Restoring a Cornerstone of the Local Grain Economy

Civil Eats 11/19 9:00P Daniel Walton

Two hefty, 7-foot-tall machines stand in a corner of the airy, white-walled Carolina Ground warehouse in Hendersonville, North Carolina. One framed in light pine wood, the other in gleaming stainless...

Earth from space: Eerily circular 'Goblin Forest' surrounds sacred volcano with human rights

Live Science 11/18 8:01P

QUICK FACTS Where is it? Egmont National Park, New Zealand [ -39.3019245, 174.0631103 ] What's in the photo? Mount Taranaki volcano surrounded by the "Goblin Forest" Which satellite took the photo? Landsat 8 When was it taken? June 10, 2023 This...

Op-ed: What a Second Trump Administration Could Mean for Your Food

Civil Eats 11/12 9:00P Scott Faber

None of Trump’s supporters voted for food that costs more and is less safe. Nevertheless, a second Trump administration could be a disaster for eaters, farmers, food and farm workers, and provide a...

For Farmers Who Depend on the Affordable Care Act, What’s Next?

Civil Eats 11/11 9:00P Lisa Held

Now that President Trump has won back the presidency and Republicans are likely to control both the House and Senate going forward, their longtime efforts to repeal or water down the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may be back on the table. At the very...

Utah Tries a New Water Strategy

Civil Eats 11/4 9:00P Nina Elkadi

Before he was appointed head of Utah’s Department of Natural Resources, Joel Ferry was a full-time farmer—and a very good one. “I was the top ‘Young Farmer and Rancher’ in the state of Utah a few...

Colorado’s Groundwater Experiment

Civil Eats 11/3 9:00P Jennifer Oldham

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. On a dry, hot day in June, water...

Op-ed: ‘Blue Foods’ May Not Save the World

Civil Eats 10/30 10:00P Becca Franks

When it comes to food, the world faces a tangle of seemingly impossible choices: Increase agricultural land-use to address food insecurity and you drive deforestation and risk biodiversity collapse . ...

Why Farmers Use Harmful Insecticides They May Not Need

Civil Eats 10/29 10:00P Lisa Held

What Our Investigation Revealed Nearly all commodity corn farmers receive seed coated with neonics each season. Many cannot identify the chemical coating on their seeds and only opt for it because a...

After Hurricane Helene, Local Farmers and Chefs Pivot to Disaster Relief

Civil Eats 10/28 10:00P Daniel Walton

A few days after Helene hit Western North Carolina, Stuart Beam and Preston Green of Big Bottom Milk Company took stock of their situation. Their creamery’s infrastructure—including its 70-year-old...

The ‘Soft Path’ of Water for Farmers in the Western US

Civil Eats 10/27 10:00P Brian Calvert

When Peter Gleick moved to California in the 1970s, the state had more than a million acres of cotton in production and little control over the use of its rapidly depleting groundwater. Today, California grows a tenth the amount of cotton and...

Stewarding Success: Enhancing Access for Underserved Farmers in CSP

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 10/22 1:21A Rebecca Schewe

Photo credit: USDA EDITOR’S NOTE: On October 9, 2024, NSAC released “ Stewarding Success: CSP Under the 2018 Farm Bill ”, a comprehensive analysis of the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) over...

Report Casts Doubt on Safety of New Roundup Products

Civil Eats 10/21 10:00P Lisa Held

Last week, an aisle display in the Garden Center at a Maryland Lowe’s featured three tiers of the most widely used weedkiller ever created: Roundup. From afar, the white bottles with bright red caps looked identical. Upon closer inspection,...

If Restaurants Serve Up Climate Education, Will Diners Pay Attention?

Civil Eats 10/21 2:05A Jaya Saxena

This is the fifth article in a five-part series  about restaurants and climate-change solutions, produced in collaboration with  Eater . The PLNT Impact Tracker on PLNT Burger’s website wants you to...

Can the Government Help Americans Waste Less Food?

Civil Eats 10/15 10:00P Lisa Held

Over the last five years, Lesly Baesens and her team have been enthusiastically digging through Denver residents’ garbage cans. They call the practice “waste auditing.” And with each unopened bag of...

Is it COVID or the flu? At-home tests can look for both viruses at once

Live Science 10/14 7:00A

A scratchy, sore throat, a relentless fever, a pounding head and a nasty cough — these symptoms all scream upper respiratory illness. But which one? Many of the viruses that cause upper respiratory infections such as influenza A or B and the...