Food Safety

15 Stories About How the Pandemic is Impacting Food and Farm Workers

By The Civil Eats Editors

September 7, 2020

This Labor Day, we share some of our recent coverage of the workers keeping our food system running, and us fed.

USDA Seeks to Permanently Speed up Poultry Plant Line Speeds

By Lisa Held

August 31, 2020

food workers at a poultry processing plant watch chickens go by as line speeds accelerate

It’s Now Legal for Home Chefs in California to Sell Meals. Will More Cities Get on Board?

By Dee Kim

June 30, 2020

a collage of three different home chefs and home cooks who work as MEHKOs

OSHA Faulted for Not Doing More to Protect Workers from COVID-19

By Lisa Held

June 16, 2020

workers crowded in a meatpacking facility not being inspected by OSHA during the pandemic

Industrial Meat 101: Could Large Livestock Operations Cause the Next Pandemic?

By Lisa Held

May 29, 2020

veterinarian treating a bunch of pigs in a cafo

People of Color are at Greater Risk of COVID-19. Systemic Racism in the Food System Plays a Role.

By Nadra Nittle

May 5, 2020

black woman wearing a mask during the coronavirus pandemic

How the Pandemic is Creating a Plastic Boom

By Lisa Held

April 28, 2020

a woman buying food in a plastic bag from a farmers' market

Poor Conditions at Meatpacking Plants Have Long Put Workers at Risk. The Pandemic Makes it Much Worse.

By Gosia Wozniacka

April 17, 2020

Beef slaughterhouse workers at a meatpacking plant in Texas. USDA photo by Alice Welch.

How to Support Farmers and Safely Shop at Farmers’ Markets

By Brie Mazurek

March 30, 2020

woman wearing a face mask shopping for produce and flowers

Grocery Store Workers—’Heroes to the Community’ During Coronavirus—to Get Hazard Pay

By Nadra Nittle

March 20, 2020

Long lines at a Vons market in Claremont, California 3-13-20.

Questions Remain About Using Treated Sewage on Farms

By Tom Perkins

January 30, 2020

tractor spreading biosolids as fertilizer over farmland

The New York Artist Reintroducing Wild, Edible Foods

By Doug Bierend

January 3, 2020

Candace Thompson standing in nature with edible plants

The Food System Needs Whistleblowers, Too

By Amanda Hitt

September 30, 2019

Triumph Foods pork processing facility April 28, 2017. The facility houses 2,800 employees in St. Joseph, Mo. USDA photo by Preston Keres

Synthetic Biology Is Changing What We Eat. Here’s What You Need to Know.

By Meg Wilcox

May 14, 2019

scientist examing synthetic biology synbio food grown in a lab

Has Our Food Become Safer in the Last 10 Years?

By The Civil Eats Editors

May 13, 2019

Farm inspection Photo by the Oregon Department of Agriculture

Dung Beetles Are Key to Healthy Pasture. Now They May Also Help Make Produce Safer

By Virginia Gewin

April 30, 2019

dung beetle on top of a ball of dung in a field.

The Dangerous Food Additive That’s Not on the Label

By Rachel Cernansky

March 19, 2019

woman shopping for food in a grocery store and looking at ingredients labels

Could the Raw Milk Boom Be a Lifeline for Struggling Farmers?

By Lynne Curry

March 12, 2019

Chapel’s Country Creamery farm owner Holly Foster in Easton, MD pours milk curd of fresh raw milk. (USDA photo by Bob Nichols)

Everything’s Bigger in Texas—Except Its Support for Small Farmers

By Cat Modlin-Jackson

July 23, 2018

Cowhands drive the 200-head longhorn herd at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a working cattle ranch that is part of the Texas Ranch Life ranch resort near Chappell Hill in Austin County, Texas. (Photo by Carol M. Highsmith / Library of Congress)

Activists Take the Fight for Fair Food to Shareholder Meetings

By Sarah Shemkus

April 9, 2018

Rep. Steve King Wants to Undo State Laws Protecting Animals and the Environment

By Christina Cooke

April 3, 2018

After a Decade of Promises, Has the Food Industry Made Progress on Gestation Crates?

By Lynne Curry

March 21, 2018

Pigs in confinement. (Photo by agnormark on iStockPhoto)

How an Iowa Law Requiring Grocers to Sell Conventional Eggs is Stirring Controversy

By Lisa Held

March 9, 2018

Can a Chinese Mega-Retailer Make a Killing off Montana Beef?

By Matt Blois

January 23, 2018

North Carolina Lawmakers Rush Pasture-Raised Turkeys to Thanksgiving Tables

By Ciranna Bird

November 22, 2017

Food Safety

15 Stories About How the Pandemic is Impacting Food and Farm Workers

USDA Seeks to Permanently Speed up Poultry Plant Line Speeds

It’s Now Legal for Home Chefs in California to Sell Meals. Will More Cities Get on Board?

OSHA Faulted for Not Doing More to Protect Workers from COVID-19

Industrial Meat 101: Could Large Livestock Operations Cause the Next Pandemic?

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People of Color are at Greater Risk of COVID-19. Systemic Racism in the Food System Plays a Role.

How the Pandemic is Creating a Plastic Boom

Poor Conditions at Meatpacking Plants Have Long Put Workers at Risk. The Pandemic Makes it Much Worse.

How to Support Farmers and Safely Shop at Farmers’ Markets

Grocery Store Workers—’Heroes to the Community’ During Coronavirus—to Get Hazard Pay

Questions Remain About Using Treated Sewage on Farms

The New York Artist Reintroducing Wild, Edible Foods

The Food System Needs Whistleblowers, Too

Synthetic Biology Is Changing What We Eat. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Has Our Food Become Safer in the Last 10 Years?

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Dung Beetles Are Key to Healthy Pasture. Now They May Also Help Make Produce Safer

The Dangerous Food Additive That’s Not on the Label

Could the Raw Milk Boom Be a Lifeline for Struggling Farmers?

Everything’s Bigger in Texas—Except Its Support for Small Farmers

Activists Take the Fight for Fair Food to Shareholder Meetings

Rep. Steve King Wants to Undo State Laws Protecting Animals and the Environment

After a Decade of Promises, Has the Food Industry Made Progress on Gestation Crates?

How an Iowa Law Requiring Grocers to Sell Conventional Eggs is Stirring Controversy

Can a Chinese Mega-Retailer Make a Killing off Montana Beef?

North Carolina Lawmakers Rush Pasture-Raised Turkeys to Thanksgiving Tables