teh calendar is up! If you click through to the website you get to see my favorite event of the week, which I FOROGT TO INCLUDE before we sent it to subscribers. Go to the website, there's a pretty picture of a magic eight ball on it.

“We need to almost see ourselves as part of nature,” she said, “instead of something that’s far away from it.”

Carolyn Johnson is CEO of the Black Cultural Zone in East Oakland. She'll be receiving a leadership award from @sanfranciscofdn.bsky.social. I chatted with Carolyn about her family history and her work. sff.org/carolyn-john...

awoooooo givebutter.com/coyotemedia

My latest for @civileats.com “The hard-won progress over the last 30 years to rebuild most of our fisheries, from in many cases severe depletion, could very quickly be reversed if we’re not going to enforce the rules...” Andrew Rosenberg, former NOAA senior official. civileats.com/2025/05/15/w...

Protests Mount Against ICE Detentions of Immigrant Farmworkers civileats.com/2025/05/09/p...

“The majority of no-till farming in this country is focused on herbicides, not regeneration,” writes first-generation organic farmer Nate Powell-Palm in an op-ed. “These chemicals devastate ... the microbes and bugs that farmers need to regenerate soil.”

🍁 A nice Q&A from contributor Elena Valeriote with Ella Smoot of the Oregon Maple Project! 🍁

The Trump administration proposed a change to the Endangered Species Act that would give farmers more leeway to use pesticides on critical habitats.

Civil Eats has been nominated for 2 James Beard journalism awards! One, for our member newsletter + another for @greymoran.bsky.social's story about a solution to protect farmworkers. Big congrats to our associate editor, Christina Cooke, for "Black Earth," published in The Bitter Southerner. 🧑‍🌾🥬

Trump Orders Deregulation of the US Fishing Industry Read the latest from the Food Policy Tracker ➡️ buff.ly/JiWEDcq

My @civileats.com paraquat story from February has an important update: Syngenta, manufacturer of the weedkiller paraquat, which has been linked to Parkinson’s disease, has entered into an agreement to potentially settle thousands of lawsuits against the company.

Nearly every day, decisions are being made that have profound consequences for how we grow, process, transport, and consume food in this country. Keep up with the latest changes with the Civil Eats Food Policy Tracker.

My first story for @civileats.com: Free grocery stores let communities shop for produce, dry goods, snacks & more — no money needed. I spoke with staff at these grocery stores and food policy experts about this emerging resource & food insecurity in the US ⬇️ civileats.com/2025/04/14/a...

If you care about US #food and #foodsystems, consider supporting @civileats.com Their reporting is top notch, the site has no paywall, and they recently started a Food Policy Tracker. #share #abundance #localfood Three membership levels for everyone's wallet. civileats.com/about/become...

Hawaiian Taro Takes Root in Oregon: A Native Hawaiian community in the Pacific Northwest grows taro (kalo) for health and well-being, to connect with their ancient heritage, and to bond with each other. civileats.com/2025/04/09/h...

Absolutely love this photo essay by Jake Price. Po-Ling reminds me of the fierce aunties that never give up. This org in NYC's Chinatown is serving cultural dishes--and community--for local elders 🙏

Read more about how tariffs will impact food across the system, including small restaurants already hurting. More from James Beard Foundation CEO Clare Reichenbach ⬇️

🐝😀🍯 Q&A with Akeem and Kamal Bell of Sankofa Farms with Civil Eats' Christina Cooke.

An aggressive federal effort to deport immigrants isn’t stopping farmworkers from organizing. Today, @ufw.bsky.social is leading a California march to mark #CesarChavezDay, but the union has gained a foothold in New York too. @lisaelaineh.bsky.social reports ⬇️

EXCLUSIVE: Senator Cory Booker Introduces Bill to ‘Honor Farmer Contracts’ Read more for the Food Policy Tracker ➡️ buff.ly/7VD5LXz

From a Farmer and His Son, a Practical and Joyful Guide to Beekeeping ->Civil Eats | More info from EcoSearch

From our most trusted source on food... #resistance #food #USDA #CivilEats #hunger #farming #foodbanks civileats.com/2025/03/19/t...

