Local Markets Nourish Families and Communities
Expanding access to fresh and local food is smart for people and the planet.
Tricky Treats
Sugar haunts too much of what we eat these days.
Behind Super-Sized Sodas, a Deeper Danger
If we really want to narrow our waistbands, we have to narrow the income gaps that divide us.
Summertime Hunger Spike
There simply aren’t enough programs available to serve all the children who need them.
Bitter Broccoli
Life without funny is too great a price to pay for good health.
Vegan on Board
The road to a healthier diet is paved with vegetables.
McDiabetes: Top Docs Tell McDonald’s To Stop Marketing Junk
One in three kids is at risk for developing type 2 diabetes as a result of diets high in McDonald’s-style junk food.
Stay Healthy
There are a thousand ways to die and every one of them has a lobbyist working for it in Washington. You are the only lobbyist working for No. 1.
Are You Ready for a Brave New World of Food?
Despite the “yuck” factor, many bugs pack a protein punch that’s healthier than steak and far lighter on the environment.
School Lunch Victory
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act signals a significant change in how we invest in our children and their health.
Food Pyramid Scheme
Let them eat pie in the sky.
Is Free Speech just for Corporations?
A nonprofit doctor’s group recently got a blast of corporate wrath when it produced a TV commercial that dared to take on mighty McDonald’s.
Fighting Obesity in the Classroom
Parents, schools, communities, and experts all have a role to play in finding solutions to this crisis.
Petroleum and Silly Putty on the Menu
McDonald’s uses chemicals in the United States that it manages to do without in its British restaurants.
Free Market Famine
Niger is the poorest country in the world. Neither humanitarian aid nor free-market reforms prevented its 2005 food crisis.