Civil Eats

Civil Eats is an independent, nonprofit digital news and commentary site about the American food system.[2] Founded in 2009 by Naomi Starkman and Paul Crossfield,[3] who left the organization in 2014, as of 2021 the editorial team now includes Twilight Greenaway, Matthew Wheeland, Christina Cooke, Tilde Herrera and Bridget Shirvell.[1] The site works with more than 100 freelance reporters nationwide. Among other topics, it reports on food policy, environmental issues, food-related health, and farming issues.

Civil Eats
Type of site
News website
Available inEnglish
Created byNaomi Starkman and Paula Crossfield
EditorNaomi Starkman[1]
URLcivileats.com
Launched2009 (2009)

For its first four years, Civil Eats operated with no funding. It raised an unprecedented $100,000 via Kickstarter in 2013,[4] was named Publication of the Year in 2014 by the James Beard Foundation,[5] inducted into the Library of Congress in 2019,[6] and won the IACP Digital Media Award for Best Group Food Blog in 2020.[7] Editor-in-chief Naomi Starkman was a 2016 John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University.[8]

References
  1. "Who We Are". Civil Eats. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  2. "About". Civil Eats.
  3. "2014 JBF Publication of the Year: Civil Eats". James Beard Foundation. May 7, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  4. Horgan, Richard (October 21, 2013). "Kickstarter Feeds Food Policy Blog Civil Eats". Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  5. "2014 JBF Publication of the Year: Civil Eats | James Beard Foundation". www.jamesbeard.org. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  6. "Civil Eats to Be Included in the U.S. Library of Congress". Civil Eats. November 21, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  7. Twitter https://twitter.com/iacpculinary/status/1320175966442954755. Retrieved November 19, 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. "Class of 2016". JSK. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
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