A wash of Walton family funding to news media is creating echo chambers in environmental journalism, and beyond. Are editorial firewalls up to the task? - My piece for Civil Eats’s series exploring how Walmart-built wealth influences food and ag. policy. civileats.com/2024/02/28/wal…

Don't miss this important follow-up from Christina Cooke in Civil Eats : Congress seems unlikely to close a loophole that puts workers in animal ag operations at risk.

We won! 🥇🎉🙏

Thank you James Beard Foundation for awarding our team the excellence in investigative reporting award for our series on animal ag workers, Injured and Invisible. Congrats Christina Cooke @reporterdriver Gosia Wozniacka #JBFA civileats.com/injured-and-in…

I was interested in gas stoves in 2020, when I was startled that the gas industry was paying instagram influencers to promote #cookingwithgas .

I didn't understand why the industry cared about stoves enough to market them

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WOW. Civil Eats is publishing a multi-part series into workforce conditions in the meat industry.
I wrote a book about the industry, and the reporting in these incredible stories is still absolutely *shocking* to me.
This is indispensable reporting.

How many animal ag ops that hire workers in America are covered by OSHA? Four percent, folks. Bringing you today's total appetite killer with Civil Eats

Today, Civil Eats launches 'Injured and Invisible,' a 5-part week-long investigation that deeply reports on an often unprotected, unseen workforce in animal ag.

New reporting by Christina Cooke today reveals stark stats on the many hazards, few protections.
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In Sep, I set out to report a quick news story on EPA tests that showed some plastic containers were leaching PFAS into pesticides. Turns out the issue is much bigger than that, and pesticides are likely contributing to PFAS pollution in 3 ways. Civil Eats civileats.com/2022/11/07/pfa…

Huge congrats to Beth Demmon (like “Lemon” not “Demon”) for winning the first-place award for Best Commentary in the 2022 Beer Writers awards for her fantastic Civil Eats piece, “Craft Beer Faces a Gender and Race Reckoning”: civileats.com/2021/10/19/cra…

Food and ag reporters: Civil Eats is looking for our next Indigenous Foodways Fellow! This year-long, paid fellowship goes in-depth on food sovereignty, food security, and ag traditions across North America. Check it out and apply today! civileats.com/about/work-wit…

Our latest investigation examines a proposal to ship water from a drought-stricken valley to a Denver suburb—one of several plays by investors who view water as a money-making opportunity & are eager to act as middlemen between farmers and water providers. buff.ly/3vTPQa0

Thank you IACP Culinary 🍴 for nominating Civil Eats' newsletter, The Deep Dish. We are honored, and in great company with G. Daniela Galarza & Hanna Raskin. Congrats to all of the terrific nominees!

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An amazing (and frightening) article about the competition between energy and food.

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