Guide to Improve Food Options at Corner Stores Published by USDA
June 10, 2016The USDA recently published the Healthy Corner Stores Guide to improve access to healthy foods for residents of low-income neighborhoods,… Read More
Menu for Healthy Eating: New Dietary Guidelines for Americans
January 19, 2016On January 7, 2016, the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)… Read More
How far does a SNAP dollar go?
August 14, 2015The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a $76 billion dollar safety net program serving 46 million low income Americans… Read More
America: More Obese than Overweight
July 6, 2015(Written in Collaboration with Cathy Ren) America has reached a new milestone in the obesity epidemic. In a recently released… Read More
March is National Nutrition Month
March 1, 2015National Nutrition Month® is a nutrition education and information campaign sponsored annually by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The… Read More
2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee: Scientific Report
February 28, 2015In February 2015, the nation’s top health and nutrition experts submitted recommendations for dietary guidelines for Americans to the Secretaries… Read More
Farm Bill 2019
December 21, 2014The next Farm Bill reauthorization process is shaping up to be as hard-fought as the last. The next Chairman of… Read More
New Tools To Empower The Healthy Consumer: Part II
November 21, 2014Only 50% of Americans read nutrition labels when shopping for groceries, and experts say labeling is not as helpful as… Read More
New Tools to Empower the Healthy Consumer: Part I
November 15, 2014Food Scores is a brand-new tool developed by the Environmental Working Group that can help consumers understand the health value… Read More
Farm Bill Update
August 27, 2013With so much controversy surrounding reauthorization of the Farm Bill, the future for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—a key… Read More