Food Advocacy: The Ultimate Guide to Getting Involved
Our food policy expert highlights dozens of organizations and resources that can help you change the way America eats… More »
Marion Nestle is professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, and the author of Food Politics, Safe Food, What to Eat, and Pet Food Politics. More
Our food policy expert highlights dozens of organizations and resources that can help you change the way America eats… More »
Non-military discretionary spending makes up only a sliver of America's total budget—so it's hard to imagine major changes… More »
PepsiCo's CEO is under fire for pushing healthier products—and the drama says a lot about how the industry works… More »
The government's Food Save Families program is cute, but it might not work—and it doesn't address the real problem… More »
The department's "process verification" program for poultry companies sounds like quality control—but it's really just marketing… More »
In a rare act of transparency (or self-defense), the agency responsible for food safety discusses the magnitude of the threat… More »
A partnership between a KFC franchise and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation shows off the odd world of "cause marketing"… More »
A look at the Environmental Working Group's annual ranking of the most and least pesticide-contaminated produce… More »
In an unusual move, the agency did its own testing to prove a Pfizer drug unsafe. Will Congress empower it to do more?… More »
A leading nutritionist discusses tainted salads, food safety laws, irradiation, and whether women are really more at risk than men… More »
The New York Times says a lack of activity at work is making us fat. Could that really play a greater role than diet?… More »
Are sprouts wreaking havoc abroad? Unclear. But one thing's for certain—the U.S. could experience a similar disaster.… More »
The new MyPlate nutrition guide might not look like much, but according to this nutritionist it's a serious improvement… More »
The triangular nutrition guide, rendered useless by its latest redesign, is being replaced. Here's a preview of what's to come.… More »
Articles about modified foods tend to repeat the same tired arguments. But this L.A. Times story is worth reading.… More »
The FDA had planned to require restaurants to post cocktail calorie information—but somehow the idea disappeared… More »
The government and POM Wonderful are locked in a showdown over studies that might not be as scientific as they seem… More »
A senior official outlines how the Food and Drug Administration plans to use the Food Safety Modernization Act… More »
Drug tests for seafood? According to a new report, we should be following Europe's example—but we're not.… More »
"Relaxation brownies" and other "foods with benefits" show just how little federal regulation most food labels receive… More »
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