Photo Essay: Standing in the Gaps With Feed Durham

Civil Eats 3/11 11:00P Katina Parker

A version of this article originally appeared in The Deep Dish, our members-only newsletter.  Become a member today  and get the next issue directly in your inbox. I’ve fed 180,000 people from my...

In Chicago, an Environmental Organization Feeds a Community

Civil Eats 3/11 11:00P Angela Burke

A version of this article originally appeared in The Deep Dish, our members-only newsletter.  Become a member today  and get the next issue directly in your inbox. A towering, two-story arch, trimmed...

Release: NSAC Responds to Termination of Critical Local Food Funding, Envisions Future for Popular...

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 3/11 9:54A Laura Zaks

For Immediate Release Contact: Laura Zaks National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition press@sustainableagriculture.net Release: NSAC Responds to Termination of Critical Local Food Funding, Envisions Future for Popular Program Washington, DC, March...

USDA Makes Rare Move to Reschedule an Important Organic Standards Meeting

Civil Eats 3/11 5:44A Lisa Held

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) posted on its website that the spring meeting of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), originally planned for April 29–May 1 in Tempe, Arizona—is being rescheduled . Since the USDA began regulating...

Op-ed: The Food System Cannot Become Another Fossil-Fuel Industry Escape Hatch

Civil Eats 3/10 11:00P Anna Lappé

As I started thinking about this piece in January, wildfires had begun ravaging Los Angeles. By the time I had written it, entire neighborhoods had been wiped off the map, from fires that were among...

As Tariffs Slam Maple Syrup, Sugarmakers Branch Out

Civil Eats 3/4 10:00P Callie Radke Stevens

You can tell a sugarhouse is making syrup when steam starts billowing across the rooftops, whether from a small shack in the woods or a brick building downtown. That’s the sign of thousands of gallons...

Funding Freeze Impacts: Farmers and Organizations Speak Out

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 2/28 6:11A Laura Zaks

Since January, the Trump Administration has frozen vast swathes of federal spending under a series of Executive Orders , including at the United States Department of Agriculture. Hundreds of thousands...

Rural Businesses, Farmers Lose While USDA’s Rural Energy Program is Frozen

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 2/27 5:47A Rebecca Schewe

Photo credit: AgriSolar Clearinghouse The recent freeze to federal grants and loans has impacted countless federal programs and simultaneously left rural businesses and farmers in a lurch . Among the...

Farmers Say Climate-Smart Commodities Projects Are Crumbling

Civil Eats 2/25 10:00P Lisa Held

Two hundred farmers, spread out across 15 East Coast states, have already enrolled in Pasa Sustainable Agriculture’s climate-smart farming project , which was funded by the Biden administration’s...

In Hawai‘i, Restoring Kava Helps Sustain Native Food Culture

Civil Eats 2/23 10:00P Naoki Nitta

Last fall, Ava Taesali opened Kava Queen , O‘ahu’s only brick-and-mortar kava bar, after three years of building a loyal following for this traditional beverage at farmers’ markets in Honolulu....

We gave this Garmin smartwatch top marks for its fitness tracker features in our review and now it's...

Live Science 2/21 7:00P

The excellent Garmin Forerunner 945 smartwatch is always on our radar, so we were excited to spot this fantastic Presidents Day deal on the excellent fitness watch at Walmart, with a fantastic 50% off , bringing it down from $600 to just...

An Alaska Native Chef Builds Foodways for the Future

Civil Eats 2/18 10:00P Kate Nelson

As Hurricane Helene made its way up the East Coast last October, Rob Kinneen tracked the storm from his home in Durham, North Carolina. When lashing winds and heavy rains began battering the state and...

Op-ed: Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer?

Civil Eats 2/17 10:00P Jason Mark

The end-of-day chitchat among the parents at my kid’s school tends to revolve around the usual pleasantries: soccer schedules, the weather, the latest snow report from Mt. Baker, our local ski resort....

Comment: NSAC Responds to Senate Confirmation of Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 2/13 6:10A Laura Zaks

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Zaks National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition press@sustainableagriculture.net Tel. 347.563.6408 Comment: NSAC Responds to Senate Confirmation of Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins Washington, DC,...

Trump’s Funding Freeze Creates Chaos and Financial Distress for Farmers

Civil Eats 2/10 10:00P Lisa Held

Over the past year, farmer Zach Wolf traveled around New York’s Hudson Valley visiting farms that range in size from 20 to 400 acres. The farms produce a variety of fresh foods—from fruits and...