Food Access

From left to right: Lisa Held, David Ortega, and Lindsay Owens.

The High Cost of Groceries: Experts Weigh In

September 25, 2024

At our Civil Eats virtual salon, food-system experts get at the causes of what drives food prices up.

Can Lawmakers Really Tackle High Food Prices?

September 17, 2024

A parent shops for groceries with a child in a stroller in August 2024 in New York City. (Photo credit: Spencer Platt, Getty Images)

Project 2025 Calls for Major Cuts to the US Nutrition Safety Net

August 28, 2024

A sign alerting customers about SNAP food stamps benefits is displayed at a Brooklyn grocery store on December 5, 2019 in New York City. Earlier that week, the Trump administration announced stricter requirements for food stamps benefits that would have cut support for nearly 700,000 poor Americans. (Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images)

How a Community Gardener Grew Food for Her Family, Quit Her Job at McDonald’s, and Started a Farm

By Elizabeth Doerr

August 20, 2024

Maximina Hernández Reyes pictured at MR. Farms.

On TikTok, A Revival of Black Herbalism

By Lacey Herbert

August 13, 2024

Carmen Adams is a registered herbalist, community health nurse, and founder of Innergy Med Group, a practice that provides wellness plans that integrate holistic and herbal solutions. (Photo courtesy of Carmen Adams)

Hunger Doesn’t Take a Summer Break. Neither Do School Food Professionals.

July 29, 2024

Cafeteria workers at Lockerman Middle School work in an assembly line to pack bags filled with three days of meals. (Photo credit: Colin Marshall)

A Community of Growers

By Angelica Ang

July 23, 2024

A youth worker at East New York Farms' youth farm carries a tray of seedlings into the farm. (Photo credit: Angelica Ang)

Can Cooking in Community Slow Dementia and Diabetes?

By Nicole J. Caruth

July 1, 2024

Far From Home, the Curry Leaf Tree Thrives

By Mary-Rose Abraham

May 8, 2024

Zee Lilani of Kula Nursery stands among her curry leaf tree starts in Oakland, California. (Photo credit: Melati Citrawireja)

For This Alaska Town, Whaling Is a Way of Life

April 22, 2024

Parting the ice as they tow the whale back home. (Photo credit: Jim Wickens)

We Are in the Golden Age of Dorm-Room Cooking

April 16, 2024

screenshots of an instagram reel of a dorm-room cooking event of coconut tofu curry

Op-ed: My Family Struggled With Hunger. If Congress Won’t Fully Fund WIC, Millions More Will, Too

February 28, 2024

a parent feeds a small baby because they receive WIC funding and Congress has passed a funding bill in the past

Op-ed: Meals Made With Fresh, Whole Foods Could Transform Our Health Care System

By James McGovern

February 13, 2024

a volunteer delivers a healthy medically tailored meal to a senior citizen

The Land Back Movement Is Also About Foodways

February 12, 2024

Nick Tilsen during the Mount Rushmore Land Back Protest. (Photo credit: Willi White)

Listen to Plants, Says Indigenous Forager and Activist Linda Black Elk

February 6, 2024

Linda Black Elk (Photo courtesy of NATIFS)

WIC Shortfall Could Leave 2 Million Women And Children Hungry

January 24, 2024

Can Prescriptions for Produce-Focused Meal Kits Fight Diabetes?

January 22, 2024

A participant in the Healthy Food Rx program gets ready to prepare a recipe. (Photo credit: Abbott Fund)

A TED Talk Put Ron Finley on the Map. 10 Years Later, the ‘Gangsta Gardener’ Is Going Strong.

By Stephanie Toone

January 9, 2024

Ron Finley (Photo credit: Kat Hanegraaf)

Our Best Food Access Reporting of 2023

By The Civil Eats Editors

December 28, 2023

A woman holds a bag of pears as she waits in line to receive free food at the Richmond Emergency Food Bank. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Op-ed: Solutions to Address Food Insecurity Facing Black Seniors

December 20, 2023

a Black senior cooks food in his kitchen to fight food insecurity.

Foodshed Cooperative Is Growing San Diego’s Small-Farm Economy

By Katie Rodriguez

December 7, 2023

A collage of images from Foodshed Cooperative – summer apprentices farming, local produce available at the group's saturday market, and a cooking demo put on by the group. (Photos courtesy of Foodshed)

Food Insecure Veterans Are Less Likely to Seek Help

By Anne Marshall-Chalmers, The War Horse

November 9, 2023

Lt. Col. Ryan M. Miedema, 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion commander, helps soldiers unload a large donation to Feed Our Vets in Watertown, New York, 2016. Jeff Cook, president of the board of directors for Feed Our Vets’ Watertown location, said they are a 100% volunteer run organization that serves local veterans in need with food, socialization, and hope. Photo by Spc. Thomas Scaggs, courtesy of the U.S. Army.

Tribes Are Building Food Sovereignty With Help From the Nation’s Largest Hunger-Relief Group

October 31, 2023

Cheyenne Majenty of Helping Hands for Hualapai hopes a new program through Feeding America will help the tribe develop greater food sovereignty through community gardens. (Photo credit: Joel Gonzalez)

How Do School Meals in the US Stack Up Against Other Countries?

By Katie Rodriguez

October 3, 2023

Without Federal School-Meal Support, Lunch Shaming May Be Back on the Menu

September 25, 2023