Is Universal Access to Good, Healthy Food Really a Problem?
Everyone seems to agree that getting healthier food to low-income families is important, but a new survey shows that they don't really need it.… More »
Jane Black, formerly a food writer at The Washington Post, is currently at work on a book about food culture and class in Huntington, West Virginia. Learn more at www.janeblack.net.
Everyone seems to agree that getting healthier food to low-income families is important, but a new survey shows that they don't really need it.… More »
The assumption has always been that the drive-through is a place where people go to feed their families on a budget, but that's not the case… More »
Being right all the time feels good. But by itself, it isn't an effective way to fix our broken food system, which is in need of immediate reform.… More »
A Times op-ed says access to real food is the solution. But what about the people who have access and still eat junk?… More »
Good, environmentally friendly food does cost more—but which prices are tolerable, and which are inexcusable?… More »
Today, the House is voting on a horrible idea: cuts to the inspection and food assistance programs we so desperately need… More »
The National Pork Board's new slogan exemplifies the food industry's desire to convey virtue—no matter how dubious… More »
Now that the TV cameras have left West Virginia, U.S. Foodservice has hopped off the obesity-battle bandwagon… More »
No one wants to be told what to eat. Imperceptible reworkings of unhealthy products can be better than dramatic overhauls.… More »
Will higher lunch prices mandated by school food reform make students flee the cafeteria? Nope—the scenario is a myth.… More »
Yesterday's reform could increase per-lunch reimbursements more than most people think—and help banish the junk, too… More »
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