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Civil Eats is a daily news platform focused on important discussions surrounding the American food system. We share articles that encourage new perspectives on sustainable farming, aiming to foster communities that are fair both economically and socially. Established in January 2009, Civil Eats serves as a community hub with more than 100 contributors who are engaged in the changing food scene from Washington, D.C. to local neighborhoods. In 2014, Civil Eats was honored as the Publication of the Year by the James Beard Foundation.

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Lawmakers Listen to Farmer Concerns During Two-Week Break

3 days ago | civileats.com | Lisa Elaine Held

Lawmakers Listen to Farmer Concerns During Two-Week BreakDuring the Congressional recess, lawmakers around the country from both parties are hearing directly from farmers about their worries about federal funding freezes and cuts. April 21, 2025 – Last week, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) met with farmers at Moon Valley Farm in Woodsboro, Maryland, where livestock, vegetable, and grain growers expressed concerns about frozen USDA programs, the impacts of tariffs, and other challenges.
How One Milwaukee Food Bank Is Handling the Drop in USDA Funding

3 days ago | civileats.com | Brian Calvert

In particular, he was tracking available food distributions from the Emergency Food Assistance Program, or TEFAP. TEFAP is a federal program that provides food assistance to people with low incomes, often by supplementing food banks. An affable, soft-spoken advocate for nutrition, King was planning on the TEFAP distributions to stockpile food supplies heading into summer.
Trump Orders Deregulation of the US Fishing Industry

6 days ago | civileats.com | Brian Calvert

Trump Orders Deregulation of the US Fishing IndustrySustainability advocates worry that deregulation, combined with cuts to monitoring agencies, will mean a return to the depletion of US fish stocks. April 18, 2025 – President Donald Trump yesterday announced an effort to create a “new era” of seafood policy, with an executive order that aims to “reduce the regulatory burden” on U.S. fisheries.
Republicans Voice Concerns About MAHA’s Potential Focus on Pesticide Risks

1 week ago | civileats.com | Lisa Elaine Held

April 17, 2025 – Some Republicans in Congress are worried that members of the Trump administration may consider restricting pesticide use as part of their agenda to improve American health.
Top Ultra-processed Foods Researcher at NIH Resigns, Citing Censorship

1 week ago | civileats.com | Lisa Elaine Held

Civil Eats is a reader-supported, nonprofit newsroom, and we count on our members to keep producing our award-winning work. Readers like you are the reason why we’re able to keep digging deep into stories you won’t find anywhere else. When you become a member, your support directly funds our journalism—from paying our reporters to keeping the internet on in our remote offices across the United States.
Trump Administration Charges Forward on State MAHA Initiatives

1 week ago | civileats.com | Lisa Elaine Held

April 16, 2025 – Trump administration officials traveled to Arkansas and Indiana yesterday to announce their support for the states’ steps to restrict the purchases of unhealthy foods within the country’s largest food-assistance program. The announcements, as well as a focus on other efforts to change the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), are part of the larger Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement.
USDA’s Regional Food Business Centers Caught in Federal Funding Freeze

1 week ago | civileats.com | Lisa Elaine Held

For the past five years, Patra and David Wise have been growing their farm business, Native Wise, to sell vegetables, wild rice, and honey to their local community in Northeastern Minnesota. In 2021, they added a herd of bison on family land they had acquired within the Fond du Lac Reservation, a step they were particularly excited about since it represented the first time bison were returned to the tribal lands in about 150 years.
USDA Cancels Climate-Smart Commodities Program, but Some Projects May Continue

1 week ago | civileats.com | Lisa Elaine Held

Civil Eats is a reader-supported, nonprofit newsroom, and we count on our members to keep producing our award-winning work. Readers like you are the reason why we’re able to keep digging deep into stories you won’t find anywhere else. When you become a member, your support directly funds our journalism—from paying our reporters to keeping the internet on in our remote offices across the United States.
USDA Shares (Incomplete) List of Frozen Programs With Congress

1 week ago | civileats.com | Lisa Elaine Held

Civil Eats is a reader-supported, nonprofit newsroom, and we count on our members to keep producing our award-winning work. Readers like you are the reason why we’re able to keep digging deep into stories you won’t find anywhere else. When you become a member, your support directly funds our journalism—from paying our reporters to keeping the internet on in our remote offices across the United States.
6 Proposed Farm Bill Changes to Watch

2 weeks ago | civileats.com | Lisa Elaine Held

April 9, 2025 – Despite a prevailing sense on Capitol Hill that passing a farm bill this year is highly unlikely, lawmakers in both chambers introduced a flurry of marker bills over the past 10 days. Marker bills are small bills that senators and representatives attempt to insert into the larger legislative package during farm bill negotiations.