Nutrition

After Hurricane María struck Puerto Rico in 2017, a woman cares for her 97-year-old mother, who uses a feeding tube to eat and sleeps in a room with no air conditioner. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Are People Who Need Feeding Tubes Left on Their Own When Disaster Strikes?

October 11, 2022

How Fermented Foods Shaped the World

By Twilight Greenaway

October 4, 2022

julia skinner and the cover of our fermented lives

Voices from the White House Conference on Hunger and Nutrition

September 29, 2022

On stage at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, from left: Senator Cory Booker, Senator Mike Braun, White House Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice, and Representative Jim McGovern. (Photo credit: Lisa Held)

For Healthier School Meals, California Bets On More Cooks in the Kitchen

By Anne Marshall-Chalmers

September 28, 2022

School meal Chef trainees take part in the Healthy School Food Pathway program. (Photo credit: Santa Clara Unified School District)

How the Politics of School Food Shape What Kids Eat

By Matthew Wheeland

September 26, 2022

Marcus Weaver-Hightower and the cover of his new book, Unpacking School Lunch

‘Slow Cooked’: How Food Policy Expert Marion Nestle Persisted

By Naomi Starkman

September 21, 2022

A collage of Marion Nestle present-day and the cover of her new memoir, slow cooked

The Field Report: Big Questions Linger About The White House Conference on Hunger

September 20, 2022

Volunteers load groceries into cars during an Alameda County Community Food Bank food giveaway on July 15, 2022 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Hydroponics Help Urban Schools Grow Food Year-Round

September 13, 2022

Harvesting greens at Teens for Food Justice. (Photo credit: Jessica DiMento)

Only Two States Have Passed ‘Right to Garden’ Laws. Will Others Follow?

By Katherine Kornei

August 20, 2022

A home garden in Maine. (Photo CC-licensed by the National Garden Clubs)

AmeriCorps CEO Michael Smith: Volunteer Service Is Key to Food Security

By Wesley Brown

August 18, 2022

AmeriCorps NCCC provides environmental stewardship in Baltimore.

Farm to School Efforts Just Got a Big Influx of Cash. Will It Help More Schools Get On Board?

By Anne Marshall-Chalmers

August 15, 2022

Some of the lunch offerings through Winters' farm to school cafeterial program.

As the Infant Formula Shortage Drags On, Food and Farm Workers Focus on Breastfeeding

By Sharon K. Sobotta

July 21, 2022

Mother breastfeeding her son at home

Do Regulations Designed to Promote Nutrition Make WIC Food Lists Too Restrictive?

July 12, 2022

Mother and baby grocery shopping.

This Antioxidant May Provide a Key Link Between Regenerative Agriculture and Human Health

By Katherine Kornei

May 10, 2022

farmer growing regenerative crops harvests carrots from healthy soil

How Mexican Public Health Advocates Fought Big Soda and Won

April 18, 2022

Coca-Cola billboard

Can Produce Prescription Programs Turn the Tide on Diet-Related Disease?

April 11, 2022

Can produce prescription programs turn tide on diet-related disease?

Op-ed: Fake Meat Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis

By Philip H. Howard

April 7, 2022

Impossible alternative protein fake meat burger. (Photo CC-licensed by Ted Eytan)

Vegan Fridays for All? More Schools Offer Plant-Based Meals

March 21, 2022

Vegan Fridays for All? More Schools Offer Plant-Based Meals

As a National Seafood Council Takes Shape, Whose Interests Will It Serve?

By Elizabeth G. Dunn

March 1, 2022

Female crew member of fishing boat carrying salmon to hold of boat

Ocean Plastic Is Bad, but Soil Plastic Pollution May Be Worse

By Mallory Daily

February 23, 2022

agricultural plastic sheeting covering a bare farm field

California Gives a Big Boost to Corner Stores that Sell Fresh Produce

February 22, 2022

Fresh produce on display at Laredo Market in San Jose, California. (Photo courtesy of The Food Trust)

What’s Next for Healthier School Meals? We Asked the USDA.

February 10, 2022

A "Vegan Friday" school meal at at PS 130 in Manhattan on Friday, February 4, 2022. (Photo by Michael Appleton, NYC Mayoral Photography Office)

The Revival of Indigenous Subsistence Whaling Hangs in the Balance

February 8, 2022

A bowhead whale caught in September 2021, during the fall whaling season, in Utqiagvik. (Photo courtesy of Mary Lum Patkotak)

McDonald’s, Food Justice, and the Problem with Black Capitalism

January 31, 2022

dr. marcia chatelain and the cover of her pulitzer-prize-winning book franchise, about mcdonald's and black capitalism

Taking Stock And Looking Forward: Food Access and Nutrition

By The Civil Eats Editors

December 24, 2021

Taking Stock And Looking Forward: Food Access and Nutrition