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Op-ed: Emergency food initiatives prevented hunger during the pandemic. But to build a healthy future, we need to design a community-centered food system instead of simply responding to crises.
We asked you to share your stories about wildlife in your communities. Your responses reminded us about the beauty in this world.
By Twilight Greenaway for Civil Eats.Broadcast version by Mark Moran for Iowa News Service reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration Last August, Zack Smith welcomed a group of farmers, agricultural researchers, and investors to his mid-sized farm just south of the Iowa-Minnesota border for a field day. It was warm out, shorts weather, and around 35 people sat on straw bales listening as the young, fifth-generation farmer—who has gained a devoted audience through Twitter and YouTube and welcomes curious visitors to his farm every year&mdash...
Intricate designs painted by biscuit artist Ella Hawkins are part of a lengthy baking tradition
Joan Bailey is a Wisconsin-based food journalist. Her work has appeared in Gastro Obscura, the Japan Times, Modern Farmer, Civil Eats and Permaculture magazine, among others. You can find examples of her articles and essays at joandbailey.com.