Introducing Civil Eats’ Food Policy Tracker
January 20, 2025 | Source: Civil Eats | by Lisa Held
At the end of Donald Trump’s first presidential term, we published a recap of how his presidency shaped food and farming. Last week, we did the same for President Joe Biden.
In both, you’ll see that, even when whittled down to the most impactful actions, a lot can happen in four years. In fact, nearly every day, presidents, their agencies, and members of Congress make decisions—big and small—that have profound consequences for how we grow, process, transport, and consume food in this country.
For the last 16 years, Civil Eats has been covering food policy developments primarily through in-depth articles that shine light on and provide context to those issues that don’t get reported anywhere else.
More recently, we’ve also provided shorter, newsier policy coverage through our recurring column, “The Field Report.”