# The Year in Civil Eats Investigations, 2022

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/the-year-in-civil-eats-investigations-2022/
- Published: 2022-12-29T10:00:01-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: An overhead view of Smart Sand’s frac sand mine in La Salle County, Illinois in 2018. Photo courtesy of Ted Auch. Article by The Civil Eats Editors. Civil Eats – December 28, 2022. From farmland loss due to silica mining to investor water-grabs in Colorado, our reporters uncovered the front end of troublesome trends this year, and highlighted labor concerns and risks across food and farming. Civil Eats has long dug deep on inequities for workers and probed the worrisome ways in which financial speculation and toxics can intermingle with agricultural landscapes. And this year we chose to invest in reporting that took a more enterprising approach to these issues. From farmland loss due to silica mining to investor interest in Colorado water, our reporters found the front end of troublesome trends. And whether exploring unionization or the lack of federal protections for farmworkers, worker-centric stories highlighted the concerns of workers across food and farming. […] Click here to view original web page at civileats.com