Scoop: Farmers in a USDA program meant to improve the H-2A guestworker system are not receiving their payments. At the same time, USAID cuts could impact H-2A recruitment more broadly. @civileats.com civileats.com/2025/03/21/f...

"The Southern Farmers Financial Association, years in the making, could be a lifeline for Black farmers and rural communities, but is in jeopardy now." Uprooter Iris Crawford for @civileats.com civileats.com/2025/03/14/a...

‘Childhood hunger in the U.S. is solvable. There is no shortage of food, only of moral courage. But it shouldn’t require much courage to speak up on behalf of kids.’ civileats.com/2025/03/20/o...

In a Q&A with Senior Editor @momo-chang.bsky.social, Taku Kondo, host of the YouTube channel “Outdoor Chef Life,” talks about his first cookbook, “Coastal Harvest,” and his vision for the future of seafood.

In honor of Joan Gussow, we asked some of her many fans to reflect on her life and work. Hear from Marion Nestle, @michaelpollan.bsky.social, Alice Waters, and more as they celebrate and remember the matriarch of local, organic food.

“Mutual aid is a network of expansive relationships that you nurture and are nurtured by in the direction of your deepest hopes and dreams,” writes Katina Parker, founder of Feed Durham. “It’s not just getting by—it’s flourishing.”

It took decades for Little Village Environmental Justice Organization to restore the land within its neighborhood. Now areas once considered toxic sites are a wellspring for sharing food, culture, and ancestral knowledge.

Join us Thursday, March 13, for a Civil Eats Salon about mutual aid with Katina Parker, founder of Feed Durham, and Yasmin Ruiz, food justice co-organizer at Chicago’s Little Village Environmental Justice Organization. ➡️ buff.ly/mb52XCK

“Thousands of Indigenous migrants still have no opportunities for a legal pathway to adjust their status in this country.” Read the Q&A with Arcenio López, the executive director of the Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project. ⬇️

Indigenous Food Reciprocity as a Model for Mutual Aid. For centuries, Native communities have focused on the collective rather than the individual. civileats.com/2025/03/03/i...

We are very grateful to be among these esteemed journalists for Senior Reporter and Contributing Editor @lisaelaineh.bsky.social’s Chemical Capture series! Read the investigative series here ➡️ civileats.com/chemical-cap...

USDA Unfreezes $20 Million in Conservation Funds Read more from the Food Policy Tracker ➡️ https://buff.ly/41e40BB

Civil rights lawyer and professor Robert Chang talks about the laws forbidding foreign ownership of agricultural land and how they could lead to discrimination against Asians and Asian Americans.

“The risk is low, but it isn’t zero, and contact with backyard chickens would put you at a higher exposure,” writes environmental journalist Jason Mark in an op-ed. “There are, though, ways to mitigate the danger.” https://buff.ly/4k5wKW0

People fighting for a fairer food system are worried and exhausted, but remain undeterred. @lisaelaineh.bsky.social reports for @civileats.com:

USDA Funding Freeze Threatens Farmers’ Financial Stability | Civil Eats civileats.com/2025/02/11/t...

Farmers experience some of the highest levels of job stress and related health issues in the nation, including heart disease and high blood pressure. Research shows that engaging in regular physical exercise can help counter these issues.

The Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship is working to help dairy farmers transfer their skills, and potentially their businesses, to a new generation.

In, uh, local journalism news...🫠 www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/insi...

Many farmers say fitness programs not only enhance their physical strength but also their mental well-being, helping those in agriculture better manage the stresses of their lives.

Two new (related) headlines in @civileats.com's food policy tracker: The USDA has started deleting website pages related to climate change, and EPA may fire more than a thousand employees working on climate change. civileats.com/food-policy-...

Op-ed: Black farmers in Nicodemus, KS, have practiced sustainability for generations, long before “climate-smart” became policy—but systemic discrimination led to massive land loss. Read more from JohnElla Holmes about preserving this legacy in @civileats.com: civileats.com/2025/01/29/o...

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Super proud of amazing @EmersonCollege alum @eglassmanhughes for her sensitive article on the importance of restoring Wampanoag fishing rights in Massachusetts: civileats.com/2024/12/11/t...