nutrition

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March 18, 2024

Show Me the (Agriculture Appropriations) Money

Melissa Kaplan
Senior Manager of Government Affairs

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June 13, 2023

Did You Know That Soil Health Affects Human Health?

Omanjana Goswami
Interdisciplinary Scientist

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February 15, 2023

Could 2023 Be the Year of Sustainable Nutrition Security?

Alice Reznickova
Former Contributor

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March 23, 2022

The USDA Has a Plan to Fix Our Nutrition Crisis—But Will It Work?

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

February 14, 2022

Stalled Build Back Better Act Risks Losing Billions for Child Nutrition

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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August 20, 2021

New USDA Nutrition Research Leads to Historic Increase in SNAP Benefits

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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May 28, 2021

For Nutrition Security, USDA Must Support Sustainable Food Systems

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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March 16, 2021

3 Research Questions Could Hold the Key to Sustainable Eating

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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July 16, 2020

New Dietary Guidelines Report is a Science Success Story

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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May 27, 2020

Investing in Dietary Guidelines Will Leave Us Better Prepared for the Next Pandemic

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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May 13, 2020

Kids, Families, and Food Workers Need a “HEROES Act.” Will Congress Deliver?

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

February 14, 2020

On Valentine’s Day, a Love Letter to Legumes

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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January 27, 2020

5 Quotes Capturing the Debate Over Dietary Guidelines

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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January 17, 2020

Expect Low Carbs and Low Credibility at Next Week’s Dietary Guidelines Meeting

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

October 2, 2019

New Studies on Red and Processed Meat Are a Big, Fat Nothingburger

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

August 1, 2019

Trump Administration Sidesteps Congress to Cut SNAP. Again.

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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June 26, 2019

The Best School Lunch News You Never Heard

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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April 25, 2019

Vegetable Production in the US: Lots of Potatoes, More Kale, and Other Trends

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

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April 15, 2019

What to Expect When You’re Expecting the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines

Genna Reed
Former Director of Policy Analysis

April 1, 2019

Food Companies at the Table in Trump Administration’s Dietary Guidelines Committee

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

December 13, 2018

As the Dietary Guidelines Process Begins, Health Experts Want to Keep Science Front and Center

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

November 9, 2018

The Dinner Table is the Latest Battleground for Trump’s Attacks on Immigrant Families

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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September 17, 2018

What’s for Dinner? A Preview of the People, Process, and Politics Updating Federal Dietary Guidelines

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

July 24, 2018

Trump Administration Declares Poverty is Over, We Can All Go Home Now

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor