USDA Staffing Crisis: Mass Departures Undermine Local Ag Support

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 8/27 7:03A Rebecca Schewe

Photo credit: USDA On July 24, 2025, US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins released a memo (SM-1078-015 ) describing the planned reorganization of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) staff....

Creemees, Community, and Coalition: NSAC’s Summer Meeting in Stowe, Vermont

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 8/22 3:42A Laura Zaks

The hills are alive with the Sound of NSAC As we do every summer, NSAC coalition members recently gathered for our summer meeting, from August 4-7, in Stowe, Vermont. Located some 25 miles east of...

Op-ed: Public Grocery Stores Already Exist and Work Well. We Need More.

Civil Eats 8/19 10:01P Raj Patel

New York Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani s proposal to open five city-run grocery stores has grocery industry executives—and other political foes— clutching their pearls . Critics call it a socialist fantasy. But publicly owned grocery stores...

Refugee Farm Programs Harmed by Federal Cuts

Civil Eats 8/17 10:01P Caleb Hampton

On a cool morning in early June, Ram Khatiwoda, the farm coordinator at the New Roots farm in West Sacramento, California, took a visitor through the garden plots on a strip of land sandwiched between...

The MAHA Movement’s Climate Conundrum

Civil Eats 8/11 10:01P Lisa Held

This is the first in a series of articles examining the promises and policies of the MAHA movement. At a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) roundtable in Washington, D.C. in July, Secretary of Health...

Op-ed: We Need a Food Bill of Rights

Civil Eats 7/29 10:00P Tambra Raye  Stevenson

Oklahoma sits at the center of the U.S. wheat belt, exporting grain across the world and supplying flour that fills pantries nationwide. It is a major pork producer and also part of America’s cattle...

Could Child Care Centers Strengthen Local Food Systems?

Civil Eats 7/27 10:00P Tilde Herrera

Ever since the pandemic, the child care sector has grappled with tight budgets, staffing shortages, and low wages. Dara Bloom, an associate professor at North Carolina State University, has watched...

New report details one of the biggest raw milk-related outbreaks in recent US history

Live Science 7/25 11:30A Nicoletta Lanese

A Salmonella outbreak that sickened over 160 people in California and a handful of individuals in other states was caused by raw milk products from a single dairy farm, a new report explains. The outbreak — described Thursday (July 24) in the...

USDA Announces Major Reorganization, Relocation of Employees

Civil Eats 7/24 6:04A Matthew Wheeland

July 24, 2025 –  The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) this morning announced a significant reorganization of the agency that Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said would “ensure all agencies are efficiently and effectively delivering...

The EPA Canceled These 21 Climate Justice Projects

Civil Eats 7/22 10:00P Riley Ramirez

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to “ unleash ” U.S. energy. The order directed the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Lee Zeldin, to immediately pause previously approved...

Op-Ed: Through Acts of Solidarity, We Can Support Immigrants in the Food Chain and Beyond

Civil Eats 7/21 10:00P Alba Velasquez

As a kid, I used to cringe when my mom would pull the car over on the side of the freeway. She’d spot something growing wild in the hills around Los Angeles and jump out of the car, searching for flor...

What Bees Can Teach Us About Survival and Well-being

Civil Eats 7/20 10:00P Elena Valeriote

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. About 35 percent of the world’s food crops are dependent on pollinators, which...

Best lenses for astrophotography 2025 — capture the cosmos in detail

Live Science 7/19 3:00A Kimberley Lane

In order to get those stunning astrophotos you've been dreaming of, a good camera will only go so far — you need to pair it with the right lens for the job. A good astrophotography lens needs to let in lots of faint starlight, so a wide-angle...

Release: Strong Farms, Strong Futures Act Introduced

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 7/18 5:37A Laura Zaks

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Zaks National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition press@sustainableagriculture.net1 Tel. 347.563.6408 Release: Strong Farms, Strong Futures Act Introduced Washington, DC, July 18, 2025 – On Wednesday,...

Op-ed: The Big Beautiful Bill Won’t Make America Healthy Again

Civil Eats 7/14 10:01P Aviva Musicus

On July 4, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) . While the OBBBA may be beautiful for the ultra-rich, for most Americans it will be brutal, especially for the most vulnerable, with experts asserting that this is...