Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Author Michael Pollan discussed the Farm Bill’s far-reaching impact on the U.S. food system and the environment, how journalists can better cover food policy, and…
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…access to adequate food” by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Around 12 percent of households in the United States experienced food insecurity in 2016. Limited food access is linked…
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…10.1017/S1368980014002948. Results: “Stakeholders perceived food waste as a problem and expressed concern regarding the amount of food wasted. Explanations reported for food waste included food-related (palatability and accessibility), child-related (taste…
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…of the nation’s first food safety legislation. More than a century later, the United States has made considerable progress on food safety, but foodborne illness remains a serious public health…
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…they experienced food insecurity, or challenges accessing and paying for food, within the previous 12 months. Other resources for journalists: The U.S. Department of Agriculture provides various reports on food…
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…finds no relationship between greater access to healthy food and improved diet or decreased BMIs among California youth. Keywords: junk food, urban health, healthy food, food supply, food access…
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…found that organic foods are not typically more nutritious than conventional foods, while a 2012 meta-analysis in Nature, “Comparing the Yields of Organic and Conventional Agriculture,” found that — depending…
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…ate less fast food and takeout food. Male participants, but not female participants, who had family dinners more often had a lower intake of sugar-sweetened beverages. Though the effects on…
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…neighborhoods — often minorities — have little choice but to buy food at convenience stores or eat at fast-food restaurants, with predictably dire health consequences. But the results of some…
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…Americans’ food-consumption patterns. The study focused on the USDA’s 2005 guidelines, which — rather than talking about broad categories of food types — gave a specific dietary target: Whole grains…
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