Nicole Rasul

I am a freelance writer and researcher with a background in public policy. My work covering in-depth policy analyses, news, profiles, Q&As and general features on food, culture and the environment has appeared in Atlas Obscura, Talk Poverty, Salon, Forbes.com, Eater, Civil Eats, The Counter and other outlets. I have a wealth of editorial, communications and project management experience from my time in the nonprofit sector, the United Nations system and academia.

Civil Eats • 15th March 2021

What Will it Take for Farmers to Grow More Organic Cotton?

Civil Eats • 11th November 2020

Grassland 2.0 Aims to Replace Soy and Corn Farming with Perennial Pasture in the Upper Midwest

Civil Eats • 20th August 2020

Want More New Farmers on the Land? Give Landowners a Tax Break.

Civil Eats • 23rd July 2020

COVID Brought SNAP Users Online. Advocates Say Mega-Retailers Are Selling Them Junk Food

Civil Eats • 22nd June 2020

The Lake Erie Bill of Rights is Dead. A Voluntary Effort Will Pay Farmers to Reduce Runoff Instead.

Civil Eats • 4th May 2020

States Are Embracing Extra Funds from Pandemic EBT to Cover Missing School Meals

Civil Eats • 13th April 2020

What More States Allowing SNAP Recipients to Buy Food Online Means for Food Security

Civil Eats • 26th March 2020

As Rural Schools Close, Some Hungry Kids to Get a Box of Processed Food

Civil Eats • 13th November 2019

Government Bailouts Are the Only Thing Bringing Farm Incomes Up

Civil Eats • 4th November 2019

Sustainable Halal Meat is Making Inroads in Muslim Communities

Civil Eats • 30th July 2019

With a Focus on Food Sovereignty, Rural Appalachian Ohio is Rebounding

Civil Eats • 19th June 2019

Impossible Foods and Regenerative Grazers Face Off in a Carbon Farming Dust-Up

Civil Eats • 9th April 2019

Nicole Rasul

Nicole Rasul

What Will it Take for Farmers to Grow More Organic Cotton?

Grassland 2.0 Aims to Replace Soy and Corn Farming with Perennial Pasture in the Upper Midwest

Want More New Farmers on the Land? Give Landowners a Tax Break.

COVID Brought SNAP Users Online. Advocates Say Mega-Retailers Are Selling Them Junk Food

The Lake Erie Bill of Rights is Dead. A Voluntary Effort Will Pay Farmers to Reduce Runoff Instead.

States Are Embracing Extra Funds from Pandemic EBT to Cover Missing School Meals

What More States Allowing SNAP Recipients to Buy Food Online Means for Food Security

As Rural Schools Close, Some Hungry Kids to Get a Box of Processed Food

Government Bailouts Are the Only Thing Bringing Farm Incomes Up

Sustainable Halal Meat is Making Inroads in Muslim Communities

With a Focus on Food Sovereignty, Rural Appalachian Ohio is Rebounding

Impossible Foods and Regenerative Grazers Face Off in a Carbon Farming Dust-Up

Factory Farms are Polluting Lake Erie. Will the Lake's New Legal Rights Help?