Release: Seventh Class of Cynthia Hayes Scholarship Recipients Honor Her Legacy

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 6/26 6:23A Tyler Edwards

Washington, DC, June 26, 2025 – The Southeastern African American Farmers’ Organic Network (SAAFON) and the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) announced that three students have been awarded the Cynthia Hayes Memorial Scholarship....

Conservation Work on Farms and Ranches Could Take a Hit as USDA Cuts Staff

Civil Eats 6/22 10:00P Lisa Held

In the spring of 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) officially offered Gretchen Troutman, 49, a job as a natural resource specialist. Elated, she packed up her life in Pennsylvania and moved close to 2,000 miles to a small town in...

Support for Farmer-Led Research Hinges on SARE Funding

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 6/13 5:32A Nick Rossi

Cover crop, diakon radishes. Photo credit: Edwin Remsberg Recently, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), alongside 100 food, farm, conservation, and rural organizations, delivered a...

Honey Bees Learn to Fight Deadly Varroa Mites

Civil Eats 6/10 10:00P Jordan Charbonneau

In April, clutching the steering wheel of my old truck, I rattled down narrow dirt roads in southern West Virginia with my mother. We were on a mission to secure a nucleus colony, or “nuc,” of locally...

Heart of Dinner Delivers Hope to Asian Seniors, and a Boost to Asian Businesses, Too

Civil Eats 6/8 10:00P Adam Reiner

Ten years ago, Yin Chang and Moonlynn Tsai hosted a supper club in their modest Los Angeles apartment. A dozen or so people—mostly friends of friends in the Asian community—would crowd around a...

Examining the House Agriculture Committee’s Reconciliation Bill

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 6/4 8:40A Laura Zaks

On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives approved its budget reconciliation legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ( OBBB , HR 1), by a vote of 215-214-1. Just a week earlier, on May 15, the...

Best exercise equipment for beginners 2025: Everything you need to start your fitness journey

Live Science 5/28 12:30A Anna Gora

Starting out on your fitness journey is daunting enough, let alone buying your first-ever fitness kit. It can be scary to pick up that dumbbell for the first time, or to jump on that first cardio machine. With over a decade of fitness coaching...

Helping Ramps Flourish Through Forest Farming

Civil Eats 5/27 10:00P Ben Seal

Near the banks of the Delaware River in northeast Pennsylvania, Steven Schwartz, his silver hair tied back beneath his hat, is searching for a seed. It’s ramp season, and finding one of the tiny black...

Warming Waters Cause Invasion of Sea Squirts at Maine Fisheries

Civil Eats 5/26 10:00P Kirsten Lie-Nielsen

In the summer of 2020, Alicia Gaiero began to realize that sea squirts were putting the success of her new oyster farm in jeopardy. She and her two sisters, Amy and Chelsea, were working together to...

Cucumbers recalled after multistate Salmonella outbreak leaves dozens sick

Live Science 5/22 8:35A Pandora Dewan

U.S. health officials are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella in contaminated cucumbers after nine people were hospitalized, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) . As of May 20, 26 cases had been...

Civil Eats Included in ‘The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2025’

Civil Eats 5/20 10:00P Margo True

We’re very pleased to announce that stories by two of our writers, Kate Nelson and Christina Cooke, have been included in The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2025 .  Just 20 pieces were chosen, and it’s a great honor to be among them. The...

Sean Sherman Expands His Vision for Decolonizing the US Food System

Civil Eats 5/19 10:00P Kate Nelson

Sean Sherman walks through an expansive commissary kitchen in South Minneapolis, his eyes lighting up with excitement. He isn’t taking in the kitchen as it is—dormant but well-equipped with an...

Healing Land and Legacy Through Urban Agriculture

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 5/15 2:46A Hannah Quigley

Sanctuary Farms | Photo Credit: Ali Lapetina Ask someone to imagine a “farm” and they will probably conjure a barn, a silo, rolling hills of crops, and pasture. That is, they will imagine rural areas....

What Deep Cuts to NOAA Mean for U.S. Fisheries

Civil Eats 5/14 10:00P Meg Wilcox

On a cold, bright April day, Sarah Schumann and Dean Pesante are painting the bottom of their fishing boat, the 38-foot Oceana, to prevent barnacles and weeds from attaching. They’re almost ready for...

Release: Budget Bill Steamrolls Farm Bill Future, Slashing Billions

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 5/13 6:00A Laura Zaks

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Zaks National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition press@sustainableagriculture.net Tel. 347.563.6408 Release: Budget Bill Steamrolls Farm Bill Future, Slashing Billions Washington, DC, May 13, 2025 – Yesterday...