Civil Eats

@CivilEats · USA · joined 01 Sep 2010

Award-winning news and commentary about the U.S. food system. Sign up for our weekly newsletter: https://t.co/fjyDrITXZz

105 679Followers

555Following

59 354Posts total

5.8KViews on collected posts

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Civil Eats@CivilEats2 Sep

Here’s the link: https://t.co/9LMBR4mOsE 195 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Civil Eats@CivilEats2 Sep

The author, farmer, and environmental activist Wendell Berry was a preeminent voice for the land, exploring in prose and poetry agrarian themes and railing against the corporatization of American agriculture. He died on Monday, Aug. 31, at the age of 92. https://t.co/boyjxyuhJt…

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Civil Eats@CivilEats20 Aug

As Civil Eats nears its 20-year anniversary in 2029, we set forth our vision in a new strategic plan that enables us to meet our mission to produce exceptional, rigorous food-systems journalism. Read more about Civil Eats' future. ➡️ https://t.co/AOJS2QhpoE https://t.co/KIxWvcI

752 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Civil Eats@CivilEats1 Jul

As the country marks its 250th anniversary, our latest series, Farming 250, offers the perspectives of underrepresented farmers and food producers feeding their communities. https://t.co/rhpnbwLiyI 547 views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Civil Eats@CivilEats2 Jun

Introducing our latest series, Losing Ground: Local Food and Farming Under Trump. In this series, Senior Staff Reporter @lisaelaineh offers a big-picture look at the Trump administration's impact on small farms and food producers. ⬇️ https://t.co/ZVpIV1cpRm 451 views · 5 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Civil Eats@CivilEats7 May

Our reporting on the U.S. food system is fueled by our readers. Consider supporting our independent journalism. ⬇️ https://t.co/bnm9TbI78s 228 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Civil Eats@CivilEats7 May

Associate Editor Christina Cooke was nominated in the Profiles category for her story about Eva Clayton, North Carolina’s first Black congresswoman. https://t.co/h7DFKzXhcL 39 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Civil Eats@CivilEats7 May

Contributor David Bacon was nominated for excellence in Narrative Photography for his photo essay about farmworker youth protests. https://t.co/BVDa7LBZbv 229 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Civil Eats@CivilEats7 May

Senior Staff Reporter and Contributing Editor Lisa Held was nominated twice in the Health and Wellness category. U.S. Dietary Guidelines: https://t.co/dm98oZ6vih MAHA’s climate conundrum: https://t.co/LMhhQ7G4KL https://t.co/cJV25EwvL0 193 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Civil Eats@CivilEats7 May

Held, along with Staff Reporter Rebekah Alvey and News Editor Brian Calvert, also received a nomination for excellence in Columns and Newsletters for our Food Policy Tracker. https://t.co/bmObrTIWKD 312 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Civil Eats@CivilEats7 May

We are thrilled to announce that Civil Eats has been nominated 5 times in 4 different categories for the 2026 James Beard Foundation Media Awards! 🎉 https://t.co/tufsQ0uJ02 1.1K views · 7 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views650this account4 785median for 100K–1M

Reach, %0.61%this account1.71%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.81%this account1.26%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	650	4 785	0.14×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	0.61%	1.71%	0.36×
Engagement rate	0.81%	1.26%	0.64×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

1.1K7 May

312

193

229

228

4512 Jun

5471 Jul

75220 Aug

1.7K2 Sep

195

Last 11 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.81%7 May

0.32%

0.52%

0.44%

2.56%

0.00%

2.00%2 Jun

1.10%1 Jul

0.27%20 Aug

3.42%2 Sep

0.51%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.26%.

What the audience does

Likes68.0%66 in total

Reposts17.5%17 in total

Replies6.2%6 in total

Quotes1.0%1 in total

Bookmarks7.2%7 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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