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Civil Eats
U.S. left-leaning, food-justice nonprofit
Civil Eats is an independent nonprofit news outlet focused on U.S. food policy, sustainable agriculture, and food justice. It is funded by foundation grants and reader donations, with a clear editorial orientation toward progressive food-system reform. Its coverage of the Trump administration's second term has been broadly critical, tracking USDA budget cuts, rollbacks of local-food programs, and proposed reductions to food-assistance programs like WIC.
Owned byIndependent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization; co-founded by Naomi Starkman (CEO and editor-in-chief) and Paula Crossfield (who departed in 2014); no corporate parent
LeaningU.S. left-leaning, food-justice nonprofit
On the administrationbroadly critical
5.5average bias score across 2 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun