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Since 2009, the Civil Eats editorial team has published award-winning and groundbreaking news and commentary about the American food system, and worked to make complicated, underreported stories—on climate change, the environment, social justice, animal welfare, policy, health, nutrition, and the farm bill—more accessible to a mainstream audience.

Our Summer 2025 Food and Farming Book Guide

A montage of summer books 2025

Civil Eats Wins a James Beard Award for Coverage of Farmworker Heat Protections

Associate Editor Christina Cooke, former Staff Reporter Grey Moran, and Editorial Director Margo True pictured at the James Beard Foundation Media Awards.

Civil Eats Nominated for Two James Beard Journalism Awards

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

Civil Eats Welcomes Susan Desmond and Brian Calvert

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.

Building Stronger Communities Through Food Mutual Aid

Civil Eats Editorial Director Margo True, Feed Durham founder Katina Parker, and Yasmin Ruiz, food justice co-organizer at Chicago’s Little Village Environmental Justice Organization.

Remembering Joan Gussow

A woman with grey hair smiles for camera while holding wheat stalks in her hands

Our Best Food Policy Stories of 2024

GLENDALE, ARIZONA - AUGUST 23: Former Republican presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands during a campaign rally at Desert Diamond Arena on August 23, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. Kennedy announced today that he was suspending his presidential campaign and supporting former President Trump. (Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

Our Best Community Food Solutions Stories of 2024

Maximina Hernández Reyes pictured at MR. Farms.

Our Best Food Justice Reporting of 2024

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

Our Best Climate Reporting of 2024

A farmer harvests coffee beans in a plantation along the Mekong River in Thailand. (Photo credit: Sutiporn Somnam, Getty Images)