The White House did not respond to questions from Civil Eats. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which administers ...

Amid Trump’s tariffs, funding freezes, and food assistance cuts, newcomers from food and farming backgrounds are entering ...

Congressional Democrats say they are unable to help constituents with shutdown-related questions without an agency update.

United Farm Workers said the shifts will hurt both migrant and domestic farmworkers. Farm groups praised the changes.

What you need to know about who’s still working and which programs will go dark now that the government shutdown has started.

September 30, 2025 – The U.S. government is set to shut down at midnight if Congress does not act, and anti-hunger advocates ...

Despite federal roadblocks, an ambitious agroforestry program is feeding people, cleaning the air, and helping offset climate ...

Community canneries can bring people together, encourage food sovereignty and healthy local food systems, and even mitigate ...

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said Thursday she’ll investigate market conditions that lead to high input prices, ...

Public health groups have raised concerns that the Trump administration may reverse course on saturated fats, despite ...

The researcher has been studying food and chronic disease prevention for years. Now she’s a leading fact-checker in a national conversation.

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