Wendy Johnson has spent more than a decade building diversity on her Iowa farm, despite financial and cultural pressure to stick to the status quo. Now, she’s pushing for system change. civileats.com/2023/04/05/op-…

Congratulations to our own Christina Cooke who won an Occupational and Environmental Medicine Media Excellence award from the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. #AOHC2023 buff.ly/3AdCk3j

The Utopian Seed Project is growing dozens of types of okra in one North Carolina field, creating genetic collisions that build new, resilient varieties. The group is working to adapt more food crops to the changing climate. Daniel Walton buff.ly/3UIU9Qy

Climate change is devastating farms. Can the 2023 Farm Bill shift the food system toward lower emissions and climate resilience? Lisa Elaine Held for Civil Eats civileats.com/2023/04/26/cli…

CivilEats journalists Christina Cooke Gosia Wozniacka and @alicedriver are nominated for a James Beard Award for their investigative work on animal agriculture workers. Many food writers shy away from the darker sides of the industry. Read at Civil Eats: civileats.com/injured-and-in…

A major investigative reporting win for Civil Eats team at this year's James Beard Foundation. This well-deserved recognition for Gosia Wozniacka Christina Cooke @reporterdriver spotlights animal ag #labor injustices. civileats.com/injured-and-in…

Please congratulate my good friend, rockstar Christina Cooke, for this award honoring her deeply researched and remarkably reported project for Civil Eats. Having heard about this work in process, I know how much she gave of herself to tell this story.

And here’s a short video clip of Christina Cooke and @reporterdriver accepting the James Beard Foundation award on behalf of Civil Eats: youtube.com/watch?v=yc45tl…

Following up on her 2022 award-winning investigation, Associate Editor Christina Cooke reports Congress will likely reapprove a policy that may be obscuring deaths of hundreds of animal ag workers, despite concerns from worker advocates and a key legislator. buff.ly/44JZ6wx

Traditional carbon offset programs all but shut out small farmers. But in Southern Appalachia, Carbon Harvest is developing an alternative market for small operations engaged in carbon-capturing practices like agroforestry. Civil Eats civileats.com/2023/08/29/can…

Are methane gas digesters that use food scraps as well as dairy-cow manure to produce energy, create farm fertilizer, and reduce emissions any better than their conventional counterparts? Meg Wilcox via Civil Eats civileats.com/2023/08/28/the…

"In the bread aisle, you see two loaves identically wrapped; both are perfectly edible, but one is a day older and costs half the price." Katie Rodriguez reports on dynamic pricing as a strategy to reduce supermarket food waste, for Civil Eats. civileats.com/2023/09/11/sup…

The WIC program—which ensures infants, kids, and new or expectant mothers have enough to eat—is likely to face a shortfall this year, which could lead to waiting lists for the first time in 30 years. Lisa Elaine Held for Civil Eats civileats.com/2023/09/12/low…

Black Americans lack access to food and land—and city leaders often actively disrupt efforts to build food sovereignty. In this op-ed for Civil Eats, Anthony Nicome, MHS outlines 4 solutions to make urban ag policies more equitable. civileats.com/2023/09/21/op-…