At The Root of It All

You don't have to say good bye to fresh herbs when winter rolls around—grow your favorites indoors!

A renowned chef and cookbook author explains why picking ingredients from your garden makes dinner more memorable and truly nourishing.

I was impressed with the answers to the little gardening riddle that was posed last time. I was also told that I offered too many clues and that I made things too easy for you to solve… so I’ll have

Gardening with chickens enables you to put the flock to work in ways that will promote a healthy plants, happy birds, and a more sustainable garden.

It’s late October, the fall vegetable garden is in full swing and has yet to see a first frost. Here’s a look at what’s green and growing this Autumn.

Keep your houseplants happy and healthy with the right light.

The executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest explains why he conceived of Food Day and what he hopes it will achieve

In spite of the daily discouraging environmental, political, and economic news, coaxing living things to grow somehow seems to make folks optimistic.

What's a girl with a constant stream of backyard eggs to do -- aside from conditioning her hair with the yolks? Why barter, of course.

A new study in the journal Nature argues that we can feed the world's growing population without destroying the planet ... if we make major adjustments now in agricultural and consumption practices and patterns.

The Charles Cobb Apartments celebrates the first season of its rooftop garden on skid row. Downtown residents and formerly homeless people worked together to plant and care for the plants.

A new online project takes the traditional CSA model one step further by allowing eaters to help decide what heirloom produce farmers plant.

Galvanized by the prospect of growing the world’s largest pumpkin, amateur gardeners are devising new strategies involving natural growth hormones, double grafting and more.

Cold frames, greenhouses and hoop houses help extend your gardening efforts into all four seasons.

Wendell Berry, a farmer and distinguished writer explains why it is vital that we understand where and how our food is produced.

How the Slow Money Alliance uses green investing to turn a profit and grow a community.

Planting lettuce: Lettuces come in so many flavors, textures, forms and colors, it can be tough to decide which to plant, where, and how. Here's a quick guide to planting lettuces.

With female farmers now a significant presence in the industry, a shovel is no longer just a shovel. It's a shovel made by men for men.

Image credit: Sami Grover When I wrote about beekeeping with children for our sister site Parentables, I noted that bees can be a fantastic tool for encouraging emotional literacy. For the same reason that beekeeping is great for those

Matthew Benson shares his story of turning a small garden into a small farm and garden that is fully organic and biodynamic and the Community-Support Agriculture program.

Civil Eats promotes critical thought about sustainable agriculture and food systems as part of building economically and socially just communities. In our efforts, we support the development of a dialog among local and national leaders about the American food system, and its effects abroad. Civil Eats can be humorous, serious, academic, philosophical, conversational – its style of conversation is as diverse as its 40+ contributors – but it is always thought provoking, innovative, and focused on food politics.

Civil Eats promotes critical thought about sustainable agriculture and food systems as part of building economically and socially just communities. In our efforts, we support the development of a dialog among local and national leaders about the American food system, and its effects abroad. Civil Eats can be humorous, serious, academic, philosophical, conversational – its style of conversation is as diverse as its 40+ contributors – but it is always thought provoking, innovative, and focused on food politics.

The challenge: cook slow food for less than the cost of fast food. Know how? Share! Want to learn? Scroll down or click below for tips, tricks, stories!

The three main considerations when choosing a container for your container garden.