizon for Undocumented Farmworkers

By Nadra Nittle

April 5, 2021

a migrant farmworker carries a box of broccoli in a farm field.

Op-ed: To Improve Food Security, It’s Time to Invest in Transportation Infrastructure

By Anthony Nicome

April 2, 2021

a senior couple waits for public transportation to take them grocery shopping

It’s Time to Reinvent Food Banks, Says Expert Katie Martin

By Liesl Schwabe

March 24, 2021

Food is distributed during a mobile food pantry in the agricultural community of Immokalee on February 16, 2021 in Immokalee, Florida.

Are Junk Food Companies Using TikTok Influencers to Target Kids?

March 22, 2021

Charli D'Amelio promoting Dunkin drinks

Op-ed: After the Pandemic Flour Craze, Micro-Millers Take Stock

By Amy Halloran

March 19, 2021

home baker kneading dough and shaping loaves of bread

What New York City Schools Learned Feeding Millions During the Pandemic

By Nadra Nittle

March 18, 2021

A kindergarten student eating breakfast at Yung Wing School P.S. 124 on January 13, 2021 in New York City.

As Mushrooms Grow in Popularity, a Radical Mycology Movement is Emerging

By Gosia Wozniacka

March 11, 2021

King Bolete (Boletus edulis). (Photo CC-licensed by Bernard Spragg)

Will the CSA Boom Survive Beyond the Pandemic?

By Bridget Shirvell

March 10, 2021

farmer loading csa boxes into his truck to deliver to community supported agriculture customers

The People Behind School Meals Are Pushing for Free Access for All

March 8, 2021

A Holmen School District transportation employee loads lunches onto a school bus before helping deliver them throughout the community.

TikTok Sensation Alexis Nikole Nelson Wants You to Love Foraging as Much as She Does

By Bridget Shirvell

March 4, 2021

Alexis Nikole Nelson.

California’s Vaccine Rollout Has Yet to Reach Most Farmworkers

By Hannah Ricker

March 2, 2021

Travel nurse Tiquella Russell of Texas prepares to administer a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to a resident at a clinic at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in South Los Angeles on February 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.

Op-ed: We Need to Get Food Industry Dollars Out of Politics to Save Our Democracy

By Lucy Martinez Sullivan

February 26, 2021

A photo of a bunch of soda cans from above, representing big food and junk food

Grocery Stores Continue to Push Back Against Hazard Pay for Workers

By Brendan Seibel

February 25, 2021

A grocery worker behind plexiglas and with masks during covid

New Donations to Black-Led Food and Land Groups Aim for True Reparations

By Ruth Terry, YES! Magazine

February 23, 2021

a black-led group of farmers taking a break and laughing

The COVID Gardening Renaissance Depends on Seeds—if You Can Find Them

February 22, 2021

plantings seeds during the covid pandemic because there are seed shortages

How the Pandemic Has Further Isolated Farmers

By Marissa Plescia, Investigate Midwest

February 19, 2021

Drew DeSutter tends to the cows on the family farm in New Windsor, Illinois. (Photo credit: Steve Davis for The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting)

College Students Struggle to Enroll in SNAP—but Peer Support Programs Help

February 16, 2021

The Swipe Out Hunger team in 2020. (Photo courtesy of Swipe Out Hunger)

Vermont Plans to Send Cash to Immigrant Farmworkers Left Out of Stimulus

By Elizabeth Hewitt

February 4, 2021

Eli, one of the Vermont undocumented farmworkers.

The Awafi Kitchen Connects Iraqi and Jewish Food Cultures

By Ray Levy Uyeda

February 1, 2021

Annabel Rabiyah holding a platter of zangula at a Jewish food festival