Civil Eats

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Food justice reporting has been a cornerstone of Civil Eats’ coverage since we launched 15 years ago. This year, we further explored how people are working toward food justice in their communities. We are committed to elevating the voices of people who produce our food, as well as those who are affected by its production.

Food 139

Food Sharecropping Finance Farming 139

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

He also cultivates 75 acres of wheat, 83 acres of soybeans, 65 acres of corn, and 45 acres of hardwoods and pine trees. And he serves as chair of the board of the Eva Clayton Rural Food Institute, founded in January 2023 to help deliver healthy food to communities in rural North Carolina.

Plantation 144

Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Just a few miles from California’s state capital, owner Nelson Hawkins has turned an abandoned half-acre lot into a hub of food production for the community. The owner of Brown Sugar Farm cultivates a half-acre parcel behind his family home in Citrus Heights, a residential neighborhood 15 miles northeast of West Sacramento.

Cultivation 145

Cultivation Acre Farming Farming 145

Civil Eats

JUNE 4, 2024

The heirloom gardens project, a collaboration between Princeton University, Spelman College’s Food Studies program, and Ujamaa Cooperative Farming Alliance , aims to memorialize their long-held expertise and culturally meaningful foods. How do you decide what is a culturally meaningful food? It’s incumbent on us to reclaim that.

Food 111

Food Seeding Farming Farming 111

Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The global market for palm oil, valued at more than $70 billion last year, is experiencing steady growth, driven by its use in products as varied as food, beverages, biofuels, and cosmetics. Melka had sought to bring another 12,000 acres into cultivation through this sharecropping strategy. ” Doldourov asked.

Plantation 125

Plantation Acre Cultivation Crop 125