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This is the latest from our Food Policy Tracker , keeping tabs on what’s happening in D.C. Civil Eats
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Is Our Food System Becoming Less Safe?
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1425+ words) and food safety.’...In reality, food safety experts say it’s not clear whether our food system is more safe or less than...and politicians is the number of food recalls this summer....So far in 2026, federal agencies published about 170 food…...
A Safety Net for Food Workers
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (1480+ words) This nonprofit provides emergency relief and mental health care for workers across the food system....Since 2017, the foundation’s Emergency Relief Fund has given $16.8 million in grants to food system workers...Southern Smoke pivoted again during the pandemic to give free…...
Want to Bolster Your Local Food System? Here’s a Handbook.
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (1516+ words) Food policy council leader Nessa Richman has created a manual to help communities build stronger food...Richman’s organization is among some 300 U.S. food policy councils addressing urban agriculture, food...food systems....and Community Well-Being, a handbook for food systems advocates…...
Try a Shorter Food Supply Chain.
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1008+ words) As food-borne illnesses like cyclospora spread through the US, lettuce from your local farmer is less...in Northern California, I am convinced that locally grown produce is less likely to be the cause of food...huge corporations that run…...
Why Crops Are Becoming Less Nutritious
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1420+ words) Rising CO2 is the likely culprit for fewer nutrients like zinc, protein, and iron in our food, but experts...One 2004 study that analyzed federal nutrient content data of fruits and vegetables found that nutrients...This equates to more yields of crops…...
How Urban Farming in America Has Grown
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1501+ words) Farms within cities and towns have always been a key source of food security in the United States....By Paula Cristobal Madina For centuries, people have grown food right where they live, for themselves...year, understanding urban farming requires confronting…...
In Remote Alaska, the Promise and Limits of Vertical Farming
4+ week, 8+ hour ago (1569+ words) Isolated in the winter, and reliant on a barge system to bring food up from the Lower 48 to its one market...In Skagway, with food supplies cut off by weather, trade wars, and other supply-chain issues, having...Healy feels his…...
Civil Eats Sets Its Strategic Vision Through 2028
3+ week, 5+ day ago (273+ words) resilient revenue model that protects our editorial independence, so we can keep delivering essential food-systems...Eats are as follows: Through this plan, Civil Eats will continue to lead the national conversation on food...By Brenda Gonzalez and Chris Nickell…...
For Solutions to the Bee Crisis, Look to Farms
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1006+ words) Civil Eats recently spoke with Durant about the vulnerability of bees, their vital role in food systems...
Trump Announces Plan to Import More Beef With Waiver on Tariffs
3+ week, 2+ day ago (461+ words) The plan is an effort to lower beef prices for consumers, but is raising concern among domestic ranchers. August 21, 2026 – The Trump administration is set to allow imports of beef to enter the United States at a lower tariff rate in…...