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- In the battle over the right to repair, open-source tractors offer alternatives https://civileats.com/2022/04/27/right-to-repair-open-source-tractors-john-deere-oggun-farms-profitability-technology/ 75 comments
- Freshly Squeezed: The Truth About Orange Juice in Boxes http://civileats.com/2009/05/06/freshly-squeezed-the-truth-about-orange-juice-in-boxes/ 155 comments
- Is the Second Farm Crisis Upon Us? https://civileats.com/2018/09/10/is-the-second-farm-crisis-upon-us/ 154 comments
- New Research Shows How the Meat Industry Infiltrated Universities to Obstruct Climate Policy https://civileats.com/2024/03/06/new-research-shows-how-the-meat-industry-infiltrated-universities-to-obstruct-climate-policy/ 2 comments climate
- A Florida Immigration Law Is Turning Farm Towns Into ‘Ghost Towns’ https://civileats.com/2024/02/07/a-florida-immigration-law-is-turning-farm-towns-into-ghost-towns/ 95 comments politics
- History of "regenerative agriculture" https://civileats.com/2020/10/01/does-overselling-regenerative-ags-climate-benefits-undercut-its-potential/ 2 comments science
- Paraquat, the Deadliest Chemical in US Agriculture, Goes on Trial https://civileats.com/2023/03/22/paraquat-the-deadliest-chemical-in-us-agriculture-goes-on-trial/ 7 comments environment
- Is This Biochar’s Big, Carbon-Rich Moment? https://civileats.com/2022/12/06/is-this-biochars-big-carbon-rich-moment/?mc_cid=0b914cb429&mc_eid=f7a897b7c9 4 comments futurology
- These Chicago Urban Farmers Are Growing Local Food in the Wake of Steel Industry Pollution https://civileats.com/2023/01/26/chicago-urban-farmers-south-chicago-farm-steel-pollution-local-food-sovereignty-justice-access/amp/ 2 comments upliftingnews
- New Evidence Shows Pesticides Contain PFAS, and the Scale of Contamination Is Unknown https://civileats.com/2022/11/07/pfas-forever-chemicals-pesticides-pollution-farmland-mosquito-control-epa-inert-ingredients/ 4 comments environment
- Native Tribes Are Bringing Prairie Land Back to the Pacific Northwest https://civileats.com/2022/09/16/native-tribes-prairie-land-ecosystem-restoration-camas-indigenous-foodways-pacific-northwest/ 19 comments environment
- The Heat Wave Crushing the Western US Is a Preview of Farmworkers’ Hot Future: By the end of the century, the San Joaquin Valley could endure two months of extreme heat every summer. What will this mean for agriculture and farmworker communities? https://civileats.com/2022/09/02/the-heat-wave-crushing-the-west-is-a-preview-of-farmworkers-hot-future/ 4 comments climate
- How the Largest Global Meat and Dairy Companies Evade Climate Scrutiny https://civileats.com/2022/03/15/how-the-largest-global-meat-and-dairy-companies-evade-climate-scrutiny/ 9 comments truereddit
- Beans May Be the ‘Food of the Future,’ but U.S. Farmers Aren’t Planting Enough https://civileats.com/2021/11/15/beans-may-be-the-food-of-the-future-but-u-s-farmers-arent-planting-enough/ 21 comments environment
- Op-ed: Banks are Fighting Debt Relief for Black Farmers. It’s No Surprise. https://civileats.com/2021/05/21/op-ed-banks-are-fighting-debt-relief-for-black-farmers-its-no-surprise/ 7 comments politics
- Beyond Bees, Neonics Damage Ecosystems—and a Push for Policy Change Is Coming https://civileats.com/2021/02/02/beyond-bees-neonics-damage-ecosystems-and-a-push-for-policy-change-is-coming/?fbclid=iwar2jpeadzef-7r37pgmq0lpscdoyunf24_yzu8kynlzwgrbhbnljflmhxu0 3 comments politics
- There is an Alarming Amount of Microplastics in Farm Soil—and Our Food Supply: "More microplastics are contaminating agricultural lands than oceans, impacting plant development and ending up in produce and people." https://civileats.com/2021/01/27/there-is-an-alarming-amount-of-microplastics-in-farm-soil-and-our-food-supply/ 3 comments worldnews
- Are Some Animal Welfare Labels ‘Humanewashing’? https://civileats.com/2021/01/19/are-some-animal-welfare-labels-humanewashing/ 35 comments business
- Op-ed: Dear Secretary of Agriculture, This Is Your Chance https://civileats.com/2020/12/11/op-ed-dear-secretary-of-agriculture-this-is-your-chance/ 8 comments politics
- Will COVID-19 Make Big Meat Look Like a Bad Investment? https://civileats.com/2020/07/29/will-covid-19-make-big-meat-look-like-a-bad-investment 28 comments business
- Food Companies Step Up Funding for Organic Farming Research: Clif Bar, King Arthur Flour, Organic Valley, and others are providing university endowments to counter a system stacked in favor of conventional agriculture https://civileats.com/2020/07/13/food-companies-step-up-funding-for-organic-farming-research/ 11 comments economy
