Meg Wilcox | Civil Eats

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Meg Wilcox is an award-winning journalist based in Boston covering food systems, sustainable fisheries, environmental health, and climate change. Her articles have appeared in The Boston Globe, Scientific American, Smithsonian Magazine, Salon, Environmental Health News, Eater, and other publications. See her portfolio at megwilcoxcommunications.com, and follow her at @megwilcox.bsky.social

What Deep Cuts to NOAA Mean for U.S. Fisheries

multiple colorful small boats line a small harbor in Rhode Island on a sunny day with blue skies

Will Disaster Relief Come Through for North Carolina’s Small Farms?

A farmer standing with a few crates in front of him

‘Invisible’ Waste: For Restaurants, Composting Food Scraps Is Just the Beginning

Is Recycled Plastic Safe for Food Use?

Restaurants Create a Mound of Plastic Waste. Some Are Working to Fix That.

Should Bioplastics Be Allowed in Organic Compost?

A curbside green waste bin in San Francisco, California, collects compostable plates and packaging for use in organic compost. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

What the Rapid Rise of Norway’s Farmed Salmon Industry Means For the Rest of the World

These Manure Digesters Incorporate Food Scraps. Does That Make Them Better?

A view of Longview farm. The tank in the foreground stores the fertilizer produced by the co-digester. (Photo credit: Meg Wilcox)

Year-Round Farming in Massachusetts? How the State Is Investing in Solutions.

Eastie Farm's geothermal greenhouse, built with funds from a food security infrastructure grant from the state. (Photo credit: Meg Wilcox)

To Cut Ocean Plastic Pollution, Aquaculture Turns to Renewable Gear

Eric Oransky, founding partner, Maine Ocean Farms, holding up two filled beechwood oyster harvest bags. Credit: Ocean Farms Supply