Food Issues
 

Immigrant Workers Are the Backbone of Our Food System

Civil Eats 10/2 8:03A The Civil Eats Editors
As part of our mission, Civil Eats reports on the U.S. food system s disproportionate impact on immigrants and communities of color. Immigrant food system workers toil in the nation’s restaurants,...

The US Weakens a UN Declaration on Antibiotic Resistance

Civil Eats 9/24 11:01P Lisa Held
Last May, the United Nations (U.N.) released the first draft of a global plan to tackle antibiotic resistance that aligned with a call from world leaders’ expert advisors to take “bold and specific action.” That included a commitment to reduce...

Path to the Farm Bill: Expanding Access to Credit

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 9/23 4:22A Billy Hackett
Farmer and USDA staff in hoop house. Credit: USDA Editor’s Note: This post is the sixth post in a multi-part series exploring some of the key sustainable agriculture and food systems challenges that...

Farm Stops Create New Markets for Small Farms

Civil Eats 8/11 11:00P Paige Hodder
At Argus Farm Stop, the shelves are full of locally raised vegetables and fruit, herbs, beef, chicken, fish, and more. Beets from one local farm snuggle up against sunchokes from another, across eggs...

17 Food and Ag Approaches to Tackling the Climate Crisis

Civil Eats 8/4 11:00P The Civil Eats Editors
Although the food system generates one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions , it has largely been excluded from the climate agendas of most governments. Only last year did the food system become a...

The Hard Work of Bringing Kelp to Market

Civil Eats 7/30 11:00P Alexandra Talty, Pulitzer Center
It was nearly sunset on a breezy May afternoon when Scott Lord and his wife Sheena pulled into Port Clyde, Maine, on the Eva Marie. The hull sat low in the water, weighed down by 2,500 pounds of sugar...

New blood test for colorectal cancer approved by FDA

Live Science 7/29 11:22A
A new blood test that screens for colorectal cancer has just been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The blood sample needed for the new test, called Shield, can be obtained at a doctor s appointment or through a commercial lab....
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