- Critical Food and Farm Rules Have Been Rolled Back Amid Pandemic https://civileats.com/2020/04/14/critical-food-and-farm-rules-have-been-rolled-back-amid-pandemic/ 11 comments politics
- Long-Awaited Bill Could Stabilize the Farm Labor Market. Some Groups Have Big Concerns. https://civileats.com/2020/01/29/long-awaited-bill-could-stabilize-the-farm-labor-market-some-groups-have-big-concerns/ 7 comments politics
- EPA Weakens Safeguards for Weed Killer Atrazine, Linked to Birth Defects | Civil Eats https://civileats.com/2019/11/20/epa-weakens-safeguards-for-weed-killer-atrazine-linked-to-birth-defects/ 22 comments politics
- How America Became the ‘Red Meat Republic’. The author of a new book explains how beef consolidation in the late 19th Century shaped the ecology, economy, and even U.S. politics—and continues to do so today https://civileats.com/2019/05/09/how-america-became-the-red-meat-republic/ 3 comments indepthstories
- A 'Common Food Policy' Offers a Guide to a More Sustainable Food System in Europe. Could It Be a Model for the U.S.? https://civileats.com/2019/02/06/a-common-food-policy-offers-a-guide-to-a-more-sustainable-food-system-in-europe-could-it-be-a-model-for-the-u-s/ 47 comments europe
- Is the Second Farm Crisis Upon Us? https://civileats.com/2018/09/10/is-the-second-farm-crisis-upon-us/ 3 comments indepthstories
- From a Family of Farmers, Paulette Jordan Hopes to Be the Nation’s First Native American Governor https://civileats.com/2018/10/26/from-a-family-of-farmers-paulette-jordan-hopes-to-be-the-nations-first-native-american-governor/ 22 comments politics
- ICE Detainees Are Supposed to Get Three Square Meals a Day—But They Don’t https://civileats.com/2018/08/24/ice-detainees-are-supposed-to-get-three-square-meals-a-day-but-they-dont/ 56 comments politics
- Years in the Making, Organic Animal Welfare Rules Killed by Trump's USDA | Civil Eats https://civileats.com/2017/12/18/years-in-the-making-trumps-usda-kills-organic-animal-welfare-rules/ 10 comments politics
- The U.S. House has just passed a new food stamp bill that requires recipients to work at least 20 hours a week. Failure to do so revokes food stamps for at least an entire year. https://civileats.com/2018/06/13/for-farmers-on-snap-house-farm-bill-cuts-would-hurt-in-more-ways-than-one/ 162 comments politics
- This is our moment to zero in on the Farm Bill https://civileats.com/2018/06/14/this-is-our-moment-to-zero-in-on-the-farm-bill/ 5 comments politics
- Libraries are Bridging the Summer Gap for Hungry Kids: Lunch at the Library programs support kids from food-insecure households and underscore the evolving roles of libraries. https://civileats.com/2018/06/05/libraries-are-bridging-the-summer-gap-for-hungry-kids/ 3 comments books
- Food and Farm Policy Brings First-Time Candidates to the Campaign Trail: Around the country, resistance to the Trump administration’s policies have spurred a political awakening. These first-time candidates are running on food and farm policy platforms. https://civileats.com/2018/02/20/food-and-farm-policy-brings-first-time-candidates-to-the-campaign-trail/ 3 comments politics
- How ACA Repeal Would Hurt Farmers and Rural Communities http://civileats.com/2017/05/04/how-aca-repeal-would-hurt-farmers-and-rural-communities/ 17 comments politics
- The Dairy Industry Takes on Alternative Milks http://civileats.com/2017/02/13/the-dairy-industry-lashes-out-against-alternative-milks-with-dairy-pride-act/ 9 comments nottheonion
- How Europe’s Regulation of Pesticides Could Impact Your Food - - As the E.U. moves to restrict hormone-disrupting chemicals, the U.S. government objects. http://civileats.com/2015/03/16/how-europes-regulation-of-pesticides-could-impact-your-food/ 8 comments worldnews
- The American Fast Food Syndrome | Within the span of three short generations, Americans have come to accept industrial food as their mainstay-not only have they accepted it, they defend it like they’d defend the American flag as a symbol of their patriotism and allegiance with “real” America. http://civileats.com/2011/01/13/the-american-fast-food-syndrome/ 4 comments reddit.com
- Strawberries and tomatoes grown in California could start getting an unhealthy dose of the highly toxic fumigant methyl iodide, a known carcinogen, neurotoxin, and thyroid disruptor. http://civileats.com/2010/05/20/strawberry-show-down-no-methyl-iodide-with-my-shortcake-please/ 5 comments reddit.com
- Oh, great. Packaged Salad Can Contain High Levels of Human Gut Bacteria http://civileats.com/2010/02/02/packaged-salad-can-contain-high-levels-of-bacteria/ 3 comments reddit.com