Health

A field of wheat in Mykolayiv, Ukraine.

Op-ed: Food Price Spikes Are About Much More than Ukraine

By Jennifer Clapp

May 16, 2022

The global food system is a house of cards. Here’s how to fix it.

Oregon Adopts Nation’s Strongest Farmworker Protections for Heat and Wildfire Smoke

By Lynne Terry, Oregon Capital Chronicle

May 12, 2022

Farmworkers in the field in high heat and wildfire smoke

This Antioxidant May Provide a Key Link Between Regenerative Agriculture and Human Health

By Katherine Kornei

May 10, 2022

farmer growing regenerative crops harvests carrots from healthy soil

The Field Report: We Asked the USDA About Its New Garden—and Its Larger Climate Goals

May 5, 2022

Tom Vilsack breaks ground at the USDA People's Garden. (Photo credit: Tom Witham, USDA)

The Field Report: Conservation Dollars Funding CAFOs Instead of Soil Health

April 19, 2022

industrial agriculture tractors working in a corn or soy or wheat field

How Mexican Public Health Advocates Fought Big Soda and Won

April 18, 2022

Coca-Cola billboard

As Dollar Stores Proliferate, Some Communities Push Back

By Wesley Brown

April 13, 2022

Lays potato chips are displayed at a Dollar General store in Vallejo, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Can Produce Prescription Programs Turn the Tide on Diet-Related Disease?

April 11, 2022

Can produce prescription programs turn tide on diet-related disease?

Surviving Small Restaurants Push Forward as Pandemic Ebbs

By Aallyah Wright, Stateline

April 8, 2022

Leland, Miss., natives Lisa and Cedric Bush smile this month inside their newly opened restaurant, Bush’s Kountry Cafe, formerly the Leland Café. Over the past two years, restaurants have struggled to stay afloat, but some states have passed measures to help them survive. (Photo credit: Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts)

Op-ed: Fake Meat Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis

By Philip H. Howard

April 7, 2022

Impossible alternative protein fake meat burger. (Photo CC-licensed by Ted Eytan)

When Seeds Become Toxic Waste

April 5, 2022

A mountain of pesticide-coated seeds inside the AltEn facility in Mead, Nebraska. (Photo by Jason Windhorst, NDEE)

Photo Essay: How Nourish New York Is Still Feeding NYC

March 29, 2022

Sustainable caught fish from Long Island’s Haskell's Seafood, a family run fishery, being delivered to the kosher Masbia pantry in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn.

The Fight for L.A.’s Street Food Vendors

By Zoie Matthew

March 28, 2022

A girl walks with street food vendors calling for legalization of their trade during a march on May Day, on May 1, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. David McNew/Getty Images)

Vegan Fridays for All? More Schools Offer Plant-Based Meals

March 21, 2022

Vegan Fridays for All? More Schools Offer Plant-Based Meals

Op-ed: End the Lifetime Ban on SNAP for Felony Drug Convictions

By Claire Child and Stephanie Clark

March 18, 2022

A sign in a market window advertises the acceptance of food stamps

What a Surge in Union Organizing Means for Food and Farm Workers

March 17, 2022

New union members at Pindar Vineyards in Peconic, New York. (Photo courtesy of Local 338 RWDSU/UFCW)

A New Approach to Keep Former Foster Youth from Facing Food Insecurity

March 14, 2022

A foster youth teenager with blue hair in the kitchen cooking food

On the Ground in Ukraine With World Central Kitchen

March 11, 2022

Feeding Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion. (Photo credit: World Central Kitchen)

The Field Report: What the Invasion of Ukraine Means for the Food Supply

March 9, 2022

IRPIN, UKRAINE - MARCH 03: A member of the Ukrainian military walks past empty shelves to collect food and other items from a grocery store to distribute to local residents on March 03, 2022 in Irpin, Ukraine. Russia continues assault on Ukraine's major cities, including the capital Kyiv, a week after launching a large-scale invasion of the country. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Is Michelle Wu America’s Food Justice Mayor?

March 9, 2022

As a National Seafood Council Takes Shape, Whose Interests Will It Serve?

By Elizabeth G. Dunn

March 1, 2022

Female crew member of fishing boat carrying salmon to hold of boat

Pandemic Disruptions Created an Opportunity for Organic School Meals in California

February 28, 2022

Early morning packing of organic school food boxes at WCCUSD's central kitchen. (Photo courtesy of Conscious Kitchen)

Ocean Plastic Is Bad, but Soil Plastic Pollution May Be Worse

By Mallory Daily

February 23, 2022

agricultural plastic sheeting covering a bare farm field

California Gives a Big Boost to Corner Stores that Sell Fresh Produce

February 22, 2022

Fresh produce on display at Laredo Market in San Jose, California. (Photo courtesy of The Food Trust)

What’s Next for Healthier School Meals? We Asked the USDA.

February 10, 2022