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'''Civil Eats''' is an independent, nonprofit digital news and commentary site about the American food system.<ref name=about>{{Cite web|url=https://civileats.com/about/|title=About|website=Civil Eats}}</ref> Founded in 2009 by Naomi Starkman and Paul Crossfield,<ref name="James Beard">{{cite web|date=7 May 2014|title=2014 JBF Publication of the Year: Civil Eats|url=https://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/2014-jbf-publication-year-civil-eats|access-date=15 January 2015|website=James Beard Foundation}}</ref> who left the organization in 2014. As of 2024, the site’s 15th year in publication, Starkman serves as the executive director. The editorial team includes Matthew Wheeland, Margo True, Christina Cooke, Tilde Herrera, and Lisa Held.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who We Are |url=https://civileats.com/about/who-we-are/ |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=Civil Eats |language=en}}</ref> The site works with more than 150 contributors and covers the United States’ food system, including food policy, sustainable agriculture and food justice.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civil Eats |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwaN0028673/ |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref>
For its first four years, Civil Eats operated with no funding. It raised an unprecedented $100,000 via Kickstarter in 2013,<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 21, 2013|first=Richard|last=Horgan|title=Kickstarter Feeds Food Policy Blog Civil Eats|url=https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/civileats-kickstarter-naomi-starkman-paula-crossfield/|access-date=2021-11-19|language=en-US}}</ref> was named Publication of the Year in 2014 by the James Beard Foundation,<ref>{{Cite web|title=2014 JBF Publication of the Year: Civil Eats {{!}} James Beard Foundation|url=https://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/2014-jbf-publication-year-civil-eats?|access-date=2021-11-19|website=www.jamesbeard.org|language=en}}</ref> inducted into the Library of Congress in 2019,<ref>{{cite web |title=Civil Eats to Be Included in the U.S. Library of Congress |url=https://civileats.com/2019/11/21/civil-eats-to-be-included-in-the-u-s-library-of-congress/ |website=Civil Eats |access-date=9 December 2021 |language=en |date=21 November 2019}}</ref> and won the IACP Digital Media Award for Best Group Food Blog in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=IACP Culinary |date=2020-10-24 |title=Congrats @naomistarkman @mattwheeland @twyspy @xtinacooke @civileats on your IACP 2020 Award win in the Group Food Blog category! |url=https://x.com/IACPculinary/status/1320175966442954755 |website=X (formerly Twitter) |language=en}}</ref> Editor-in-chief Naomi Starkman was a 2016 John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Class of 2016|url=https://jsk.stanford.edu/fellows/class-of-2016/|access-date=2021-11-19|website=JSK|language=en}}</ref>
==See also==
* Institute for Nonprofit News (member) * Solutions journalism
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==External links== * {{Official website|civileats.com}}
Category:Culinary arts