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Civil Eats Welcomes Susan Desmond and Brian Calvert

By The Civil Eats Editors

April 15, 2025

As many newsrooms contract, our award-winning nonprofit news organization gains a development director and a staff reporter.

All the News That’s Fit to Eat: Philly Passes a Soda Tax, ND Rejects Corporate Farming, and Whole Grains For the Win

By Krista Holobar

June 17, 2016

All the News That’s Fit to Eat: Rotting Crops, More Obesity, and Philly’s Soda Tax Moves Forward

June 10, 2016

picking grapes

All the News That’s Fit to Eat: Fake Candy Science, Big Sodium Cuts, and a New Reason to Avoid Raw Cookie Dough

By Krista Holobar

June 3, 2016

All the News that’s Fit to Eat: China Recommends Eating Less Meat, Monsanto Says No to Bayer, Workers Shut Down McDonald’s Meeting

By Stephen Satterfield

May 27, 2016

Chinese meal meat

All the News That’s Fit to Eat: FLOTUS Announces New Nutrition Labels, Big Produce’s Labor Promises, and an Organic Compromise

By Krista Holobar

May 20, 2016

All the News That’s Fit to Eat: Sneaky Labels, Poultry Workers in the Spotlight, Hawaii’s Organic Love

By Krista Holobar

May 13, 2016

coffee trees

All the News That’s Fit to Eat: Oakland’s Soda Tax, ‘Natural’ Quaker Oats, and the NYT Sells Meal Kits

By Stephen Satterfield

May 6, 2016

Quaker Oats in on Grocery Store Shelves

All the News That’s Fit to Eat: Scary Obesity Numbers, Big Food Says Eat Less, and New England Farms Up a Creek

By Krista Holobar

April 29, 2016

Barn in Green Fields

All the News That’s Fit to Eat: Diabetes on the Rise, Pepsi to Sell Less Soda, Food Workers Receive New Protections

By Stephen Satterfield

April 22, 2016

Pepsi in Glass

All the News That’s Fit to Eat: GMO Acreage Drops, Localwashing, and the Benefits of Grazing

By Krista Holobar

April 15, 2016

Cows Grazing in Field

All the News That’s Fit to Eat: BPA is Still in Cans, Whole Foods’ Move to Slow-Growing Chickens, and CA’s Minimum Wage Boost

By Krista Holobar

April 1, 2016

Free Range Chickens in a Field

All the News That’s Fit to Eat: Kellogg’s Jumps on the GMO Labeling Train, Sneaky Mac n’ Cheese, and Starbucks’ Food Waste Plan

By Stephen Satterfield

March 25, 2016

Bee Flying with Pollen

All the News That’s Fit to Eat: The ‘Dark Act’ Blocked, Local Coca-Cola, and the First Lady’s Food Legacy

By Krista Holobar

March 18, 2016

Michelle Obama with Children in Vegetable Garden

All the News That’s Fit to Eat: FDA ‘Food Czar’ Steps Down, Food Stamp Cuts Take Effect, and Foodie Millennials

By Stephen Satterfield

March 11, 2016

fried eggs

All the News That’s Fit to Eat: Tainted Salmon, Salt Labels, and Chocolate’s Child Labor Problem

By Krista Holobar

March 4, 2016

Chocolate Bar in Wrapper

Stephen Satterfield Named Culinary Trust/Civil Eats Food Writing Fellow

By Naomi Starkman

March 2, 2016

Stephen Satterfield

All the News That’s Fit to Eat: Anti-GMO Labeling Bill Hits the Senate, Shark Fin Sales Drop, and SF’s Soda Tax Returns

By Krista Holobar

February 26, 2016

Cornfield

All the News That’s Fit to Eat: Nutritional Benefits of Organic, Parmesan Fraud, and Maple Misbranding

By Krista Holobar

February 19, 2016

Pasta with Parmesan Cheese

All the News That’s Fit to Eat: Smaller Sodas, a GMO Battle in Oregon, and a Bee Sperm Bank

By Krista Holobar

February 12, 2016

Bees Flying into Hives

All the News That’s Fit to Eat: Chipotle Blames Australian Beef, Eggless Hellmann’s, and Glyphosate Galore

By Krista Holobar

February 5, 2016

Farm Tractor Spraying Chemicals

All the News That’s Fit to Eat: The #FightFor15 in Iowa, Locol Opens in Watts, and Farmworkers’ Obamacare Bind

By Krista Holobar

January 29, 2016

Farmworkers in Field

All the News That’s Fit to Eat: $130 Million Food Waste Fight, Re-branding Trash Fish, and ‘Exporting Water’

By Krista Holobar

January 22, 2016

Pile of Food Waste

All the News That’s Fit to Eat: Denny’s Goes Cage-Free, Fiber Linked to Gut Health, and Restaurants Ditch ‘Fast Food’

By Krista Holobar

January 15, 2016

Salad with Avocado

All the News That’s Fit to Eat: Campbell Labels GMOs, More Vegetables in 2016, and Two Meat Industry Victories

By Krista Holobar

January 8, 2016

Variety of Vegetables

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