After a brief reprieve for agriculture and hospitality businesses, the Department of Homeland Security has reversed its guidance exempting farms, hotels, and restaurants from worksite immigration raids. The about-face came...
Celebrating 10 years of excellence in education! A key to successful crop production is correctly managing fertilizers. Nutrient Management Level 1 is part of the award-winning Greenhouse Online Training program...
A strip of wildflowers does more for a farm than regular pesticide use. And there’s no denying the geological and ecological benefits of native plantings added to a farm. Here...
On Saturday night, in Chicago, surrounded by peers in the food and journalism worlds, Civil Eats won a 2025 James Beard Foundation Media Award for excellence. Former Staff Reporter Grey...
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This week, the Senate Ag Committee released budget reconciliation text that includes a boost to some key farm bill programs and a less aggressive state SNAP cost share proposal than...
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released proposed biofuel blending volumes under the Renewable Fuel Standard. The agency proposed that refiners must blend 15 billion gallons of conventional biofuels in...
Cover crop, diakon radishes. Photo credit: Edwin Remsberg Recently, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), alongside 100 food, farm, conservation, and rural organizations, delivered a letter to Congressional appropriators urging...
In January, as hurricane-force winds caused wildfires to raze entire neighborhoods in Los Angeles County, more than 7,500 firefighters risked their lives to save people, pets, homes, and communities. Among...
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Friday morning its proposed 2026/2027 rules for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The proposal included a rise in biomass-based diesel mandates as part of...
While Tyson says its growers obtain water from ‘lawfully acquired sources,’ the state’s permitting system allows poultry operations to pump water without permits. As Jill Trapp steered her pickup truck...
