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COACHELLA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 03: Sprinklers water an agricultural field on July 3, 2024 near Coachella, California. A long-duration heat wave is impacting much of California with authorities warning of extreme health and wildfire risks. An excessive heat warning is in effect for all of the Coachella Valley through July 8th with highs forecast of up to 121 degrees. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

The EPA Canceled These 21 Climate Justice Projects

By Riley Ramirez

July 23, 2025

From solar-powered greenhouses to wild rice initiatives, the Trump administration cut funding for nearly two dozen farm and food resilience projects.

What Bees Can Teach Us About Survival and Well-being

By Elena Valeriote

July 21, 2025

US Importers Sued for ‘Greenwashing’ Mexican Avocados

By Isabella Kaminski

July 9, 2025

A man carries a sack of Avocados at the avocado market

From Bees to Beer, Buckwheat Is a Climate-Solution Crop

By Elena Valeriote

July 8, 2025

A field of flowering buckwheat. A buckwheat plants can produce as many as 2,000 flowers, according to research. Experts recommend planting about 700,000 buckwheat plants per acre.

Farmworkers Heal Climate-Scarred Land With Native Seeds

By Caleb Hampton

July 7, 2025

a film photo of a A crew at Hedgerow Farms hand harvests Lasthenia californica in Winters, CA.

Trump Cuts Threaten Federal Bee Research

July 2, 2025

Bee researchers worry that federal funding cuts jeopardize monitoring of these critical pollinators.

Can This Baltimore Academy Continue to Train Urban Farmers?

June 30, 2025

Denzel Mitchell at Black Butterfly Teaching Farm. (Photo credit: Sam Delgado)

Op-ed: There Is No Future Where the Lakota and the Buffalo Don’t Exist Together

By Elsie Dubray

June 25, 2025

A National Soil-Judging Contest Prepares College Students to Steward the Land

June 24, 2025

An unidentifiable farmer holds soil from a field.

Conservation Work on Farms and Ranches Could Take a Hit as USDA Cuts Staff

June 23, 2025

Ranchers herd cattle across open range in the Sangre de Christo Mountains, New Mexico.

How Big Ag Lobbyists Perpetuate Climate Inequity

By Brian Calvert

June 17, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 11: The U.S. Capitol building is seen in the rain on February 11, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Senate is convening for a rare Sunday session to vote on a supplementary spending bill that includes military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan without addressing border security after Republicans in the House abandoned an agreement that they initially agreed to. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Honey Bees Learn to Fight Deadly Varroa Mites

By Jordan Charbonneau

June 11, 2025

Honey bee closeup.

Op-ed: Save California’s Crab Culture From Drowning in Regulations

By Samantha Ross

June 4, 2025

Stanley Ross (at left, coiling rope) and friends pull up crab traps just beyond the Golden Gate Bridge on an early November morning in 2018. (Photo credit: Samantha Ross)

Warming Waters Cause Invasion of Sea Squirts at Maine Fisheries

By Kirsten Lie-Nielsen

May 27, 2025

A fisherman pulls up a big fishing cage off of a boat. He is wearing yellow waders and a beanie

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

May 15, 2025

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

Civil Eats Nominated for Two James Beard Journalism Awards

By The Civil Eats Editors

May 13, 2025

Nick Tilsen during the Mount Rushmore Land Back Protest. (Photo credit: Willi White)

Could This Arizona Ranch Be a Model for Southwest Farmers?

By Samuel Gilbert

May 12, 2025

Oatman Flats Ranch farm manager Yadi Wang kneels in a field of cover crops planted during fallow periods to help restore soil health and reduce erosion. (Photo Credit: Samuel Gilbert)

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

By Nate Powell-Palm

May 8, 2025

Farmers hands harvesting organic dandelion greens cutting base of stems

Proposal Could Threaten Endangered Species’ Survival in Farm Country

By Brian Calvert

May 7, 2025

A monarch butterfly on tropical milkweed. (Photo credit: Sue Zellers, Getty Images)

The Future of California’s Climate-Smart Farming Programs

May 5, 2025

an elder Hmong American woman wearing gloves and a hat stands under an umbrella to string up a produce on a trellis on a farm in California

Agroforestry Projects Across US Now Stymied by Federal Cuts

By Daniel Walton

April 28, 2025

lush green trees on a rows of farmland with brown and black and white cows in a bunch in one area grazing on food

An Ancient Irrigation System May Help Farmers Face Climate Change

By Samuel Gilbert

April 22, 2025

A green grassy field with a waterway like a ditch in an idyllic setting

Civil Eats Welcomes Susan Desmond and Brian Calvert

By The Civil Eats Editors

April 15, 2025

A woman with blond hair smiles for camera in a collage. A photo of a man wearing a beanie next to her. Both photos are in black and white.

Bayer’s Effort to Block Roundup Lawsuits Kicks Into High Gear

April 8, 2025

A large group of people hold signs protesting a bill that would stop people from suing Bayer, a maker of pesticides, inside a chamber

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

By Christina Cooke

March 26, 2025

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