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...

Could This Arizona Ranch Be a Model for Southwest Farmers?

Civil Eats 5/11 10:00P Samuel Gilbert

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. One mid-morning in May, the...

Images capturing a starving lion, fighting bison and pit of vipers honored in environmental...

Live Science 5/11 2:00A

Jaw-dropping images capturing the natural world, including an aging captive lion as well as an elephant wading through plastic, have been revealed as the winners and runners-up of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation's 2025 Environmental...

Farmers Need Climate Research to Thrive

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 5/9 5:57A Nick Rossi

Photo credit: USDA, by Neil Palmer. Since its establishment in the 2008 Farm Bill, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has advanced research that helps American farmers and ranchers...

Trump Nominates Food-Focused Health Entrepreneur Casey Means for Surgeon General

Civil Eats 5/8 6:58A Lisa Held

May 8, 2025 – Yesterday, President Trump nominated Casey Means as the country’s top doctor. Means, a health entrepreneur who advocates for changing food choices and farm practices,  and her brother Calley Means have been fixtures of Health and...

Op-ed: Why Most No-Till Agriculture Is Not Actually Regenerative

Civil Eats 5/7 10:00P Nate Powell-Palm

I sat down to write this piece after a five-inch April snowstorm gave our newly planted wheat fields their first drink of the season. Wheat is one of five crops we raise on our farm just outside...

The Pork Industry Asks Congress to Overturn Prop. 12, a Divisive Animal Welfare Law, Yet Again

Civil Eats 5/5 10:00P Lisa Held

In May 2023, nearly eight months after hearing a case brought by the National Pork Producers Council (NPCC), the Supreme Court upheld a California law that banned the sale of pork from systems that...

The Future of California’s Climate-Smart Farming Programs

Civil Eats 5/4 10:00P Naoki Nitta

The first part 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. In 2019, as California’s...

Oregonians Can Now Taste Local Maple Syrup–and Learn to Make It

Civil Eats 4/29 10:00P Elena Valeriote

From late November to early March, Ella Smoot can usually be found in one of two places: the forest or the sugar shack. Like all maple syrup producers, her winter is a rush of running sap—cold...

Whole-Farm Revenue Protection Analysis: New Enrollments Reveal Path Forward

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 4/24 5:14A Billy Hackett

Chard leaves from Pie Ranch, CA; Credit: USDA, NRCS CA This year marks the tenth anniversary of Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) , a novel insurance product that offers farmers nationwide the...

Exclusive: Representative Chellie Pingree Introduces Agriculture Resilience Act

Civil Eats 4/22 2:00A Lisa Held

April 22, 2025 –  Today, Representative Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) re-introduced her Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA), an ambitious bill that she says could give farmers an economic boost while reducing agricultural emissions to net zero within 15...

An Ancient Irrigation System May Help Farmers Face Climate Change

Civil Eats 4/21 10:00P Samuel Gilbert

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 stormy spring day, Devon Peña...

How One Milwaukee Food Bank Is Handling the Drop in USDA Funding

Civil Eats 4/20 10:00P Brian Calvert

For months, Matt King kept an eye on federal food aid policies. He also stayed in constant contact with Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services, which, among other things, manages food disbursements...