Christina Cooke | Civil Eats

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Christina Cooke is Civil Eats' associate editor. Based in North Carolina, she has also covered people, places, science, business, and culture for venues including The New Yorker, The New York Times, TheAtlantic.com, The Guardian, Oxford American, and High Country News. In the past, she has worked as a staff writer for the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Tennessee and a weekly paper in Portland, Oregon. A graduate of the documentary writing program at the Salt Institute of Documentary Studies and the creative nonfiction writing MFA program at Portland State University, she teaches interviewing and nonfiction writing at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Find out more at www.christinacooke.com.

From a Farmer and His Son, a Practical and Joyful Guide to Beekeeping

On the left side of a collage is the book cover of Akeem Keeps Bees, with an African American boy holding up a bee frame while his dad and him look at bees wearing bee suits. On the right is an image of the son and dad on the farm

Black Earth: A Family’s Journey from Enslavement to Reclamation

Fourth-generation farmer Patrick Brown sits on the steps of the Oakley Grove plantation, where his great-grandfather Byron was enslaved. Brown purchased the plantation in May 2021 and is in the process of renovating it. (Photo credit: Cornell Watson)

How to Help Farmworkers Impacted by Hurricane Helene

A woman stands next to a pickup truck while a young man stands on top of truck filled with canned goods, bags of food

Where Do the Presidential Candidates Stand on Climate Change?

The White House in Washington DC under dark stormy clouds

Zero-Waste Grocery Stores in Growth Mode as Consumers Seek to Ditch Plastic

Inside a re_ grocery store in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles. (Photo courtesy of re_grocery)

A Guide to Climate-Conscious Grocery Shopping

A Culinary Worker Strike Could Reshape the Nation’s Restaurants

Culinary workers, bartenders, and hotel attendants in Las Vegas picketing earlier this month outside eight casino resorts. (Photo courtesy of Culinary Workers Union Local 226)

Congress Likely to Preserve OSHA Loophole That Endangers Animal Ag Workers

(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

What Cuts to the Food Safety Net Mean for People’s Lives

A woman holds a bag of pears as she waits in line to receive free food at the Richmond Emergency Food Bank. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

How the Jackson Water Crisis Is Hurting Its Restaurants

Restaurant workers in Jackson, Mississippi, use bottled water to prep before customers arrive as the city remained without reliable water infrastructure in September 2022. (Photo © Rory Doyle)