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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.

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.

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

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)

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

Op-ed: The Food System Cannot Become Another Fossil-Fuel Industry Escape Hatch

March 11, 2025

potato chip floating over aluminium foil packaging isolated on white background

Farmers Say Climate-Smart Commodities Projects Are Crumbling

February 26, 2025

A group of farmers stand in a large field with sheep around them

Trump’s Funding Freeze Creates Chaos and Financial Distress for Farmers

February 11, 2025

an outdoor ranch with small farm animals

California Decides What ‘Regenerative Agriculture’ Means. Sort of.

By Laura Reiley

February 5, 2025

an organic farm with dozens of different vegetables planted in the ground, and hedgerows in the background

How Four Years of Biden Reshaped Food and Farming

January 15, 2025

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to guests gathered at the O'Connor Grain Farm on May 11, 2022 in Kankakee, Illinois. Biden visited the farm along with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to discuss the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on food supply and prices. (Photo credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Growing Corn in the Desert, No Irrigation Required

By Michaela Haas

January 7, 2025

a basket holding colorful corn on the cobs

Our Best Climate Reporting of 2024

By The Civil Eats Editors

December 23, 2024

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

Southern Black Farmers Sow Rice and Reconciliation

By Nicole J. Caruth, Pulizer Center Reporting Fellow

December 17, 2024

A Debut Southern Cookbook Challenges Simplified Notions of Black Cuisine

By Nicole J. Caruth, Pulizer Center Reporting Fellow

December 2, 2024

a collage image of a book cover named Our South, and an image of an African American woman chef cooking in a kitchen